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What is BitVM? with Robin Linus and Super Testnet (SLP520)

Stephan Livera Podcast

English - October 12, 2023 12:57 - 54 minutes - 50 MB - ★★★★★ - 391 ratings
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BitVM is a new paradigm for Turing-complete bitcoin contracts. In this episode I speak with the creator, Robin Linus and another developer working on the idea, Super Testnet. We discuss:

What is BitVM? 
What are some of the trade offs? 
What could BitVM enable? 
Set up time and interactivity
Can it enable sidechains or covenants? 

Links:

Paper: bitvm.pdf
X: @robin_linus
X: @super_testnet
Super Testnet’s Tapleaf circuits
Shinobi article on BM: The Big Deal With Bitvm: Arbitrary Computation Now Possible on Bitcoin Without a Fork
AJ Towns ML response on BitVM: BitVM: Compute Anything on Bitcoin

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Swan.com (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
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