How Starks Could Transform Bitcoin | Louis Guthmann | The Mining Pod

Today we are joined by Louis Guthmann, ecosystem developer at Starkware. Starkware is building zero-knowledge proof rollups for multiple chains, including Bitcoin, that promises to dramatically change how Bitcoin can scale without sacrificing security or Bitcoin’s simplicity. In this first episode we go over how starks are different from Lighting, what fees starks would bring to bitcoin and the rationale behind Starkware’s efforts.

Louis Guthmann: https://twitter.com/GuthL

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00  Start

00:36  Intro

00:57  Meet Starkware

08:29  What is BTC lacking?

13:47  How is Starkware different?

18:37  Scaling off-chain

23:18  What are the tech costs?

30:36  How to implement?

34:42  Why do this?

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