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)