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mymosh | 10 years ago

I don't think so, because Bitcoin Script is not Turing complete.

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cdetrio|10 years ago

I've heard both arguments: (1) bitcoin script has no loops and so isnt turing complete; but (2) no loops is not a real limitation because the logic just be unrolled ahead of time and packed into a transaction.

Ethereum script is said to only be quasi-turing complete because although it has loops, execution is metered by gas fees (functionally equivalent to bitcoin tx size).