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Bitcoin’s Bold BitVM Proposal Promises Blockchain Revolution

October 11, 2023 by Aishwarya shashikumar

Bitcoin has long been celebrated as the pioneer of blockchain technology, setting the stage for a digital financial revolution. Now, a groundbreaking proposal by BTC developer Robin Linus has the potential to take this revolutionary technology to new heights. In his white paper titled “BitVM: Compute Anything on Bitcoin,” Linus introduces a novel approach to enable expressive off-chain smart contracts on the BTC network without requiring a soft fork.

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At the core of BitVM’s innovation lies the concept of Turing completeness, a theoretical ability to solve any computational problem. Unlike Ethereum, which relies on on-chain execution of smart contracts, BitVM leverages off-chain execution with on-chain verification, similar to Ethereum’s optimistic rollups. This approach is based on fraud proofs and a challenge-response model, where a “prover” can make claims and a “verifier” can perform fraud proofs to penalize false claims.

Until now, BTC’s scripting capabilities have been limited to basic operations like signatures, timelocks, and hashlocks. BitVM, however, promises to extend these capabilities, opening the door to a wide range of applications, from gaming to verification of validity proofs in BTC contracts. It could even enable bridging BTC to other chains, establishing prediction markets, or introducing novel opcodes.

However, BitVM does come with limitations. It currently operates in a two-party setting, involving a prover and a verifier, and requires significant off-chain computation and communication for program execution. Nevertheless, the potential is undeniable.

BitVM: Bridging Bitcoin and Ethereum Innovations

BitVM’s implementation was made possible by the Taproot soft fork, which occurred in November 2021. The project drew inspiration from Ethereum’s research on optimistic rollups and recent developments in Merkle trees.

Bitcoiners have responded with a mix of enthusiasm and caution. Eric Wall expressed his cautious excitement about the concepts outlined in the BitVM white paper, while Dylan LeClair commended its potential. However, Adam Back urged restraint, advising against excessive enthusiasm. The blockchain community has even seen a proof-of-concept on GitHub.

BitVM’s introduction does not force Bitcoin holders into Turing complete contracts; it remains an opt-in feature. This preserves the security sandboxing characteristic of Bitcoin’s UTXO system, ensuring user autonomy.

In the ever-evolving landscape of blockchain technology, BitVM stands as a testament to Bitcoin’s adaptability and resilience. While it may not be the ultimate solution, it is a significant step towards expanding Bitcoin’s capabilities and diversifying its use cases, potentially influencing the future trajectory of Bitcoin’s price in the next bull market. Only time will tell how this innovative proposal shapes the Bitcoin ecosystem and the broader blockchain industry.

Filed Under: News, Bitcoin News, World Tagged With: Bitcoin (BTC), bitVM, Crypto, Cryptocurrency

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