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Re:Ethereum Sharding FAQ by paulmd on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @11:10PM (#16928508)
What opcodes does Ethereum support that Bitcoin does not support, or could not be implemented using Bitcoin's opcodes?

You've got everything that looks essential to me: add/sub, mul/div, logical and/or, bitwise, string, crypto, etc.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script#Opcodes

No disagreement that the Bitcoin development process is broken as fuck though.

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Re:Ethereum Sharding FAQ by lojack on Thursday April 26, 2018 @11:44PM (#16938320)
Bitcoin specifically avoids loops and recursion. The codes you included allow basic contracts, but bitcoin scripts are guaranteed to halt. Its a conscious decision, and I'm not sure its a bad choice for the project.
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