Just listened to @TheVladCostea’s Bitcoin Takeover with Andrew Cooks, and it’s packed with insights on where Bitcoin is headed.
ARC, Andrew’s new layer 2, introduces virtual UTXOs that allow near-instant, low-fee offchain transactions while keeping Bitcoin’s security and scripting intact. Unlike Lightning, ARC doesn’t need sender and receiver to be online at the same time, and both systems can actually interoperate complementing each other rather than competing.
What I really liked is the focus on usability and freedom of choice. Through BTC Pay Server’s plugin system and ARC’s flexible design, developers can build real tools without gatekeeping, helping Bitcoin payments become practical again.
The message was clear: Bitcoin is still a work in progress, but progress is happening incrementally, realistically, and with a vision for usability, privacy, and adoption.
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