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Bit2 and the Future of Client-Side Validation

Fairgate published a post on Bit2, a client-side validation payment architecture for Bitcoin, describing a model for deterministic, high-throughput transactions without reliance on routing or sequencers, and contrasting it with Lightning and rollup-based approaches.

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.