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Original date posted:2022-05-12
š Original message:Good morning Jorge,
> I fail to understand why non recursive covenants are called covenants at all. Probably I'm missing something, but I guess that's another topic.
A covenant simply promises that something will happen in the future.
A recursive covenant guarantees that the same thing will happen in the future.
Thus, non-recursive covenants can be useful.
Consider `OP_EVICT`, for example, which is designed for a very specific use-case, and avoids recursion.
Regards,
ZmnSCPxj
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2023-06-07 23:09:27
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Original date posted:2022-05-12\nš Original message:Good morning Jorge,\n\n\u003e I fail to understand why non recursive covenants are called covenants at all. Probably I'm missing something, but I guess that's another topic.\n\nA covenant simply promises that something will happen in the future.\n\nA recursive covenant guarantees that the same thing will happen in the future.\n\nThus, non-recursive covenants can be useful.\n\nConsider `OP_EVICT`, for example, which is designed for a very specific use-case, and avoids recursion.\n\nRegards,\nZmnSCPxj",
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