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We love thinking about how miniscript can solve real world problems. For instance, how could it help align the incentives for Outies and Innies? a ๐Ÿงต about how #Bitcoin fixes Severance (spoilers) โš ๏ธ Here's the problem: ๐Ÿ’ฐ๏ธ Outie wants to get the big checks for working on the severed floor โ˜น๏ธ Innie may be miserable, but has no way of telling Outie it's not worth it ๐Ÿ’ฅ Incentives are not aligned ๐Ÿ‘‡๏ธ ๐Ÿ‘›๏ธ New wallet: ๐Ÿ’ก๏ธ Lumon pays all severed employee salaries into 2-of-2 multisigs ๐Ÿ”‘๏ธ Outie gets a key ๐Ÿ”‘๏ธ Innie gets a key โŒ๏ธ Funds don't get transferred into Outie's spending wallet unless Innie signs ๐Ÿ‘‡๏ธ ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ๏ธ Innie doesn't have use for funds (nowhere to spend) ๐Ÿ—œ But Innie can refuse to sign โžก๏ธ So Outie has incentive to pressure Lumon to pay attention to Innie demands ๐Ÿ‘‹ What if Outie just decides to quit? ๐Ÿ‘‡๏ธ ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ผ๏ธ Innie wants to keep Outie coming back to work ๐Ÿ‘›๏ธ New wallet: ๐Ÿ’ก๏ธ Every year Lumon deposits bonus into a 2-of-2 with recovery key that can spend after 13 months ๐Ÿ”‘๏ธ Innie gets key ๐Ÿ”‘๏ธ Outie gets key ๐Ÿ”‘๏ธ Lumon gets recovery key ๐Ÿ‘‡๏ธ ๐Ÿšจ๏ธ If Innie and Outie don't agree to move bonus within 13 months, Lumon takes bonus โฑ๏ธ But Innie can make Outie wait till next year's bonus hits ๐Ÿ’ก๏ธ Lumon increases bonus size every year ๐Ÿ’ต๏ธ Outie keeps coming back to get next bigger bonus ๐Ÿ‘‡๏ธ โœŒ๏ธ Outies and Innies have a reason to work together for mutual benefit ๐Ÿค๏ธ Bitcoin is a means of aligning incentives for people in different circumstances ๐Ÿค—๏ธ Your Outie may not know how it feels to be an Innie, but they can still come to consensus (every ten minutes on average)