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Bridges Without Forks: BitVM2 Design in Focus
Bridges Without Forks: BitVM2 Design in Focus
GOAT Network outlined how BitVM2 enables Bitcoin-enforceable bridges without forks, using optimistic verification with permissionless challenges and Bitcoin as the dispute layer.
Without a hard fork, Bitcoin can’t natively verify the state transitions of a zkRollup. L1 gives you signatures, timelocks, hashlocks, and Taproot - not a general verifier.
— GOAT Network 🟡 (@GOATRollup) January 7, 2026
BitVM is the most general workaround under that constraint.
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