2024.11.25 - 2024.12.1

2024.11.29

BitVM Official Project Update: BitVM library has merged element labs' Integrate CLI and Winternitz Commit Logic to Client based on #131 + #134 #138(https://github.com/BitVM/BitVM/pull/138), integrating CLI and Winternitz Commit logic.

2024.11.28

Starkware @StarkWareLtd published a blog explaining how to build a Bitcoin bridge using the OPCAT-based sCrypt language: https://starkware.co/blog/implementing-a-bridge-covenant-on-op-cat-bitcoin/

2024.11.27

BitVM Official Project Update: BitVM merged BitVMX team's New Blake3 Optimization #136(https://github.com/BitVM/BitVM/pull/136), optimizing Blake3_u4 from 75.6kb to 68.7kb, and reducing the stack size from 671 to 657.

2024.11.26

Nubit @nubit_org, in collaboration with ZeroSync, Alpen Labs, Citrea, and other partners, launched the BitVM IDE, a tool for integrating Zero Knowledge Proofs (ZKP) development and validation on Bitcoin. https://x.com/nubit_org/status/1861411668724691163 This tool allows developers to experience the entire process of writing Zero Knowledge circuits and directly validating ZKPs on the Bitcoin network, significantly reducing the development complexity for Bitcoin and proving a viable new path for trustless, privacy-preserving application development.

2024.11.22

Fiamma Bridge Alpha Testnet launched @Fiamma_Chain. Fiamma Bridge is a Bitcoin bridge built using the BitVM2 framework, aiming to connect diverse ecosystems to Bitcoin in a trustless and efficient manner. This allows securely minted, tokenized BTC backed directly by Bitcoin across multiple chains, including BTC Layer 2s, staking and restaking protocols, Ethereum, Solana, and more. https://x.com/fiamma_chain/status/1859983555864240355?s=46&t=kmKQtU-_oyvUW6FjhHSNTw