From 6a8112e961363546fa136f72e026e9bb96fa3822 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shannon Appelcline Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 12:12:03 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Create 11_3_Empowering_Bitcoin_with_Scripts.md --- 11_3_Empowering_Bitcoin_with_Scripts.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/11_3_Empowering_Bitcoin_with_Scripts.md b/11_3_Empowering_Bitcoin_with_Scripts.md index 6870134..8cc3373 100644 --- a/11_3_Empowering_Bitcoin_with_Scripts.md +++ b/11_3_Empowering_Bitcoin_with_Scripts.md @@ -281,8 +281,12 @@ For the purposes of this tutorial, there are two important lessons for HTLCs: It's worth your time running each of the two HTLC scripts through each of its permutations, one stack item at a time. -### Summary: Empowering Bitcoin with Scripts +## Summary: Empowering Bitcoin with Scripts We're closing our examination of Bitcoin Scripts with a look at how truly powerful they can be. In 20 opcodes or less, a Bitcoin Script can form the basis of an entire off-chain payment channel. Similarly, two-way pegged sidechains are the product of less than twenty opcodes, as also briefly noted in [BIP 112](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0112.mediawiki). If you've ever seen complex Bitcoin functionality or Bitcoin-adjacent systems, they were probably built on Bitcoin Scripts. And now you have all the tools to do the same yourself. + +## What's Next? + +Move on to "Bitcoin APIs" with [Chapter Twelve: Talking to Bitcoind](12_0_Talking_to_Bitcoind.md).