# 2024.10.7 - 2024.10.13

## 2024.10.12

BitVM official project update: Bitlayer @BitlayerLabs researcher dylanCai9 optimized the MSM in affine coordinates based on the hint version, reducing the hint-based groth16 verifier from 1.26GB to 1.05GB <https://github.com/BitVM/BitVM/pull/117>

## 2024.10.11

1\. BitVM official project update: Bitlayer @BitlayerLabs researcher PayneJoe optimized the MSM in affine coordinates, reducing the groth16 verifier script size from 2.6GB to 2.3GB <https://github.com/BitVM/BitVM/pull/114>

2\. BitVM official project update: Bitlayer @BitlayerLabs researcher dylanCai9 fixed the midpoint check on the curve in BitVM <https://github.com/BitVM/BitVM/pull/115>

3\. BitVM official project update: Hakkush-07 optimized Fq2 multiplication; this PR reduced the groth16 verifier from 1.33GB to 1.26GB by using 2 lc2 tmul instead of 3 lc1 tmul <https://github.com/BitVM/BitVM/pull/116>