blog.zksecurity.xyz
🔗 Archetype X zkSecurity - Proof Is in the Pudding: ZK on Bitcoin

Bitcoin's UTXO model and limited scripting language create unique challenges for verifying zero-knowledge proofs. In this session, we walk through the fundamental constraints of Bitcoin Script and then explore the creative approaches that have been developed to bring ZK verification to Bitcoin, from multi-party computation techniques to BitVM's optimistic verification paradigm.

blog.citrea.xyz
🔗 Post-Quantum Citrea

As a layer secured by Bitcoin, Citrea shares the concern of the broader Bitcoin community that quantum computers could eventually break the elliptic curve cryptography Bitcoin relies on. However, our preliminary analysis shows that Citrea is well-positioned to adapt to a post-quantum Bitcoin environment.

inbitcoinwetrust.substack.com
🔗 BitVM: Computing on Bitcoin to Escape the Altcoin Bridge Trap.

The people who wrapped their Bitcoin learned a devastating, expensive lesson:
When you bridge your Bitcoin to an altcoin network, you no longer own Bitcoin. You own a corporate IOU on a centralized database, secured by nothing but the promises of tech bros and the mercy of hackers.

fairgate.io/blog
🔗 Why Client-Side Validation Will Power Agentic Commerce

Traditional payment networks were not designed for this environment. Most systems suffer from one or more structural limitations: capital must be locked to route payments, transaction data must be published to the base chain, routing failures are common, or centralized operators become regulatory choke points.

geonicolaidis.substack.com
🔗 Issue 13: The Next Two Halvings

Even at $150,000 per bitcoin with $5 million in daily transaction fees, the network would be less secure per dollar of value stored than it is today at $67,800. The block subsidy halving outpaces price appreciation and fee growth combined in every scenario I can model. This issue lays out three scenarios for the 2028 and 2032 halvings, and stakes five specific, date-bound predictions on the result. If I’m wrong, I’ll say so in 2028.

fairgate.io/blog
🔗 Confidentiality in Commercial Agentic Transactions

A key property of this architecture is deterministic payment success. In traditional payment channel networks, such as the Lightning Network, payments may fail due to insufficient liquidity, routing fragmentation, or network topology constraints, and success probability often decreases as the payment amount increases. In contrast, Bit2 transactions succeed deterministically once accepted by the receiver: there is no routing process, no dependency on third-party liquidity, and no probabilistic execution.