While everyone's arguing about soft forks like OP_CAT, several researchers have proposed sneaky workarounds which are able to emulate certain covenants *without a soft fork*. Charlie reviews what they are, a bit of how they work, and what it might mean for future soft fork discussions.

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Chapters

01:03 Metrics Update

01:25 Technical Deep Dive

05:22 Ordinals and Inscriptions Data

06:20 Covenant Workarounds Explained

18:04 Growth in Covenant Workarounds

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