Bitcoin surged above $60K for the first time since 2021. Chainway Labs CEO discusses ZK rollups. Consensus event in Austin to shape digital future. Citraea revolutionizes Bitcoin transactions. Bitcoin solutions evolving from multi-signatures to K-roll-ups. Citraea's potential for diverse Bitcoin applications. Progress and plans for Bitcoin project development.
Citria introduces ZK roll-ups on Bitcoin, enhancing transaction scalability and security.
ZK roll-ups on Bitcoin eliminate trust issues with side-chain structures, enabling secure transaction validation within Bitcoin itself.
Deep dives
Introduction of Citria - First ZK Roll-Up on Bitcoin
Citria is introduced as the first ZK roll-up on Bitcoin, offering zero-knowledge technology to scale Bitcoin block space. Unlike previous solutions dependent on multi-signatures and monolithic side-chain structures, Citria enables transparent bridging between Bitcoin and Citria, allowing for processing a large number of transactions while maintaining security. By implementing BTM verification technology, Citria ensures trustless transactions, enhancing financial liquidity on Bitcoin.
Benefits of Roll-Ups in the Bitcoin Ecosystem
Before ZK roll-ups, solutions on Bitcoin relied on multi-signatures, posing trust issues with side-chain structures. With roll-ups, block space scaling occurs directly within Bitcoin, eliminating the need to trust external entities. Roll-ups like BitVM allow encoding programs into Bitcoin addresses, ensuring secure and honest transaction validation without dependency on majority schemes or third parties.
The Role of Citria for Developers in the Bitcoin Ecosystem
Citria, functioning as a ZKVM on Bitcoin, empowers developers to deploy versatile applications similar to Ethereum but with Bitcoin's security and scalability. This advancement enables developers to create various applications such as Bitcoin-backed loans, futures trading with BTC, and other features previously unavailable on Bitcoin. The potential growth in developer activity on Bitcoin, propelled by innovations like Citria, may position Bitcoin as a pivotal chain for Web3 applications in the future.
Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry. And, a conversation with Chainway Labs co-founder and CEO Orkun Kılıç on ZK rollups.
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The price of bitcoin (BTC) topped the $60,000 level on Wednesday, the original cryptocurrency's first time above that level since the peak of the last bull market in November 2021. Plus, Chainway Labs co-founder and CEO Orkun Kılıç shares the latest developments in the Bitcoin ecosystem and the launch of Citrea.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “First Mover” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.