Basic Bitcoin Lisp Language (bll)

Also covering symbll, bllsh, and BTC Lisp

Basic Bitcoin Lisp language (bll) is a proposed scripting language that could be added to Bitcoin in a soft fork. Formerly called BTC Lisp and conceptually based on Chia Lisp, it’s part of a set of tools that includes symbll (a miniscript-like compiler of higher-level Lisp to lower-level bll) and bllsh (a REPL for trying and debugging symbll and bll).

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Primary code and documentation

• bllsh repo

Optech newsletter and website mentions

2024

• Introduction of Lisp-like Bitcoin scripting languages and tools: bll, symbll, bllsh
• Implementing quantum-safe signatures in symbll versus GSR
• Flexible coin earmarks compatible with symbll
• Overview of BTC Lisp: an enhanced scripting language for Bitcoin
• Overview of Chia Lisp for Bitcoiners

2023

• Hypothetical comparison of a Lisp-based scripting language to an upgraded Bitcoin Script language

2022

• Suggestion to add a variation of Chia Lisp to Bitcoin as a new scripting language

See also

• Simplicity

  
  

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