Vitalik Buterin wants Bitcoin to experiment with layer2 solutions just like Ethereum
Buterin also lauded the recent rise of Ordinals and believes it has brought the builder culture back to the Bitcoin ecosystem. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes the Bitcoin network needs scalable solutions like the zero-knowledge (ZK) rollups to become more than another payment network. Buterin’s comments came during a Twitter space hosted by Bitcoin developer Udi Wertheimer with discussions revolving around Ethereum’s scaling experiments. A ZK-rollup chain is an off-chain protocol that operates on top of the Ethereum blockchain and is managed by on-chain Ethereum smart contracts. It offers a more scalable and faster way to verify transactions without sharing critical user information. The Ethereum co-founder shed light on how Ethereum has managed to incorporate various scaling solutions over the years and the recent experiment with ZK rollups and Plasma has given better throughput. Buterin cited the example of Optimism and Arbitrum as two successful examples of “rollups...