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The Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP 119), known as CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY (CTV), proposed by Jeremy Rubin, is the most mature and fully realized covenant proposal in the Bitcoin ecosystem. This proposal was designed specifically with the goal of tightly constraining its capabilities to prevent detrimental consequences for Bitcoin.
Understanding CTV requires a comprehension of the distinct parts that make up a Bitcoin transaction. These transactions typically consist of inputs (unspent coins, or UTXOs) and outputs (new unspent coins created when the transaction is confirmed in a block). Additionally, each transaction contains a version number, a marker and flag, an input count, and the actual inputs. Each input, in turn, contains several pieces of information, including a TXID, a VOUT, the size of the ScriptSig, the ScriptSig itself, and a Sequence number.
Furthermore, each transaction has an output count and the actual outputs. The latter contains an amount of satoshis assigned to that output, the ScriptPubKey size, and the ScriptPubKey itself. Finally, the nLocktime field applies a timelock value to the entire transaction.
CTV acts as an opcode that enables basic forms of introspection and forward data carrying. It allows a script to compare a predefined 32-byte hash against a hash of most fields of the spending transaction. If the hashes do not match, the transaction is deemed invalid.
The fields committed to by the CTV hash include the nVersion, nLocktime, input count, a hash of all the nSequence fields, output count, a hash of all the outputs, and the input index. These fields are committed to in their entirety, with no capability to pick and choose fields. Thus, the degree of introspection CTV enables is limited to checking if the hash of these fields in the spending transaction matches the hash in the locking script of the input being spent.
CTV is useful for restricting an output so that it can only be spent, as per consensus rules, by a predefined transaction. This removes the need for trust in the keyholder, as once the spending transaction is defined and the output locked to the CTV hash is created, there is no possibility of it being spent in a different way.
The introduction of CTV significantly simplifies the coordination process and ensures that the correct outcome is the only possible one without everyone having to be online at the same time to sign the transactions. It enhances the efficiency, scalability, and security guarantees of what can be built using pre-signed transactions.
In conclusion, CTV is a strictly limited covenant that not only improves the functionality of pre-signed transactions, but also significantly boosts the efficiency, scalability, and security of such transactions. This proposition is a major benefit to every protocol currently using pre-signed transactions and is worth serious consideration.
