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What you earn should stay earned. What you save should stay saved. Bitcoin🟠
💥🔫 4 ways to compute on Bitcoin: Foundations of Glock Aaron Feickert breaks down computation on Bitcoin & explains why garbled locks (Glocks) win on Bitcoin today. Available on YouTube 👇
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Bitcoin finance, Glock and engineering the "impossible" 🟠 ZK cowboy @david_seroy discusses our groundbreaking work with @JakeBlockchain.
NEW PODCAST🎙️"GLOCK: A Better BitVM" I'm joined by @david_seroy, Ecosystem Lead at @AlpenLabs, to discuss their groundbreaking work on Bitcoin. We cover: → What GLOCK is & how it improves on BitVM → The future of Bitcoin rollups → Why Alpen is 🐐'd Listen now 🔥
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NEW PODCAST🎙️"GLOCK: A Better BitVM" I'm joined by @david_seroy, Ecosystem Lead at @AlpenLabs, to discuss their groundbreaking work on Bitcoin. We cover: → What GLOCK is & how it improves on BitVM → The future of Bitcoin rollups → Why Alpen is 🐐'd Listen now 🔥
If you are attending @satsconf_ join us for "The Interoperable Layers of Bitcoin" panel where myself representing @AlpenLabs, @stevenroose3 for @2ndbtc, @michael1011at for @Boltzhq and @marlonbrgomes for @klever_io will discuss things like BitVM, Glock, Ark, Liquid, Lightning, and Co.
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If you're excited about Bitcoin and love solving operational challenges, let's talk 👇
Alpen is hiring a Business Operations Manager to work with me and the leadership team to help scale our company. We’re unlocking what’s possible on Bitcoin, come build with us! job-boards.greenhouse.io/alp…
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Do you realize how big @AlpenLabs + @Starknet is for BTCfi? With Alpen's Glock, locked BTC can be verified as “burned” or used on another chain like Starknet using zk proofs. Instead of trusting a custodian or multisig to say “yes, this BTC was bridged,” Bitcoin verifies the statement mathematically. The result is Bitcoin in DeFi without wrappers or middlemen.
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Alpen retweeted
What you earn should stay earned. What you save should stay saved. Bitcoin🟠
Glock from ⁦@AlpenLabs⁩ versus BitVM. Taken from a presentation at ⁦@tabconf⁩.
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"Engineering the Impossible" by Aaron Feickert & @jose_storopoli at @tabconf Engineering efficiency breakthroughs with garbled circuits for secure offchain verification for Bitcoin, drastically reducing onchain costs.
The Alpen team had a great time at @tabconf in Atlanta! Watch Aaron Feickert & @jose_storopoli speak about garbled circuits for Bitcoin. Full talk below 👇
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reupping this banger
Private payments with decentralized money was what initially motivated @liameagen. He argues adding private payments to Bitcoin is important for having a durable form of privacy, given its deep integration into the traditional financial system. "You can't ban #Bitcoin"
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Behind the @Starknet x @AlpenLabs partnership are individuals who have long been advocating for the use of zero-knowledge proofs to improve bitcoin as peer-to-peer money - some for over a decade. In the days leading up to the announcement, the Insider Edition sat down with @lightcoin to discuss the progress bitcoin rollups have made since the release of his @HRF-sponsored report, Validity Rollups on Bitcoin, three years ago. There is nuance when we talk about “ZK on bitcoin”. Many people compare it to other ecosystems. This comparison is unfortunate for two reasons: First, it undermines the efforts of researchers and developers who are trying to achieve what was once thought to be impossible. Bitcoin's recent progress on the ZK front is nothing short of magical. Second, it doesn’t fully articulate the tradeoffs that these systems make to achieve their goal of verifying zero-knowledge proofs. This discussion provides insights into how we should view these novel ZK systems. It also covers the history of rollups on bitcoin and how we should view the road ahead. Link to the full interview threaded.
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Glock, CAT & public goods for Bitcoin 🟠 @EliBenSasson of @Starknet joins @david_seroy to share his perspective on our collaboration, Bitcoin’s direction & why he’s optimistic about the future.
Starknet is officially glocked up 💥🔫
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3/ That’s about to change. Alpen is helping to build a world on Starknet where Bitcoiners can access DeFi, without giving up ownership. At the heart of it: Alpen’s Glock verifier, powering the most trust-minimized BTC bridges yet to come.
Together we can.
💥🔫 @Starknet & Alpen will build a shared Glock verifier on Bitcoin! @EliBenSasson shares his excitement for an open, neutral financial system for Bitcoin.
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