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The BOB Report Signals Rapid Progress in Bitcoin DeFi and BitVM3
BitMEX Research published a detailed examination of the long-known “64-byte transaction” quirk in Bitcoin, showing how such transactions can be confused with Merkle tree internals and potentially exploited to deceive SPV clients.
Here we report on the progress of the @build_on_bob ecosystem, documenting recent significant releases, technical breakthroughs and general updates. BOB implemented Cut-and-Choose for BitVM3 using Verifiable Secret Sharing Schemes and adaptor signatures, with related transactions submitted to @Bitcoin mainnet.