Enhanced Complex Vouchers

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A version of complex vouchers were already done in response to the RFP #3. However, with the upcoming completion of the output unification, we will be able to implement the complex vouchers as a library, using DelegateCall, making it a lot easier to use and with more functionalities.

Guilherme did a nice write up about examples of useful comple vouchers in this Github issue.

Time based vouchers also have a bunch of applications in finance. For example, we could have a forward operation that allows me to buy X amount of a token in a future date for a certain price x. The application can generate two vouchers at the moment of the deal that can only be executed at the forward contract expiration date: one transfer of x eth from the buyer to the seller and a transfer of X tokens to the buyer.

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This was the best explanation I’ve read so far of the potential for these complex vouchers, thank you!

It also crossed my mind that these forward operations seem like a great fit for Optimistic Rollups because they imply high latency already (e.g., if the future date is one month from now, by then the voucher will be more than finalized!)

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Flexibility of side-effects seems like a great improvement!
And it doesnt look like a major feature that would take a long time to implement (given the fulfilled RFP).

I like the idea of pushing forward things that are quick to do, since they start bringing value faster than the ones that take a long time. So I support this idea!