Elle Mouton⁠, Oliver Gugger⁠ and Simple Taproot Channels - Episode 33 The Chaincode Podcast

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

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)
PTLCs (25:22)
Iterative approach or big push (27:19)
Recoverability of channel funds (33:06)