I needed some code in a third place, so I decided to extract the ~100 lines it into a single function in common code (and make it more efficient, because I had seen it in profiles under stress testing). I often write code by starting it and seeing where it leads: this is helped by modern revision control and fast compile times (I point this out because we take these for granted). First extraction went fine. Then I tried to use the same code in the second place. By the time I'd had to add four callback hooks (three of which were unneeded in the first case) I stopped. The code was different enough that the "framework with callbacks" made the code far *less* clear. Threw it away, in favor of a handful of helper routines. More code for the first case, but much more natural for the second. This took a day, on and off. But the off was important: the breaks gave me time to ask "now it's almost finished, do I like it?" and avoid being too goal driven. .

I'm going to do an open hour on the Script Restoration BIPs: All questions welcome, even (especially!) if you're not a developer. About 24 hours from now (I'll comment with the Jitsi link)

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Should I run open hours for the script BIPs? Like, one a week for four weeks, you can show up and ask questions and I'll try to answer? That might help me get a feel for what is unclear or confusing. If so, what platform do I use? Never done anything like this before 😬

Finally posted the 4 script restoration BIPs to the mailing list. Sorry it's taken so long!

I strongly suspect that the bitcoin experience, even for veterans, will be quite different in ten years. BIP 353 brings names: ACINQ have a spec for supporting contact lists too. I expect vanity addresses to follow as providers get onboard. Silent payment addresses should replace all other on-chain addresses, especially deposit to exchanges. Though you'll probably just send to e.g. <acctname>@client.river.com (will this allow probing of account names? Will they use random ones instead? Or accept anything and if they get typo payments sort it out in customer service?) And BOLT12 provides reusable lightning addresses, which provide the off-chain analog of silent payments. Doesn't matter to you if the recipient is using some weird layer 2, either. BIP 353 returns both this and a silent payment address, so the sender wallet chooses.

It's been two years since the twenty-weeks-of-friends-coming-over that was Pandemic Legacy. Now the second edition of Gloomhaven has arrived, and we are planning another epic: If you haven't played this kind of thing before: the game is a progressive cooperative affair, designed to be played in two(?) hour long sessions. Obviously there are weeks you miss, but the overall experience is a season or two of regular game play. There are highs and lows as things twist and turn, and I always feel the discomfort of doing something complex and unfamiliar, but overall it's about shared experience. Must get the script BIP drafts published *before* we start this!