I recommend you researching RGB: https://rgb-org.github.io/ On Mon, Dec 6, 2021, 11:21 Karl wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not a bitcoin developer. > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2021, 5:05 AM Héctor José Cárdenas Pacheco via bitcoin-dev < > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I’ve been thinking about how OP_RETURN is being used to create and trade >> NFTs on Bitcoin (think RarePepes, SoG and other new ones) and was wondering >> if it’s possible to >> > > Do you have a link to any of these protocols? > > make transactions with this opcode via Lightning. >> >> More specific questions could be: >> >> 1. Can opcodes like OP_RETURN be inside a channel’s opening or >> closing transaction? >> 2. If so, could that OP_RETURN change hands within that channel or >> network of channels? >> >> OP_RETURNs do not have ownership according to the bitcoin network. It is > not hard to define a protocol that associates an OP_RETURN with ownership, > and ownership could then be transferred via lightning by sending associated > currency via lightning. Robustness improvements seem possible. > > >> 1. If possible, could the OP_RETURN be divisible? Could one person >> send a piece of a OP_RETURN just like one can do right now on the primary >> ledger or would it need to maintain the OP_RETURN code intact? >> >> OP_RETURNs themselves do not have ownership, but you can define a > protocol that gives them divisible ownership, including via lightning. > > I’m assuming that, if possible, this would need a protocol layer parallel >> to Bitcoin/Lightning that stores and reads all Bitcoin transactions and the >> ones which involve the node's channels as well as the ones with the >> OP_RETURN, just like CounterParty does right now with the primary ledger. >> >> Thank in advance. >> —— >> >> *Héctor Cárdenas*@hcarpach >> >> _______________________________________________ >> bitcoin-dev mailing list >> bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org >> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev >> > _______________________________________________ > Lightning-dev mailing list > Lightning-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/lightning-dev >