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Apart from the BitVM Bridge, creators of the Bitcoin scaling solution, Bitcoin Virtual Machine (BitVM), have also made public the second edition of their sidechain, “BitVM2.” The team claims these developments go beyond the initial concept.
Alexei Zamyatin, co-founder of bitVM, spoke about the developments highlighted in an August 15 new whitepaper on X. This newest version provides architecture enabling BitVM2 and the BitVM Bridge to run more efficiently. Lead of the ZeroSync project Robin Linus initially revealed originally releasing the first BitVM in October last year to allow off-chain smart contracts on the Bitcoin network without affecting the fundamental consensus principles of Bitcoin.
Major Upgrades and New Features
BitVM2 largely stands for its change to a “permissionless” approach wherein anybody may question dubious transactions. This brings the necessary transaction count—from 70 to just three—for a challenge. On the other hand, the former design lessened the system’s flexibility as it only permitted certain people start challenges.
BitVM2 seeks to roll-down a second network generated from Bitcoin thereby preserving security of the original Bitcoin network and maximizing transaction throughput. Using speedier lock-up times and less startup money required, the BitVM Bridge enables Bitcoin be safely transferred to the roll-down and back.
Leading ZeroSync project developer Robin Linus and other well-known programmers co-authored the new whitepaper stressing that BitVM’s main aim is to grow the Bitcoin network rather than add Ethereum-style decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. Linus and his associates are focused on increasing Bitcoin’s transaction throughput without stressing the hazards related with Ethereum’s smart contract technology.
Stressing that BitVM’s real worth is in its potential to extend Bitcoin, the developers seek to conduct millions of transactions per second without endangering network security. They also voiced worries about possible system manipulation, including the development of EVM-like tokens, which would draw dishonest actors and consequently compromise the main goal of Bitcoin.
This most recent BitVM variation maintains the basic concepts while nevertheless enabling manufacturers to increase network capacity, thus appropriate for a larger wave of expansion in the Bitcoin ecosystem.
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