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WeAreDevelopers LIVE • May 16, 2021

OP_PUSH_TX and its applications in Bitcoin smart contracts

Xiaohui Liu

Lio, creator of sCrypt, proves Bitcoin script is natively Turing complete. Learn how the OP_PUSH_TX pseudo-opcode unlocks stateful, fully on-chain smart contracts without protocol modifications.

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