we never found a use case for 99 %
of the opcodes despite [Satoshi] having successfully designed (redesigned?)
The restoration
of these opcodes will reopen the door to future developments such as Colored Coins — Bitcoin's version of ERC20 tokens — and binary contracts.
Some of the improvements to the EVM are proposals to modify the set
of opcodes that the EVM supports, or how they function, in order to try to either reduce the size of compiled bytecode or improve its optimization.
Not exact matches
Adding new
opcodes to Bitcoin has been a difficult proposition in the past, but SegWit creates a better method
of upgrading the scripting language.
Opcodes are what enable various types
of transactions on the Bitcoin network.
For the full implementation
of Thunder wide adoption
of the scaling features
of Segregated Witness and the CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY
opcode by the bitcoin community is required.
It includes a new
opcode, aimed to increase the flexibility
of bitcoin transactions.
Lightning Network co-creator Joseph Poon mentioned in a recent presentation that his proposed implementation will use an interesting system
of smart contracts emerging from a few
opcodes that are in bitcoin already.
With this in mind, Lau has put together another bitcoin proposal for a bundle
of new «
opcodes» (enabling new smart contracts), many
of which have been brought back in a testing environment, saying these would likely be rolled out in tandem with MAST.