95% of developers take one look at Bitcoin Script and say:
“This is the worst language I’ve ever seen.”
No loops.
No variables.
No functions.
Not even an if without pain.
But here’s the twist:
That’s exactly what makes it perfect.
Bitcoin Script wasn’t made for developers.
It was made for mathematicians, game theorists, and trust engineers.
It’s not a language for building apps.
It’s a language for building commitments that can’t be broken.
You don’t write logic.
You write constraints.
You don’t build a program.
You build an incentive machine.
Modern smart contracts are like software: flexible, powerful… and fragile.
Bitcoin Script is like carving in stone:
“Once created, forever honored.”
“Great form is formless.
Great sound is silent.” — Laozi
The dumber the language,
the smaller the attack surface,
the stronger the trust.
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