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We've Had Another Week Full of Activity

Hello everyone, welcome to our second edition of the Fairgate Weekly, a newsletter that brings you our curated approach regarding industry updates and Fairgate projects' news.

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01

A structured approach for a better understanding of L2 projects' differences

02

The reasons behind the need for L2 solutions that enhances performance'.

bitvm.org
🔗 BitVM2: Bridging Bitcoin to Second Layers
Bitcoin, similar to other Layer 1 blockchains, faces significant scalability challenges, driving the need for Layer 2 (L2) solutions to enhance network performance

03

Lightec's L2 zkBTC is moving forward.
Short announcement
zkBTC testnet bridge

lightec.gitbook.io
🔗 Getting Started - Introducing Lightec
Welcome to Lightec Protocol's official documentation! This guide will help you get started quickly. OpZKP & zkBTC initiated by Lightec Labs, gives Bitcoin a boost with its Native Layer 2 solution, greatly improving network performance and scalability while keeping Bitcoin's core decentralized& secure principles intact.

04

An optimized field multiplication for Bitcoin that reduces the SNARK verifier script used in BitVM


alpenlabs.io
🔗 BitVM2: Bridging Bitcoin to Second Layers
Bitcoin, similar to other Layer 1 blockchains, faces significant scalability challenges, driving the need for Layer 2 (L2) solutions to enhance network performance

05

Robin Linus explores the op_cat proposal, providing insights into its potential impacts on Bitcoin.

gist.github.com
🔗 Robin Linus / CATastrophy
This document highlights some common fallacies often repeated by proponents of the 'op_cat' proposal. My goal isn't to argue for or against op_cat, but to debunk these misconceptions and steer the discussion toward a more fact-based, rational analysis

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