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Bitcoin is the currency of the Internet: a distributed, worldwide, decentralized digital money. Unlike traditional currencies such as dollars, bitcoins are issued and managed without any central authority whatsoever: there is no government, company, or bank in charge of Bitcoin. As such, it is more resistant to wild inflation, corrupt bankers and politicians. With Bitcoin, you can be your own bank.

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Bitcoin Script Testing: Local Covenant Validation Without Blockchain Deployment (discuss.tchncs.de)
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Bitcoin developers: Anyone else frustrated by the slow feedback loop when testing covenant scripts?

The typical flow:

  1. Write complex script logic
  2. Deploy to signet
  3. Discovery edge case bug
  4. Repeat...

Built a local covenant simulator that validates:

  • Script execution without blockchain deployment
  • State transition tree logic
  • Transaction chain validation
  • Property-based testing for edge cases

Performance improvement: ~70% faster development cycle

Key features:

  • Simulates Script engine locally
  • Tests covenant state transitions
  • Validates transaction introspection logic
  • Catches bugs before signet deployment

Example use case: Testing a vault implementation with 200+ state transitions locally in seconds vs. hours of signet testing.

Status: Working prototype, still rough around edges but functional.

Questions:

  • What Bitcoin development tools are you missing?
  • Interest in collaborating on better script testing infrastructure?
  • Anyone working on similar tooling?

Available for Bitcoin script development consulting.

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