There's like 7 to 12 soft fork proposals for Bitcoin right now. You can check them out on the Covenants Support Wiki or covenants.info.
Some of them are BIP 119 CTV, BIP 346 OP_TXHASH... and a bunch more. I might've missed some. The combos are interesting too, like LNHANCE, which is currently signaling. Just feels overwhelming, tbh.
Are there too many soft fork ideas floating around?
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#2Sep 12, 2025, 10:40 PM
I think it's great to have options. Innovation is key! But too many can lead to confusion. BIP 119 seems solid, though.
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#3Sep 13, 2025, 03:08 AM
+1 to that. Can't keep track of all these proposals.
So many acronyms.
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#4Sep 13, 2025, 07:55 AM
I’m curious about BIP 442 OP_PAIRCOMMIT. What’s the use case there?
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#5Sep 13, 2025, 11:31 AM
I feel like we shouldn't rush into adopting so many at once. It could fragment the ecosystem.
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#6Sep 13, 2025, 12:15 PM
Can anyone summarize what BIP 346 actually does? Sounds like it's important.
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#7Sep 13, 2025, 03:30 PM
I think it's about enabling more complex transactions, but I need to double-check.
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#8Sep 13, 2025, 11:22 PM
Not sure if we need all these forks. Let's focus on the best ones and improve them.
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