Alpen Labs Introduces the Strata Bridge
It's a hybrid optimistic-zk BTC bridge
Hi Bitcoin Builders,
Happy $100k Bitcoin Week!
This week, Alpen Labs introduced the Strata Bridge. Strata Bridge is based on BitVM2 and it aims to unlock access to BTC in “programmable, private, and scalable environments.”
Hans (@trackoor) gives the following summary of the BitVM improvements:
- No pre-funded operators: Reusable collateral eliminates funding overhead, fully trustless.
- Optimistic-ZK hybrid: Groth16 proofs → TapScripts, invalid = slashed.
- Canonical validation: Light clients validate chain w/ minimal trust & attack surface.
Congrats to the Alpen team!
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