#Bitcoin Rollups: Whiteboard Session.
There is a lot of confusion about #ZK#Rollups on Bitcoin. So I mapped out in detail how it works (afaict) under the hood.
tl;dr we can use ZKP's (the scaling kind, not the privacy kind) to create an end game scaling solution for #Bitcoin.
๐จNew Bitcoin Whiteboard. We can do better than BitVM.
00:00 Bitcoin Bridges and ZK Verification
08:42 Addressing Critics of Rollups
13:28 Optimistic ZK Verification
16:56 BitVM1 vs 2 vs 3
25:45 Garbled Circuits
34:07 Glock: Future of Bitcoin Bridging
@friedberg@Jason please discuss this on the pod. Respectfully, this is a bit hypocritical and should be addressed. This food is terrible for kids on virtually all accounts and opposite to what you all have been preaching.
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๐จ New Bitcoin Whiteboard: A detailed explainer on a state of the art BTC-backed stablecoin and borrowing design, based on Liquity V2.
๐No governance
๐No token
๐No centralized custodian
๐Pure BTC collateral
๐Real yield
๐Immutable
Confessions of a Private Money Lender โ Strike Edition: Let me explain what I think is happening with Strike (and likely every other BTC-backed lender).
TLDR: Itโs securitization, not rehypothecation.
For context, I founded and sold a private lending fund in 2021. I'll explain
We just updated our #Bitcoin-backed loan agreement to make it crystal clear:
Your #Bitcoin is never rehypothecated on @Strike.
Never has been, never will be.
Peter Todd: โI own no bitcoinโ *wink wink*
Luke Jr: โI was hacked, actually lost my Bitcoin, and went to the FBI for helpโ
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Knotziโs: OmG cAn YoU beLeiVe PeTeR ToDd oWnS No BiTcOiN. WhY wOuLd YoU LisTeN tO HiM?
#Bitcoiner's *Change My Mind*: You will use #BTC backed stablecoins and/or borrow against #BTC on โDeFiโ rails AND you will be happy.
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#Bitcoin as a hedge against monetary debasement is only half the battle. As sovereign debt goes parabolic, interest rate hikes become
/1 Bitcoin and the dollar are symbiotic. Like yin and yang they provide balance.
The path to hyper-bitcoin-ization will be paved with credit-based, #BTC-backed dollars. Specifically, permission-less, KYC free, Bitcoin backed stablecoin loans at 0% interest via DeFi. Thread ๐งต:
/1 My first piece has been published!
A unique twist on a practical path to a โhyper-bitcoinizedโ world. Includes elements of: free banking, bitcoin-backed credit, stablecoins, ZK (validity) Rollups, DeFi and Lightning Network.
@BitcoinMagazine
There is a massive gap between the average #Bitcoin'ers understanding of monetary philosophy and the technical aspects of Bitcoin.
That is a major problem, in my humble opinion.