Bitcoin Soft-Fork Proposals These are not consensus-active on mainnet . Some are deployed on signet (custom signets) or testnet for experimentation. Be explicit when reasoning: never present these as "Bitcoin" features without naming the proposal status. Covenants in general A covenant restricts how an output may be re-spent (where the funds go, in what shape, with what conditions). Existing scripts can restrict who spends; covenants restrict how . Use cases: - Vaults — cooldown period before final spend; recoverable from cold key. - Congestion control — pre-commit to a tree of payments. - L2…