Bitcoin Takeover Podcast

Liam Eagen (Alpen Labs), Robin Linus (Zero Sync, BitVM) & Jonas Nick (Blockstream, Taproot) talk about their groundbreaking research paper about Shielded Client-Side Validation – a new way to bring privacy & scalability to Bitcoin. –––––––––––––––––––––––––– Time stamps: Introduction (00:00:51)
 What is Client-Side Validation? (00:02:09)
 Trade-offs in Client-Side Validation (00:04:20)
 Comparison with Existing Protocols (00:05:18)
 On-chain Throughput and Privacy (00:09:21)
 Connecting Bitcoin and Shielded CSV (00:09:55)
 User Interaction with the Protocol (00:11:07)
 Challenges with the Lightning Network (00:12:22)
 Atomic Swaps and Compatibility (00:14:56)
 Shielded CSV vs Monero & Zcash (00:16:12)
 Discussion on STARKs (00:19:28)
 OP_CAT and Covenants (00:21:46)
 OP_CAT and Functional Encryption (00:24:03)
 Exploration of BitcoinOS (00:25:21)
 Potential of BitVM (00:26:11) Bitcoin as a Currency (00:28:21)
 Funding for CSV Projects (00:30:40)
 Taint Concept in Shielded Transactions (00:31:14