Murch on Nostr: Theoretically you could have done the same reveal truck with p2sh, but the redeem ...
Theoretically you could have done the same reveal truck with p2sh, but the redeem script had to fit into a single 520 byte push. Segwit introduced the witness section and witness discount, Taproot removed the 520 byte limit for witness stack items. Altogether, you could then do big scripts for less in the witness.
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