S15 E49: Edan Yago on BitcoinOS, Permaware & Scaling Bitcoin

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast

Edan Yago is the co-author of BitcoinOS: the first Zero Knowledge proof system to get verified on Bitcoin's main net. BitcoinOS is a significant breakthrough, as it endows Bitcoin with extended financial features without the need for a soft fork. Time stamps: Introducing Edan Yago... again in season 15! (00:00:45) BitcoinOS, The Shared Computation & Smart Contract System for Bitcoin (00:02:36) Introduction of BitSnark (00:05:55) Emulation of Conditional Payments Without a Covenant Soft Fork (00:06:13) BitSnark vs. BitVM (00:06:51) Taproot's Untapped Role (00:09:37) Scalability of Bitcoin (00:13:14) Understanding zk Proofs & Rollups (00:15:39) Defining Zero Knowledge Proofs (00:17:35) Potential of zk in Bitcoin OS (00:20:13) Bitcoin's Unique UTXOs with ZK Proofs (00:20:41) Future of Bitcoin Transactions (00:21:45) Scalability and Bitcoin Transactions (00:22:58) Concerns About Miners' Incentives (00:23:15) Value of Bitcoin Block Space (00:25:29) DeFi and Bitcoin Settlement Time (00:26:48) Rollups vs. Sidechains (00:29:04) Permissionless Innovations (00:31:30) Trust Assumptions in Bitcoin OS (00:35:22) Optimistic Verification Explained (00:36:34) Economic Shift in Bitcoin Mining (00:39:09) Importing Smart Contracts (00:40:42) Fragmentation and Consolidation (00:41:08) Bitcoin's Monetary Network Effect (00:44:46) Native Privacy in Bitcoin (00:45:45) Creating Private Addresses (00:47:10) Counterparty and Historical Context (00:48:37) Transaction Costs in Bitcoin OS (00:49:45) Interoperability with Existing Projects (00:51:07) Value of Existing Systems (00:53:55) Covenants and Soft Forks (00:55:10) Trade-offs of Soft Forks (00:57:37) Concerns about Unintended Consequences (00:59:25) Cultural Hardening of Bitcoin (01:00:12) Testing Zcash Transactions (01:01:04) User-Friendly Software Implementation (01:01:19) Excitement for Sovereign and Rollups (01:04:01) Philosophical Debate on Bitcoin Code Changes (01:05:28) Decentralization as a Tool (01:06:56) Role of the Lightning Network (01:08:14) Custodial Solutions vs. Self-Custody (01:11:44) Cold Storage Capabilities in BitcoinOS (01:15:12) Running a BitcoinOS Node (01:15:47) Token Necessity for Bitcoin OS (01:16:14) Encouraging Node Operation with Tokens (01:18:02) Bitcoin's Resurgence (01:19:47) Long-term Commitment (01:20:47) Living Off Bitcoin (01:21:09) Follow Yago and Projects (01:21:32) Conclusion (01:22:29)