gm everyone,
It seems like everyone is talking about “Bitcoin Layer 2s” now. There’s a lot of noise in the space, so we’ve condensed the biggest news into an easy read for you.
Let’s dive into the latest:
Chainway unveils “Citrea”
The Chainway team unveiled “Citrea”, its rollup that is looking to become Bitcoin’s first zk-rollup.In the announcement, the released documentation on the rollup’s design and links to their new community chats.
Check out their announcement in the thread below. Congrats to the team!
Build on Bitcoin release “Optimine” whitepaper
The Build on Bitcoin team have released the “Optimine” whitepaper. Optimine is a way for rollup sequencers to be merge-mined by Bitcoin miners, and inherit some security properties from Bitcoin.
It’s definitely a new take on how rollups can better align with Bitcoin, and could be the spark of some really interesting Layer 2 designs.Check out the paper below.
Sovyrn releases plans for “Bitcoin OS”
The Sovryn team released its plans for “Bitcoin OS” which would empower an ecosystem of rollups that would settle on Bitcoin.
This announcement follows some of their content hinting at a transition to a rollup model, and were thrilled to see the Sovryn team moving in this direction.
Check out their announcement and docs below.
This edition’s educational pieces
David Seroy releases whiteboard session on Bitcoin rollups
There’s a lot of confusion on how zk-rollups on Bitcoin would work, so David Seroy recorded a whiteboard session on how they *actually* work.
Great work on clearing up some of the confusion here.
Built on Bitcoin podcasts hosts Orkun Kilic to talk Citrea
Jacob Brown had Orkin Kilic on the “Built on Bitcoin” podcast to discuss Citrea’s design and the nuance around zk-rollups, BitVM and Bitcoin.
Galaxy releases report on “Bitcoin as a Platform”
As a part of their January report, the Galaxy team wrote a section on how Bitcoin is becoming a “platform”
Some other articles, podcasts and tweets
Bitcoin Takeover talks Citrea
The Bitcoin Takeover podcast had Orkun Kilic on its podcast to discuss “Citrea”, its design and how it incorporates zk-proofs and BitVM.
What Bitcoin Did hosts Pete Rizzo
Pete Rizzo jumped on the What Bitcoin Did podcast and presented an argument on why Ordinals (and other scaling solutions) are good for Bitcoin maximalism.
John Light talks “Applications of Zero-knowledge Proofs for Bitcoin”
John Light gave a talk on how zero-knowledge proofs can be applied to Bitcoin.
Some more tweets
Jobs in the space
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Chainway - Senior Protocol Engineer. Experience in storage management, p2p networking, and/or protocol design is a plus.
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DevRel Lead - Build on Bitcoin (B.O.B). Ideal candidate has outstanding communication skills, can create technical demos yourself, and has a passion for pushing the boundaries of Bitcoin and EVM.
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Chainway - Business developer. Looking for a business developer based in Istanbul to support with partnership work.
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Chainway - Marketing Intern. Chainway is looking for a marketing intern based in the Istanbul area.
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Taproot Wizards - Marketing Wizard. Seeking a marketing leader to help spread the message of the wizards far and wide. This role is ideal for a crypto native who gets bitcoin culture, with 3+ years in a startup digital marketing role.
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Senior Marketing Specialist - Build on Bitcoin (B.O.B). BOB is looking for a senior marketing professional to come help make Bitcoin cool again.