BitVM: The Holy Grail for Bitcoin? | Creator Robin Linus

Today on the show, we’re exploring the frontier of ZK Rollups on Bitcoin!

The Bitcoin L2 landscape is standing on the shoulders of this technical implementation called BitVM. We brought Robin Linus, one of the author’s of the BitVM White Paper, to not only dive into how BitVM got started, but more importantly, what it means for the future of Bitcoin.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
2:17 Who is Robin Linus?
7:35 Why Bitcoin?
13:34 Bitcoin Needs to Scale
19:30 BitVM Eureka Moment
21:46 The State of BitVM
24:34 BitVM vs Ethereum Rollups
31:00 How Does BitVM Work?
40:25 BitVM Critiques
49:25 The Bitcoin L2 Space
53:52 The BitVM Endgame
57:25 The Future of Bitcoin
1:01:27 Closing & Disclaimers

RESOURCES

Robin Linus
https://x.com/robin_linus

Robin Linus Website
https://robinlinus.com/

BitVM
https://bitvm.org/