Breaking down Bitcoin bridges: Insights from RootstockLabs
Sergio Lerner of RootstockLabs discusses Bitcoin bridging hurdles, BitVM innovations and implications for DeFi. Go to Source
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Citrea Launches Testnet to Enable Bitcoin-Based Decentralized Applications
Citrea has launched its public testnet, creating a solution to allow Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) developers to access Bitcoin’s blockspace. The team believes this is testnet marks a significant step toward using Bitcoin as a settlement layer for decentralized applications (apps). Citrea Launches Testnet to Bring Decentralized Finance to Bitcoin Citrea‘s testnet is live on … Read more
BitVM Version 2 Introduces New Era for Bitcoin L2 Scaling Solutions
On Aug. 15, 2024, the white paper for BitVM2 was published, outlining significant advancements in Bitcoin’s layer two (L2) capabilities. Building on the foundation laid by BitVM version 1, BitVM2 aims to bridge Bitcoin to second layers with improved scalability and security. New BitVM2 White Paper Introduces Advanced Solutions for Bitcoin L2 Scaling The original … Read more
Bitcoin sidechain creators tout new ‘permissionless’ version BitVM2
Robin Linus has unveiled a new whitepaper for BitVM2 and BitVM Bridge, two new developments that offer significant improvements to the original version of BitVM. Go to Source
‘Dark Skippy’ method can steal Bitcoin hardware wallet keys
Malicious firmware can embed secret data into a public Bitcoin transaction, which the attacker can then use to extract a person’s seed words. Go to Source
Lightning Labs releases Taproot Assets alpha, bringing stablecoins to Bitcoin
Taproot Assets is “how we bitcoinize the dollar and the world’s financial assets,” says Ryan Gentry, director of business development at Lightning Labs. Go to Source
BitVM’s goal is to scale Bitcoin, not be a pseudo-Ethereum, says dev
Building a decentralized exchange on Bitcoin would be a “step backward,” for example, said Bitcoin developer Super Testnet. Go to Source
Bitcoiner drops BitVM paper — bringing Ethereum-like contracts to Bitcoin
The author of the white paper, Robin Linus, based BitVM’s architecture on Ethereum’s optimistic rollups with fraud proofs and recent Merkle tree developments. Go to Source
