{"id":15537,"date":"2024-07-25T12:59:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T09:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/first-zk-protocol-goes-live-on-bitcoin-mainnet\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T12:59:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T09:59:56","slug":"first-zk-protocol-goes-live-on-bitcoin-mainnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/first-zk-protocol-goes-live-on-bitcoin-mainnet\/","title":{"rendered":"First ZK Protocol Goes Live on Bitcoin Mainnet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rollup protocol BitcoinOS has successfully verified its first transaction using zero-knowledge (ZK) proof on the Bitcoin mainnet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have done it! For the first time ever a ZK-proof has been verified on Bitcoin Mainnet by BitcoinOS.<\/p>\n<p>The final verification was confirmed in block 853626.<\/p>\n<p>A historic moment and a historic block.<\/p>\n<p>A new era has begun for Bitcoin enabling unlimited scaling and functionality -\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x8akim4SJh\">pic.twitter.com\/x8akim4SJh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BitcoinOS (@BTC_OS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTC_OS\/status\/1816180788938870815?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the developers, the final confirmation of the ZK transaction was achieved in block <a href=\"https:\/\/mempool.space\/ru\/block\/0000000000000000000088f697f779228ea2adb6008a74c8f063ab98be715b1f\">#853 626<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cA new era has begun for Bitcoin, enabling unlimited scaling and functionality \u2014 no soft fork required,\u201d the publication states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To implement the solution, BitcoinOS created unspent transaction outputs with BTC and Ordinals, which are controlled by a ZK Bitcoin smart contract.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All elements of the protocol are on the Bitcoin mainnet. The contract itself lacks a multisignature and a specific owner.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The protocol&#8217;s transaction verification technology is based on an updated proof library, <a href=\"https:\/\/hub.forklog.com\/zk-starks-vs-zk-snarks-razlichiya-v-tehnologiyah\/\">zk-SNARK<\/a> \u2014 BitSNARK. This solution allows developers to create \u201calmost trustless bridges\u201d for moving Bitcoin between the main network and L2.<\/p>\n<p>BitcoinOS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitcoinos.build\/\">positions itself<\/a> as a scalable superchain, enabling developers to create compatible rollups, decentralized applications (dapps), and DAOs, while ensuring privacy for network users.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cBitcoin is no longer just digital gold. It is also an operating system and a platform on which an entire world of dapps can be built. [\u2026] Ethereum, Solana, and other L1 projects are no longer shielded from competition from Bitcoin,\u201d noted BitcoinOS co-founder Edan Yago in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-mainnet-first-verified-zk-proof\">Cointelegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He added that the launch of ZK verification on the digital gold&#8217;s mainnet is closely linked to the solution&#8217;s goal of transforming it \u201cinto an operating system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In June, StarkWare, the company behind StarkNet, announced plans to make the L2 network a unified scaling layer for the first cryptocurrency alongside Ethereum.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the firm&#8217;s co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson, such a large-scale expansion for the protocol could be realized six months after the implementation of the OP_CAT update in Bitcoin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rollup protocol BitcoinOS has successfully verified its first transaction using zero-knowledge (ZK) proof on the Bitcoin mainnet. We have done it! For the first time ever a ZK-proof has been verified on Bitcoin Mainnet by BitcoinOS. The final verification was confirmed in block 853626. A historic moment and a historic block. 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