We don't need as less instructions as possible. We need a usable language.
Indeed I had thought that was what you *meant* (rather than what you actually said).

Do you agree that it should have op codes for things like SHA256 and what about the whole problem of the impact of running said scripts on the TPS rate?
In any case, since 1000TPS is bandwidth limited, we dont really have any CPU bottleneck issues, unless you actually want to calculate crypto functions in the script instead of pushing it down with the script embedded in the AM