Jasonk🚁 🟧

This might genuinely be the biggest update to happen in Bitmap. Blixworld now subscribes to the Bitmap Live OCI(onchain index), built by @boppleton . We’ve integrated it, tested it, and it’s ridiculously fast. Let me explain why I think this is such a big deal 👇 We built an entire data pipeline to keep Blix up to date with Bitmap. As a builder, you need reliable data. You need to know what exists, what’s changed, and where the chain is right now. Now, we can plug into a live on-chain index and get the data we need, right up to the tip of Bitcoin, yes, the latest block. Think about that for a second. An evolving collection. A persistent, on-chain record. A live index that applications can build on. And it changes what we need to build ourselves. We can now look at our existing pipeline, strip out unnecessary complexity, and make Blix leaner, faster and more efficient. Less reinventing the wheel and more building the actual experience. That’s what great infrastructure does. It doesn’t just give you something new. It makes everything built on top of it better. And I want to give bop his flowers here. I think we should rename Bop to boptimisation, because this guy has a knack for getting right down to the granular level of compute, finding the elegant solution, and making things work the way they should. In a landscape where most people are just trying to get things working, what bop does is rare. It’s easy to overlook work like this. It’s not always flashy. It doesn’t necessarily make for the loudest announcement. But if you’re building full-time in Bitcoin, you understand how valuable it is to have someone in your corner who cares about efficiency, reliability and doing things properly. That’s an asset beyond comprehension. Bitmap has some incredibly interesting mechanics, and having infrastructure that can serve live, on-chain data to builders opens up possibilities that are genuinely exciting. For blixworld, this means our platform can serve Bitmaps right up to the live tip of Bitcoin, with data validated against the chain rather than relying entirely on our own bespoke pipeline. We’re building a persistent network of expression. A place where people can create, build, and bring their communities to life. And the foundations matter. So, well done Bitmap. And a massive thank you to @boppleton for building something we can actually rely on. The work might be misunderstood by many, but builders know. This is the kind of work that moves an ecosystem forward. Be the Bopmap 🟧

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