
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 Anythi...