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   "goal": [
    "Add the OP_CHECKSIGFROMSTACK opcode (BIP 348) for Tapscript on regtest",
    "Enable experimentation with covenants and protocols like LN-Symmetry without affecting mainnet"
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   "reviewability": [
    "Needs rebase against current master",
    "Author has been inactive on this PR since May 2025"
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   "agreement": [
    "Concept approvals from several contributors (jonatack, shahsb, yuvicc, delta1)",
    "Code review approval on BIP conformance (JeremyRubin)",
    "Test harness additions contributed and integrated (instagibbs)",
    "General covenant activation discussions redirected to Delving Bitcoin"
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    {
     "name": "validation",
     "why": [
      "P2 because it implements the proposed BIP 348 consensus rules for regtest execution",
      "Unblocks experimentation with covenants and off-chain protocols such as LN-Symmetry",
      "Reaching consensus on script extensions is strategically important for the network roadmap"
     ]
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  "summary": "This pull request implements BIP-348 (OP_CHECKSIGFROMSTACK) within Tapscript, restricted strictly to regtest activation via version bits. It introduces the opcode to the script interpreter, provides verification for 64-byte Schnorr signatures against arbitrary stack messages, and adds functional and unit test coverage.",
  "problem": "Bitcoin Tapscript currently lacks an opcode to verify signatures over arbitrary data on the execution stack, which prevents testing and prototyping covenants and protocols such as LN-Symmetry (Eltoo). Developers and researchers need a working implementation on regtest to experiment with these designs without activating new consensus rules on mainnet.",
  "discussion": {
   "open_concerns": [
    "Discussion on whether OP_CHECKSIGFROMSTACK should be restricted only to Tapscript or also permitted in legacy/segwit script",
    "Broader community debate regarding whether and how to bundle covenant opcodes for mainnet activation"
   ],
   "resolved_concerns": [
    "JeremyRubin raised API and boundary checks regarding empty messages and pubkey types, which were discussed and confirmed compliant with the BIP",
    "instagibbs provided an extensive set of edge-case functional tests for feature_taproot.py, which the author incorporated"
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   "author_status": "silent since 2025-05-12"
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   "state": "Stale",
   "label": "Needs rebase",
   "reason": "The PR has merge conflicts with master and the author has been silent for over 400 days."
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   "state": "Positive",
   "summary": "Positive; multiple Concept ACKs and code review ACK from JeremyRubin, with no blocking objections to the regtest implementation.",
   "reason": "Technical feedback on the PR itself has been constructive and supportive, with JeremyRubin providing a code review ACK and instagibbs providing tests. Broader governance discussions on covenant activation have been moved to Delving Bitcoin rather than blocking this regtest-only PR.",
   "evidence": [
    "Concept ACK from jonatack, shahsb, yuvicc, and delta1",
    "JeremyRubin gave cr ACK on commit cb0c9f6 noting it matches the BIP semantics",
    "instagibbs contributed functional tests in feature_taproot.py covering sigops budgets and corner cases",
    "pinheadmz suggested moving non-code conceptual discussion to meta discussions"
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   "enables": [
    "Regtest experimentation with covenants and LN-Symmetry (BIP-348)"
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    "name": "kernel",
    "member": false,
    "evidence": "Touches src/kernel/chainparams.cpp only to configure the regtest deployment parameters; does not modify the kernel C/C++ API or interface boundary.",
    "band": "Unranked",
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    "score": 0.0,
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    "rationale": "Mechanical chain parameter adjustments for regtest softfork testing do not affect the libbitcoinkernel boundary."
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   {
    "name": "mempool",
    "member": false,
    "evidence": "Touches src/policy/policy.h only to add SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKSIGFROMSTACK to standard verify flags, with no change to mempool eviction, limits, or package relay.",
    "band": "Unranked",
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    "rationale": "The script verify flag addition is a mechanical requirement of adding an interpreter opcode and does not constitute a mempool policy change."
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    "name": "rpc",
    "member": false,
    "evidence": "Adds CSFS deployment reporting to DeploymentInfo in src/rpc/blockchain.cpp on regtest.",
    "band": "Unranked",
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    "score": 0.0,
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    "rationale": "Populating deployment information in getdeploymentinfo is standard wiring for any softfork deployment and does not alter the RPC subsystem."
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   {
    "name": "tests",
    "member": false,
    "evidence": "Touches feature_taproot.py and script test helpers specifically to validate the new opcode's behavior.",
    "band": "Unranked",
    "reason_tag": "",
    "score": 0.0,
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    "rationale": "Tests validating a specific consensus rule addition belong to the validation category rather than test infrastructure."
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    "name": "validation",
    "member": true,
    "evidence": "Implements a new script opcode OP_CHECKSIGFROMSTACK in the interpreter (src/script/interpreter.cpp) and sets up a version bits consensus deployment in src/validation.cpp.",
    "band": "P2",
    "reason_tag": "new feature",
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     "bug_severity": 0,
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     "user_value": 2,
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    "rationale": "P2 because proposed consensus additions require careful evaluation and this PR enables tangible experimentation with covenants on regtest. Even though activation is limited to regtest, validating proposed script semantics and establishing consensus correctness is strategically important for the network roadmap."
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  "card": "Implements BIP-348 OP_CHECKSIGFROMSTACK for Tapscript on regtest only, enabling script validation of arbitrary message signatures on the stack. This provides the foundation for covenant designs and layer-2 protocols such as LN-Symmetry without modifying mainnet consensus rules. It is strategically important as part of the broader covenant design and activation debate. Review is currently stale because the PR needs a rebase and the author has been silent since May 2025. It has received several Concept ACKs and code review approval from Jeremy Rubin with no blocking technical objections."
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