Computing on Bitcoin #64 Week 45

« Newsletters

Computing on Bitcoin #64
November 07, 2025 - Week 45

Welcome to a new edition of Computing on Bitcoin News, your weekly dive into the evolving landscape of Bitcoin infrastructure, applications, and much more.
Each week, we curate protocol updates, research breakthroughs, and ecosystem highlights to keep you connected to the builders shaping the future of trustless, Bitcoin-native innovation.
Let's dive in.

Subscribe Now

Sergio Lerner to Present BitVMX at LABITCONF Buenos Aires

Sergio Lerner, Fairgate CTO, will speak at LABITCONF on Nov 8 in Buenos Aires, presenting “BitVM and BitVMX: Computing on Bitcoin Made Easy,” exploring how BitVMX integrates primitives like garbled circuits, FLEX, BATTLE, and TOOP to enable secure, scalable Bitcoin computation.

Our CTO @SDLerner will be speaking at @labitconf, sharing how technologies like @BitVMX are expanding the limits of what’s possible on Bitcoin.

🎙️BitVM and BitVMX: Computing on Bitcoin Made Easy
🗓️ Saturday, Nov 8th – 3:30 PM
📍Centro Costa Salguero, BA

Sergio will explore how… pic.twitter.com/M74FQVISkS
— Fairgate (@FairGateLabs) November 3, 2025

Fairgate to Host Two BitVMX Side Events During LABITCONF & DEVCONNECT

Fairgate is hosting two BitVMX-focused side events in Buenos Aires, with the first one taking place this Sunday Nov 9th, aligned with LABITCONF and DEVCONNECT.
The events will dive into how BitVMX enables practical Bitcoin applications, including presentations of the latest protocols and their use cases.
Seats are limited, make sure to secure your spot.

Our next event is almost here!

This Sunday Nov 9th, discover how @BitVMX is powering real-world use cases, shaping the future and expanding Bitcoin's potential.

Check the agenda below 👇

Looking forward to meeting you there! pic.twitter.com/iFbeYUqZdu
— Fairgate (@FairGateLabs) November 6, 2025

Starknet Q3 Recap Highlights Bitcoin Bridge Plans with Alpen Labs

Starknet published its Q3 2025 recap, highlighting Bitcoin staking, the Grinta upgrade with decentralized sequencing, and a partnership with Alpen Labs to develop a BitVM-powered bridge for native Bitcoin DeFi.

starknetresearch.substack.com
🔗 Starknet Q3 recap

After a full year of preparation, Starknet has finally made the leap and launched real products that position it as the best place for Bitcoiners to do more than just HODL.
The first major milestone is the launch of Bitcoin staking on Mainnet, making Bitcoin staking part of Starknet’s consensus.

Fairgate Joins BitVM Interoperability Panel at BTC++ Istanbul

At BTC++ Istanbul’s closing panel, “BitVM – Bridging Bitcoin”, Fairgate’s CSO Ariel Futoransky joined Robin Linus (BitVM), Simanta Gautam (Alpen Labs), Orkun Lilic (Citrea), and Isabel Foxen Duke (MARA) to discuss Bitcoin interoperability and the importance of real-world applications for industry's development.

Closing Panel "BitVM - Bridging Bitcoin" at BTC++ Istanbul, September 2025

youtube.com/@Fairgate_Labs
In the closing panel at BTC++ Istanbul, with Robin Linus (BitVM), Simanta Gautam (Alpen Labs), Orkun Lilic (Citrea) and Isabel Foxen Duke (MARA), our CSO Ariel Futoransky brought Fairgate's perspective to the exciting discussions about Bitcoin interoperability and the importance of real-world applications for industry's development.

LayerEdge Anchors TRON Verification to Bitcoin with Zero-Knowledge Proofs

Citrea announced the completion of audits for both its ZK rollup and BitVM-based bridge, Clementine, marking a major milestone toward mainnet.

bsc.news
🔗 TRON Adopts Bitcoin-Anchored Zero-Knowledge Verification Through LayerEdge Partnership

LayerEdge has integrated its zero-knowledge (zk) verification system with the TRON network, anchoring TRON’s blockchain state to Bitcoin’s Proof-of-Work (PoW) security.

Citrea Launches Tangelo, Final Testnet Upgrade Before Mainnet

blog.citrea.xyz
🔗 Tangelo: Final Testnet Upgrade Before Mainnet

Citrea recently fully completed its audit phase for both the rollup infrastructure and its BitVM-based bridge, Clementine. The Citrea team successfully resolved all high and medium severity findings, along with other significant issues. The Tangelo upgrade includes all our audit fixes as well as fixes from the BitVM audit itself, bringing major improvements to system reliability, security, and efficiency.

Thanks for reading this edition of Computing on Bitcoin News. As the pace of experimentation and deployment across Bitcoin-native applications accelerates, we’re here to help you keep up with what matters.
We’ll see you next Friday with another round of updates from the builders, researchers, and protocols.

—The Fairgate Team

░Subscribe To Our Newsletter

« Newsletters

Computing on Bitcoin #64 November 07, 2025 - Week 45

Computing on Bitcoin #64
November 07, 2025 - Week 45