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Adios, Expiry: Rethinking Liveness and Liquidity in Arkade

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Adios, Expiry: Rethinking Liveness and Liquidity in Arkade

Introducing trust-minimized delegation and the Intent coordination framework Arkade's batch expiry mechanism serves an important role in liquidity management. Periodic renewal of VTXOs allow for efficient allocation of resources across the system. Active users pay fees proportional to the time value of money. In Ark-based protocols, Operators provide

Bitcoin Virtual Channels: Bringing Instant Settlement To Ark

Bitcoin Virtual Channels: Bringing Instant Settlement To Ark

Leveraging Ark’s VTXO paradigm, Virtual Channels enable efficient, low-cost Bitcoin payment channels by lifting smart contracts off-chain One of the most promising opportunities introduced by Ark is the ability to lift Bitcoin-native contracts onto off-chain trees. Payment channels are an ideal candidate to showcase this potential. While payment channels

Introducing Ark Notes

Ark Notes are a proposed mechanism designed to facilitate the recovery of expired funds by Ark users. They are virtual equivalent of vouchers signed by Ark Server and redeemable in Ark rounds. VTXO Expiry: A UX Issue for Ark Mobile Clients The Ark protocol requires servers to front the liquidity