Orkun Kilic

Orkun Kilic, an expert on Citrea, discusses the advantages of ZK rollups on Bitcoin, including scalability, privacy, and lower fees. They explore the concept, benefits, and future research plans for Citrea, the first protocol to enable ZK rollups on Bitcoin. They also compare roll-ups to drivechains, highlighting the technical superiority and trust assumptions. The chapter concludes with a discussion on the advantages of using roll-ups over Lightning for Bitcoin users, emphasizing faster and cheaper transactions, incentive for adoption, and potential for further improvements.

Orkun Kilic, Co-Founder of Citrea, discusses the potential of ZK Rollup tech and BitVM to scale Bitcoin. Topics include roll-ups vs sidechains, the role of ZK proofs, becoming a verifier in the VQIA construction, settlement process, economic incentives in ZK rollups, and building on Citrea for compatibility with Bitcoin's security.