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Romano - Via Rollup

Romano - Via Rollup

Via Verifier Network Security Upgrade: Canonical Chain Selection Hardening

Via Verifier Network Security Upgrade: Canonical Chain Selection Hardening

We’ve upgraded Via’s verifier selection logic to eliminate race-condition forks and drastically improve performance. Part of Patch 221 hardens canonical chain selection by replacing correlated SQL subqueries with a CTE that finds the canonical chain tip in O(log n) time (instead of O(n²)) and prevents forks

Why are gas fees paid in BTC?

Why are gas fees paid in BTC?

Via is a Bitcoin Layer 2 Modular Sovereign ZK-Rollup that combines zero-knowledge proofs, zkEVM, Bitcoin's PoW security, and Celestia data availability layer by adopting a modular approach without compromises. Users can pay gas fees in Bitcoin while using Via. Quick introduction Via processes thousands of transactions off-chain using

Via L2: A Bitcoin Layer 2 Modular Sovereign Validity zkEVM Rollup

Via L2: A Bitcoin Layer 2 Modular Sovereign Validity zkEVM Rollup

Via L2 is the culmination of everything we learned from 2014 over the past decade, incorporating ideas from multiple designs, Layer 1s, rollups, and early Bitcoin networks, such as Mastercoin, Counterparty, and Clearinghouse. Over the years, we've seen the rise of competing alt Layer 1 chains. Each new

Introducing Via L2: A Bitcoin L2 EVM-compatible Modular Sovereign ZK‑Rollup

Introducing Via L2: A Bitcoin L2 EVM-compatible Modular Sovereign ZK‑Rollup

A complete introduction to Via, including its origins, history, technology, vision, design rationale, and revenue model The original Viacoin was a cryptocurrency that supported embedded consensus with an extended OP_RETURN of 120 bytes. Embedded consensus is a design method for building layer-2 logic on top of Bitcoin without changing

Why We Chose Bitcoin to Build Our Sovereign ZK-Rollup

Why We Chose Bitcoin to Build Our Sovereign ZK-Rollup

Why build a Layer 2 on Bitcoin? Why not Ethereum? Bitcoin wasn't just the first successful implementation of real decentralized money. It was the start of a new monetary paradigm. Over the past decade, we have seen numerous projects/chains pitching themselves as a superior version of Bitcoin.

From Viacoin to Via L2: Scaling Bitcoin

From Viacoin to Via L2: Scaling Bitcoin

The original Viacoin was a cryptocurrency that supported embedded consensus with an extended OP_RETURN of 120 bytes. Embedded consensus is a design method for building layer-2 logic on top of Bitcoin without changing Bitcoin itself. History In 2014, Viacoin was launched with support for embedded consensus, creating a system

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