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

1. 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