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Stanford Engineering Professor and Babylon founder David Tse explains how MARA Slipstream is being used to execute BitVM logic and support Bitcoin scalability.

We tested the core BitVM2 protocol. Specifically, the challenge-response mechanism that underlies BitVM-based bridges. Our experiment focused on infrastructure-level validation: Can you actually submit these large transactions to Bitcoin mainnet? What are the real costs and

Good question. The claim transaction size reflects BitVM protocol requirements and is a fixed size. It's one claim TX per peg out.

Real-world engineering lesson from our BitVM experiment: Never engineer to the absolute limit. Our 3.9999MB block exceeded mining pool safety margins despite being under Bitcoin's 4MB cap. One mining pool offered manual processing for 1 BTC. The BitVM community fixed it

Let’s change the paradigm for a second. With Bitcoin at a $2.2T market cap and Ethereum at ~$331B, the question isn't whether Bitcoin can compete. It's whether anything else can. The narrative has fundamentally shifted. Projects now seek Bitcoin alignment rather than

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Interesting. Didn’t know about BitVMX: a "long lost family" in the BitVM ecosystem. While BitVM2 uses ~4MB transactions, BitVMX achieves similar functionality with factor 5 to 10 smaller transactions.

Interesting shift in crypto discourse: Infrastructure projects are being re-framed as yield generators. At Bitcoin Vegas, I went from security/consensus panels to "how do you help Bitcoiners earn yield" discussions. The market is devaluing hard infrastructure. But sustainable

Bitcoin's scripting language is intentionally primitive—it can basically do addition and multiplication. Building a ZK proof verifier in this environment is like writing assembly code to solve advanced cryptography. The 1GB verifier compressed to 4MB chunks through 'tricks'

Interesting.

The conversation around BIP-177's proposed "sat" denomination standard isn't exactly like a stock split: Bitcoin remains mathematically unchanged. Unit bias is a psychological phenomenon, not a technical innovation. True Bitcoin innovation focuses on expanding utility while

Babylon creates a two-sided marketplace connecting Bitcoin holders with chains seeking Bitcoin's power. On one side: Bitcoin stakers seeking yield without sacrificing security principles. On the other: Protocols needing Bitcoin's security, liquidity, or both.

Academic research asks: "What interesting problem should we solve today?" At Babylon, the research is driven by market feedback: "What do users actually need and how can it be built securely?" This approach grounds our innovation in practical utility rather than theoretical

Glad to have Ariel on the team.

We have four researchers (including two PhD students) working on one very concrete problem: reduce our BitVM transaction cost from $15,000 to $15. 25-30 hours of brainstorming so far. Still working on it. It's rare to have a cryptography problem that's both deeply technical and

Network effects. My Bitcoin DeFi thesis: We're not trying to kill Bitcoin or replace it with new chains. Bitcoin holds 60-70% of crypto's market cap. New chains hold 30-40%. Bitcoin DeFi connects these two worlds. One plus one equals three when you bridge the largest capital