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

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)