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# 2024.8.13 - 2024.8.19

## 2024.8.19

Latest Updates on the BitVM Project:

* The BitVM project has merged the `chunker` branch into the `main` branch, <https://github.com/BitVM/BitVM>.
* The BitVM website has updated the BitVM Bridge design documentation, <https://github.com/BitVM/bitvm.github.io/>.
* The `master` branch of the BitVM project has added the `serialize_to_bytes` padding interface, <https://github.com/BitVM/rust-bitcoin-scriptexec/commits/master/>.

## 2024.8.15

Robin [@robin\_linus](https://x.com/robin_linus) published the BitVM2 paper ,The paper further elaborates on the BitVM2 paradigm and the BitVM2 bridge. <https://x.com/robin\\_linus/status/1824004440099053949>

## 2024.8.13

1. sCrypt @scryptplatform has gathered technical content related to OP\_CAT, providing an excellent resource compilation; <https://x.com/scryptplatform/status/1823057620753899658>. Resource link: <https://github.com/sCrypt-Inc/awesome-op-cat>.
2. Fiamma @Fiamma\_Chain claims to have implemented a more optimized method for splitting BitVM scripts, which has already been applied to split Groth16 and FFlonk. This method abandons automatic splitting in favor of manually splitting each sub-function, reportedly achieving better results. Fiamma has showcased the final split results, but the related code has not yet been open-sourced. <https://x.com/Fiamma\\_Chain/status/1822981481725387014>