BitVM is a new paradigm for Turing-complete bitcoin contracts. In this episode I speak with the creator, Robin Linus and another developer working on the idea, Super Testnet. We discuss:
* What is BitVM?
* What are some of the trade offs?
* What could BitVM enable?
* Set up time and interactivity
* Can it enable sidechains or covenants?
Links:
* Paper: bitvm.pdf
* X: @robin_linus
* X: @super_testnet
* Super Testnet’s Tapleaf circuits
* Shinobi article on BM: The Big Deal With Bitvm: Arbitrary Computation Now Possible on Bitcoin Without a Fork
* AJ Towns ML response on BitVM: BitVM: Compute Anything on Bitcoin
Sponsors:
* Swan.com (code LIVERA)
* CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
* Mempool.space
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