Hello everyone.
I have always had interest in Bitcoin's smart contracts support. But never actually used it since I found Bitcoin's OP codes hard to use.
Recently, I came to learn of Minsc, a high level language that compiles down to Bitcoin's Miniscript Policy language.
I built a Minsc VSCode extension that has support for syntax highlighting, comment toggling, autocomplete, code snippets, hover messages. (
https://github.com/as1ndu/minsc-vscode-extension)
I would like to spend more time on Minsc (probably work on a my own re-implementation of the language).
Here are some interesting use cases of smart contracts on Bitcoin;
- 2FA wallets that cannot be hacked even when the hacker steals the seed phrase (hash locks provide 2nd factor auth)
- Personal savings wallets (use time locks to forcefully save BTC for 5, 10, 15, 20 years)
- Inheritance set-ups for your BTC using Multisig & Time locks
All this can be Bitcoin native and completely trustless using the Miniscript Policy language.
While you can already do this with the Miniscript Policy language, a higher level language to work in (like Minsc) would make it easier for developers to code up such applications.
The end goal would be something like Nunchuk,
https://nunchuk.io/individuals, but that is completely free and open source. Users would easily create, share and deploy their own Scripts.
If you are interested in supporting my journey, please consider donating to my Bitcoin address below;
bc1qnwzts827t4cvmskll849ptau7uyf3v4q5rk5k4
P.S Bitcoin address is the same in the Github repo (
https://github.com/as1ndu/minsc-vscode-extension) to prove authenticity.
