On May 16-17, about 25 builders confirmed up at the newly opened Blox Space in Turin to construct good contracts on Simplicity. Developers competed for over $3,000 in bitcoin as the grand prize, with runner-up groups receiving Jade {hardware} wallets.Judged by our very personal Andrew Poelstra, Mike Berry, and Seth Schoen, they critically analyzed the…
In April, an attacker drained 116,500 rsETH, roughly $292 million, from Kelp DAO’s LayerZero-powered cross-chain bridge. LayerZero attributed the assault to North Korea’s Lazarus Group, particularly the sub-group often known as TraderTraitor. Incidents like these spotlight a well-known sample that we’re recognizing: every new exploit turns into “proof” that on-chain lending and collateralized borrowing are…
Today marks a major milestone in making ready Bitcoin infrastructure for a post-quantum future. Blockstream Research has efficiently deployed post-quantum signature verification on the Liquid Network utilizing Simplicity, enabling customers to guard their funds towards future quantum pc assaults. Blockstream has broadcast what are, to one of the best of our data, the primary transactions…
Back in 2017, Russell O’Connor at Blockstream published the Simplicity whitepaper. The goal was ambitious: design a clean-slate vision for a smart contract language. One that was more expressive than Bitcoin Script, but safer than other platforms. From the whitepaper to mainnet—eight years later, that vision is now coming to life on the Liquid Network….