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A collection of 4 posts

Closing the Lightning Loop: Bitcoin's Missing Layer Secretly Goes Live

Ten months ago, we embarked on a mission to tackle one of Bitcoin's longest-standing challenges: building truly accessible payment infrastructure. We set out to "close the Lightning liquidity loop" using a combination of Ark's VTXO system alongside virtual swap providers. Earlier this month at

Exploring Taproot Assets in Ark

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Exploring Taproot Assets in Ark

As Bitcoin infrastructure matures, so do the ways developers explore asset representation on-chain. Taproot Assets offer a compact and Bitcoin-native format for token issuance, built atop Taproot and Merkle-Sum Sparse Merkle Trees (MS-SMT). In this post, we experiment with integrating Taproot Assets into Ark’s offchain batching layer. Specifically, we

Unlocking Liquidity Before Shared Output Expiration

A new VTXO Tree signing scheme that allows the server to unlock liquidity before a round expiration. Building on insights from Brandon Black, we present a generalized method for Ark clients to collaborate with Ark Servers to release liquidity ahead of the expiration of the shared output that commits to

Understanding Ark Liquidity Requirements

This post discusses the liquidity requirements and calculates the funding needs of Ark Service Provider (ASP), as all transactions within Ark must be funded by the ASP. What is Ark? Ark is a promising second-layer solution for Bitcoin that improves the scalability and privacy of the network. It offers the