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OP_NET Founders on Native L1 Smart Contracts

DL Research interviews the OP_NET founders, who argue Bitcoin needs native L1 smart contracts to sustain its long-term security model. They contrast their Taproot-based design with approaches like BitVM and rollups.

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🔗 OP_NET founders on why Bitcoin needs smart contracts to survive

Frederic Fosco, involved in Bitcoin since 2013, and Samuel Patt, a long-standing enthusiast with a background in crypto trading, launched OP_NET to address a specific problem: the lack of native programmability on the world’s most secure blockchain.