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Cryptography R&D for Bitcoin

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Misha Komarov (@nemothenoone) posted to Delving Bitcoin about a proposal for a new metaprotocol built on top of Bitcoin, called Shielded Bitcoin, that would enable private transfers while requiring no changes in consensus... bitcoinops.org/en/newsletter…

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #426

This week’s newsletter links to a draft BIP for letting peers choose their own one-byte message type IDs over the version 2 P2P transport, summarizes a discussion about whether BIPs should include...

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Laura Shin
@laurashinSep 24
🔒 Bitcoin could get Zcash style shielded transactions with zero soft fork and no company running the pool, says researcher Misha Komarov, who is building it right now. unchainedcrypto.com/bitcoin-…

Bitcoin Could Get Zcash-Style Private Transactions Without a Soft Fork, Misha Komarov Says -...

The founder of a Bitcoin research firm described a private pool for bitcoin that would cost about four times a normal transaction in fees, and said the technique behind it is still experimental.

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Shinobi
@brian_trollzSep 24
Latest piece for @BitcoinMagazine on @allocinitxyz's new Shielded Bitcoin proposal. This in combination with their work on PIPEs could lead to a very big privacy win for Bitcoin. Details on the protocol here: bitcoinmagazine.com/technica…

[[alloc] Init] Releases Shielded Bitcoin Proposal For Private Bitcoin Transactions

Shielded Bitcoin, a proposal from [[alloc] init], would enable Bitcoin transactions with strong privacy.

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Peter Todd
@peterktoddApr 29
Never underestimate moon math. – at The Las Vegas Strip, Paradise
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Misha Komarov (@nemothenoone) from @alloc_init_ steps up to talk about how witness encryption (conditional encryption tricks) can effectively add opcodes to Bitcoin without softforks
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OPNEXT 2026
@OPNEXT2026Apr 23
Bitcoin PIPEs v2: Covenants and ZKPs on Bitcoin via Witness Encryption. What if we can programmable behavior to Bitcoin without changing Bitcoin's consensus rules? @nemothenoone of @alloc_init_ presents on a novel witness encryption scheme.
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JUST IN 🦫: Misha Komarov (@nemothenoone) of [[alloc] init] to speak at bitcoin++ Vegas, villain edition this coming April 23+24, 2026 ~~BItcoin PIPEs v2: Covenants and ZKPs on Bitcoin L1 via Witness Encryption without a Softfork. ~~ Join us 👉 btcpp.dev/conf/vegas#tickets
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Blockspace
@blockspaceApr 16
We're live on the Dev Stage with @nemothenoone of @alloc_init_ talking PIPEs v2!
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Ardy@ArdipooApr 12
Misha Komarov @nemothenoone on the advances of Bitcoin PIPEs v2, and how it attempts to bring functionality like covenants to L1 without consensus changes. #MITBitcoinExpo
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@nemothenoone, Co-Founder of [[alloc] init] and Co-Founder of =nil; Foundation, will be at the #MITBitcoinExpo2026. Currently building at [[alloc] init] with a focus on making Bitcoin PIPEs work, Misha brings experience across zero-knowledge infrastructure and Bitcoin protocol development. Get tickets at mitbitcoinexpo.org/ #MITBitcoinExpo2026 #FreedomForAll #BitcoinBoston #BTCxMIT
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