Sergio Lerner: on bridging challenges and BitVMX's new approach
Fairgate's co-founder Sergio Lerner explains Bitcoin bridging challenges, such as scripting limitations and decentralization trade-offs in BitVM protocols. He describes BitVMX as a resource-efficient approach for secure validating bridges, enabling participation in broader blockchain applications.
cointelegraph.com
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Bitcoin’s scripting language, while reliable and secure, was not built to support the complex computations necessary for validating crosschain transactions.
“Bitcoin did not have a language expressive enough to support [decentralized bridges],” Lerner explained. This constraint has historically limited efforts to build fully decentralized and trust-minimized bridges.