In Ethereum, every time a block is produced there is a parallel economy invisible to the average user. A process that the next network update, which will be launched in the second half of 2026, plans to make more transparent. The parallel economy of the network is based on the maximum extractable value, known by … Read more
The mere introduction of this opcode would allow covenants, ZK-rollups and native L2 to be added to Bitcoin. OP_CAT was removed after an event known as the value overflow incident, which occurred in 2010. Today, the main development problem of the Bitcoin protocol seems to be modular. By this I mean that the shape and … Read more
Bitcoin PIPE, a proposal by Mikhail Komarov, seeks to implement Covenants and Zero Proof of Knowledge (ZKP) in Bitcoin without requiring a soft fork in the network. These programmings would bring privacy benefits (SNARK tests) and usability in Bitcoin, through smart contracts or more complex and advanced transaction designs. The intention to add these advances … Read more