# 2024.9.2 - 2024.9.8

## 2024.9.7

sCrypt @scryptplatform posted a blog stating that the product positioning of the sCrypt language will be aligned with Solidity <https://x.com/scryptplatform/status/1832429927335129487>

## 2024.9.3

The official BitVM project has been updated with the merge of two PRs: <https://github.com/BitVM/BitVM>:   - Optimized Fq multiplication using hints with w-width windowed method #87 <https://github.com/BitVM/BitVM/pull/87>: Optimized modular multiplication using the w-window algorithm. Contributed by the Alpenlabs team.   - Fq-mul bug fix #86 <https://github.com/BitVM/BitVM/pull/86>: Fixed a bug in modular multiplication. Contributed by the Citrea team.

## 2024.9.2

1. Starkware has completed the project "shinigami" that verifies Bitcoin Script on Cairo. The project launched on 7.2.

<https://x.com/bitcoinwildlife/status/1830468876242727013?s=52&t=kmKQtU-_oyvUW6FjhHSNTw>

2. Peter Todd @peterktodd published a long article titled "Soft-Fork/Covenant Dependent Layer 2 Review" analyzing the main covenant proposals and the new Layer 2 (L2) solutions that would use them. <https://x.com/peterktodd/status/1830552372075999691> Article link: <https://petertodd.org/2024/covenant-dependent-layer-2-review#op_cat>