Re: [bitcoin-dev] Is there a tool like Ethereum EVM at present for Bitcoin script?

[Andrew Poelstra <apoelstra@wpsoftware.net>]

Simplicity does not compile to Bitcoin Script, and Sapio assumes extensions
to Bitcoin Script that are not currently part of the consensus code.


On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 03:36:29PM +0800, Gijs van Dam via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> Bitcoin does not have a virtual machine. But you do have [Miniscript][1],
> [Min.sc][2], [Simplicity][3] and [Sapio][4]. These are all higher level
> languages that compile to Bitcoin Script. Sapio is "just" Rust, so that
> might fit your setting best.
> 
> By the way, this question also has an answer on [Bitcoin Stackexchange][5]
> which is a great resource for questions like this.
> 
> [1]: http://bitcoin.sipa.be/miniscript/
> [2]: https://min.sc/
> [3]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/simplicity
> [4]: https://learn.sapio-lang.org/
> [5]:
> https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/108261/is-there-a-tool-like-ethereum-evm-at-present-for-bitcoin-script
> 
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 2:55 PM Null Null via bitcoin-dev <
> bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is there a tool like Ethereum EVM at present? Users can write bitcoin
> > scripts in a syntax just like python(or like other programming language);
> > through this tool, they can be translated into bitcoin original scripts; it
> > sounds like a new programming language has been invented.
> >
> > In my opinion， Bitcoin script programming is based on reverse Polish
> > expression; this is not friendly to programmers;
> >
> > In fact, Bitcoin's opcode expression ability is very rich, and it may be
> > unfriendly, which has affected the promotion of Bitcoin in the technical
> > community.
> >
> > Hope for hearing some voice about this.
> >
> > Best wish.
> >
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