Markus (@mschofnegger) explains the cryptography behind @allocinitxyz’s Shielded Bitcoin in five minutes: PIPEs, witness encryption, and MinRank.
He also previews two upcoming papers covering the vault’s peg-in/peg-out design and an updated witness encryption construction.
Clara Shikhelman (@ClaraShik) and Elias Rohrer (@_tnull) joined Optech to discuss Newsletter #426:
News
● Dynamic one-byte message type IDs for BIP324 (45:02)
● Discussion of conventions for tagged hash tags in BIPs (49:04)
● Proposal for onchain, private bitcoin transfers
In Lugano for @LuganoPlanB next week? Come say hello at Bitcoin Research After Hours on Oct 25!
Join us after BitDevs for a relaxed evening of conversation, food, and drinks with fellow Bitcoin developers, researchers, cryptographers, and builders.
We'll also be at BitDevs from 5pm, sharing more about Shielded Bitcoin and PIPEs. Come find us there.
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Hosted by @allocinitxyz & @MARAFoundation_ 🫡
Misha Komarov (@nemothenoone) posted to Delving Bitcoin about a proposal for a new metaprotocol built on top of Bitcoin, called Shielded Bitcoin, that would enable private transfers while requiring no changes in consensus...
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Today at 2p ET — come listen, learn, and ask questions. Our cryptography research + protocol design teams will share the latest on Witness Encryption, Bitcoin PIPEs, and Shielded Bitcoin.
The team at @allocinitxyz is working on some of the most ambitious cryptography in the world — with potentially game-changing implications for Bitcoin bridging, vaults and covenant-emulation.
I'll be diving deep into their Shielded Bitcoin and PIPEs research on X space with
TODAY at 2pm ET
MARA Foundation is co-hosting a discussion with @allocinitxyz, the team behind the new Shielded Bitcoin protocol & PIPEs.
We'll unpack their recent announcement, gauge progress on PIPEs, and address key questions from the community on its viability for both
Can witness encryption really get us private bitcoin? We sat down with @ClaraShik, to clarify where @allocinitxyz research's stands today, and what still needs to be demonstrated x.com/i/article/2105…
Lots of good questions since we published Shielded Bitcoin. Bitcoin++ asked us to tackle a dozen of them — covering common misconceptions, trade-offs, and open avenues for research. Enjoy digging into this conversation with @ClaraShik and @btcinsider__.
Can witness encryption really get us private bitcoin? We sat down with @ClaraShik, to clarify where @allocinitxyz research's stands today, and what still needs to be demonstrated x.com/i/article/2105…
@nemothenoone joined @watchbmtv today to discuss Shielded Bitcoin and how we’re using PIPEs to build Zcash-style privacy on Bitcoin. Listen in to learn more.
JUST IN: Developer Misha Komarov explains proposal framework for private transfers on Bitcoin without a need for a soft fork in detail 👀
Bullish for Bitcoin privacy 🚀
COMING AT 4PM ET: Zcash-level privacy is FINALLY arriving on #Bitcoin, just in time for Wall Street adoption
@allocinitxyz makes its public debut only at the #Bitcoin Treasuries Conference.
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🔒 Bitcoin could get Zcash style shielded transactions with zero soft fork and no company running the pool, says researcher Misha Komarov, who is building it right now.
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🔐 Shielded Bitcoin is coming, and it needs no soft fork.
Misha Komarov (@nemothenoone), founder of @allocinitxyz and co-founder of @nil_foundation, tells @laurashin how Bitcoin PIPEs uses witness encryption to bring Zcash-style privacy to Bitcoin without touching its protocol.
Hot! 🔥 Tonight at BitDevs, @ClaraShik will present the amazing work AllocInit has just published (today!) about private bitcoin transfers without consensus changes.
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PIPEs, Witness Encryption & the Future of Privacy on Bitcoin | with Misha Komarov and Clara Shikhelman
🔗 YouTube: youtu.be/eMIZFFfU3PI
Today, @allocinitxyz co-founder @nemothenoone and Head of Protocol Research @ClaraShik join me to unpack PIPEs — a framework that could
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