# 2024.12.9- 2024.12.15 ## 2024.12.13 BitVM merged the Citrea [@citrea\_xyz](https://t.me/citrea_xyz) team's PR , modifying the alpha and bias hint values for functions like hinted\_check\_double and hinted\_check\_add to be replicated across multiple functions, eliminating the need to provide them separately. ## 2024.12.11 1 BitVM officially merged the Bitlayer [@BitlayerLabs](https://t.me/BitlayerLabs) team's PR . 2 Symbolic [@symbolicvc](https://t.me/symbolicvc) and [@nubit\_org](https://t.me/nubit_org) collaborated on a research report titled "A Deep Dive into BitVM." The research explores why BitVM represents a groundbreaking approach to execution on Bitcoin and details its future development. ## 2024.12.10 The improvement of the README documentation issue was proposed at the BitVM Alliance meeting. The Bitlayer [@BitlayerLabs](https://t.me/BitlayerLabs) team provided information about the main folders in the code repository.