Next on Main Stage at nostr:npub1dwah6u025f2yy9dgwlsndntlfy85vf0t2eze5rdg2mxg99k4mucqxz7c52 Berlin: Michael Markle of nostr:npub1t8a7uumfmam38kal4xaakzyjccht4y5jxfs4cmlj0p768pxtwu8skh56yu with "Medium of Exchange".
BTC inc. statment is to achieve hyperbitcoinization. They are doing so throuhg media, events and trade association for corporations.
Next on Main Stage at nostr:npub1dwah6u025f2yy9dgwlsndntlfy85vf0t2eze5rdg2mxg99k4mucqxz7c52 Berlin: Michael Markle of nostr:npub1t8a7uumfmam38kal4xaakzyjccht4y5jxfs4cmlj0p768pxtwu8skh56yu with "Medium of Exchange".
Lightning is the expressway to connect everything.
Trustless, instant finality, real Bitcoin and battle-tested in the real world.
Even if it seems like we are building a system with the same characteristic of the old TradFi one, we are doing so on a barer asset and in a permissionless manner.
Users are leaning towards what is easy to use. Ark, Cashu, Fedimint, etc., are optimized for simple UX. This is where the final user will live.
Bitcoin and the TradFi world have actually a lot in common in how they are organized. Three common layers:
- Customer balance ( Liquid/Sparks/Ark vs Bank App/ Venmo/PayPal)
- Operator rails (LN vs RTP/SWIFT)
- Final settlement (Bitcoin On-chain vs RTGS)
First on Main Stage atnostr:npub1dwah6u025f2yy9dgwlsndntlfy85vf0t2eze5rdg2mxg99k4mucqxz7c52 Lightning++ Edition:nostr:npub1pwqlrnj7exm9k4nu7v6cgxv975pns5tv9d66e6tzf9ad80ykyrts709gfn of nostr:npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n with "The Lingua Franca of Bitcoin: Lightning for Operators, not Wallets".
We misunderstood Lightning, we thought about it as a consumer software. It is not, it is more an infrastructure for operators.
First on Main Stage atnostr:npub1dwah6u025f2yy9dgwlsndntlfy85vf0t2eze5rdg2mxg99k4mucqxz7c52 Lightning++ Edition:nostr:npub1pwqlrnj7exm9k4nu7v6cgxv975pns5tv9d66e6tzf9ad80ykyrts709gfn of nostr:npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n with "The Lingua Franca of Bitcoin: Lightning for Operators, not Wallets".
First on Main Stage at nostr:npub1dwah6u025f2yy9dgwlsndntlfy85vf0t2eze5rdg2mxg99k4mucqxz7c52 Istanbul: Robin Linus with “BitVM3: Garbled Circuits”
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NEW: The filter wars started with discussions around Citrea’s impending use of OP_RETURN for their BitVM implementation.
While observing the battlefield, bitcoin++’s resident rollup enjoyer, Janusz noticed there was some misconceptions around Citrea’s construction.
When thinking about bitcoin rollups, we have to separate the bridge from the actual rollup implementation. Rollups are sovereign execution layers that use bitcoin for data availability. Bridges bring BTC onto the rollup execution environment.
Like any design, there are tradeoffs for building a rollup. In his latest Scaling Bitcoin piece, Janusz provides an overview on Citrea’s state transition function and shows how Citrea nodes finalize transactions based on data posted to bitcoin.
Read the full article here 👇🏻
https://open.substack.com/pub/btcpp/p/clearing-up-misconceptions-on-citrea
NEW: ArkadeOS took Riga by storm having merchants receive Arkade VTXOs instead of Lightning balances.
Conference goers were completely unaware that this was happening in background due to Arkade's nostr:nprofile1qqsqcdcltmv4qanpx3p7svcufdsg9rkk00x7l2sknra4e6whkv59l7cpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz8thwden5te0dehhxarj9e3xjarrda5kuetj9eek7cmfv9kz75qtcqw integration.
While certainly a win for Arkade, it was also a win for the Lightning Network - the connective tissue enabling all bitcoin layers to interoperate.
Janusz breaks it down in his latest 👇
https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/lightning-swaps-are-the-connective
NEW FROM nostr:npub1dwah6u025f2yy9dgwlsndntlfy85vf0t2eze5rdg2mxg99k4mucqxz7c52 RIGA: The Payjoin Foundation launches to support bitcoin privacy research and development.
In discussion with the Insider Edition, Payjoin contributors shared their motivation for starting the new non-profit, and what it means for future development efforts.
The non-profit has received initial funding from nostr:nprofile1qqs8suecw4luyht9ekff89x4uacneapk8r5dyk0gmn6uwwurf6u9ruspzpmhxue69uhkumewwd68ytnrwghsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghxyee033aatk and is directly supporting developers working on the Payjoin protocol.
Full post below 👇
https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/the-payjoin-foundation-is-announced
NEW FROM THE INSIDER EDITION: SPHINCS+ was introduced as a proposal to add a post-quantum signature scheme to bitcoin.
There's rough consensus, that at some point, we'll need to transition to post-quantum signatures. SPHINCS+ is a promising path forward.
In our latest post, nostr:npub1e0z776cpe0gllgktjk54fuzv8pdfxmq6smsmh8xd7t8s7n474n9smk0txy breaks down the proposal and analyzes its various components.
Full post here 👇
https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/sphincs
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This week's post covers nostr:npub1cxyr9w0dwkjxs7svmwjlg4veqp9uzw0qvwux0c0554lqzw5ut48qrahz6x ‘s Quantum Bitcoin Summit and various FOSS projects.
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NEW FROM THE INSIDER EDITION: Bitch@ is going nuts. Yesterday, we saw a native Cashu wallet built into the Bitchat app.
Januszg and co. decided to do a deep dive into the integration and outline some of its real world applications.
Our take? It's a promising tool for anonymous, offline bitcoin-denominated payments.
Check it out 👇
https://insider.btcpp.dev/p/knock-knock-its-cashu-bitch
NEW FROM THE INSIDER EDITION: It might be Paper Bitcoin Summer, but some of us still want private, bitcoin payments.
For his latest piece, Januszg covers Shielded CSV - a payments protocol that can be built on top of bitcoin.
Tl;dr - it's scalable, pretty damn private, and relies on bitcoin for the ordering of its nullifiers.
https://open.substack.com/pub/btcpp/p/some-of-us-still-want-private-bitcoin?r=2c4bjq&utm_medium=ios
On this week’s episode of BTC++ Insider Edition, nostr:nprofile1qqsvh300dvquh50l5t9et2257pxrsk5ndsdgdcdmnnxl9nc0f6l2ejcpp3mhxue69uhkyunz9e5k7qgcwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8xmn0wf6zuum0vd5kzmqmx3lqf spoke with nostr:nprofile1qqsyvrp9u6p0mfur9dfdru3d853tx9mdjuhkphxuxgfwmryja7zsvhqpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hszythwden5te0dehhxarj9emkjmn99ue6qm68 about Amethyst and building on Nostr!
NEW FROM THE INSIDER EDITION: F2Pool and MARA are mining Taproot Annexes.
In this week’s post, nostr:npub1e0z776cpe0gllgktjk54fuzv8pdfxmq6smsmh8xd7t8s7n474n9smk0txy describes Taproot Annexes, what they’re for, and who might leverage them.
Tl;dr - it provides anyone unlimited data storage on bitcoin within the block size limit and commits data directly into the chain.
But, it doesn’t come without risks. Check out the full post below for the breakdown 👇
https://btcpp.substack.com/p/f2pool-and-mara-are-mining-taproot
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