From mark at friedenbach.org Tue Mar 8 19:23:33 2016 From: mark at friedenbach.org (Mark Friedenbach) Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 14:23:33 -0500 Subject: [Lightning-dev] Simplifying revocation through a new opcode for general signature verification? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: How is that in practice any different than a hash preimage? On Mar 8, 2016 2:21 PM, "Martijn Meijering" wrote: > Now that we almost have SegWit and its soft fork mechanism for upgrading > the scripting system, wouldn't it be a good idea to introduce a new opcode > for signature verification for arbitrary but appropriately > length-restricted messages? Instead of maintaining mirror images of txs and > going through the dance of revealing hash preimages, wouldn't it be easier > to to sign a message that revokes a previous balance (with hash + sequence > number)? Am I overlooking anything? This looks like a simple new opcode > that could substantially simplify the LN protocol. > > _______________________________________________ > Lightning-dev mailing list > Lightning-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/lightning-dev > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: