Elle Mouton and Oliver Gugger - Simple Taproot Channels

Elle Mouton and Oliver Gugger join us to talk with us about the Simple Taproot Channel proposal.

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We cover:

  • Simple Taproot Channels Overview (1:29)
  • What’s the state of the spec? (3:06)
  • Changes to the scripts in Taproot Channels (4:31)
  • Refresher on CPFP carve-out and Anchor Outputs (8:19)
  • Why Anchor Outputs need to use script path spends (10:24)
  • Other goals of Simple Taproot Channels (15:52)
  • Why do PTLCs need Taproot funding outputs? (16:44)
  • Potential updates for the gossip protocol: Gossip 1.5 or Gossip 2.0 (18:13)
    • Gossip 2.0, private funding outputs (20:10)
    • Gossip 2.0 route finding challenges (22:48)
  • PTLCs (25:22)
  • Iterative approach or big push (27:19)
  • Recoverability of channel funds (33:06)