{"id":50031,"date":"2021-09-23T13:59:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T10:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=50031"},"modified":"2025-09-02T15:47:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:47:41","slug":"developers-to-integrate-the-internet-computer-ecosystem-with-the-bitcoin-blockchain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/developers-to-integrate-the-internet-computer-ecosystem-with-the-bitcoin-blockchain\/","title":{"rendered":"Developers to integrate the Internet Computer ecosystem with the Bitcoin blockchain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The DFINITY Foundation, the nonprofit behind the Internet Computer ecosystem, announced the start of work on the &#8216;direct integration of the Internet Computer with the Bitcoin blockchain&#8217;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/ The results are in for Proposal 20586. \ud83d\uddf3\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Voting for the direct integration with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTC<\/a> motion proposal has ended, with 96.55% approval \ud83d\udc4d logged at a voting power of 301,806,620.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t5zszkrll4\">https:\/\/t.co\/t5zszkrll4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DFINITY Foundation (@dfinity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dfinity\/status\/1438945081973612551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The corresponding proposal was published on September 15, 2021. It was approved by 96.55% of neuron holders among the voters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dfinity-1-1024x242.png\" alt=\"Developers integrate the Internet Computer ecosystem with the Bitcoin blockchain\" class=\"wp-image-150464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dfinity-1-1024x242.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dfinity-1-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dfinity-1-768x181.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dfinity-1-1536x363.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dfinity-1.png 1868w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/dashboard.internetcomputer.org\/proposal\/20586\">ICA Network Status<\/a>. <br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is envisaged that, thanks to the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/dfinity\/chain-key-technology-one-public-key-for-the-internet-computer-6a3644901e28\">chain key cryptography<\/a>, smart contracts will be able to interact with native Bitcoin addresses.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2\/ ECDSA signatures are widely used in the blockchain industry. This feature will enable Canister smart contracts to have an ECDSA public key and to sign with regard to it. This is a prerequisite for the integration of the Internet Computer with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTC<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ETH?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ETH<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hIbok4Cxyx\">pic.twitter.com\/hIbok4Cxyx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DFINITY Foundation (@dfinity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dfinity\/status\/1440803737266577410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;The Internet Computer ecosystem\u2019s smart contracts will gain access to Bitcoin\u2019s liquidity, and Bitcoin will gain a powerful smart-contract capability without the need to use unsafe and bulky trusted-bridge services,&#8221; explained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210921005981\/en\/The-DFINITY-Foundation-Announces-Internet-Computer-And-Bitcoin-Integration---Smart-Contracts-Come-To-Bitcoin\">Dominik Williams<\/a>, founder of the DFINITY Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Smart contracts will receive addresses in the Bitcoin network associated with them. This will allow transaction participants to send and receive BTC. The developers believe the integration will also increase Bitcoin\u2019s throughput.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the DFINITY Foundation launched <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/dfinity-launches-developer-funding-program-worth-223-million\">the Internet Computer ecosystem development funding program<\/a> worth $223 million.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in July, the organization <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/investors-allege-dfinity-foundation-sold-unregistered-securities\">faced a class-action lawsuit by investors<\/a>, accusing it of selling unregistered securities as ICP tokens.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news on our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DFINITY Foundation, the nonprofit behind the Internet Computer ecosystem, announced the start of work on the &#8216;direct integration of the Internet Computer with the Bitcoin blockchain&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,847],"class_list":["post-50031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-dfinity"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"71","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50033,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50031\/revisions\/50033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}