Bitcoin script, it seems, has been sorely underestimated.

Following the release of the Ordinals protocol and BitVM white paper in 2023, conceptions are shifting about what is possible on the Bitcoin base layer, and it’s clear Bitcoin is now absorbing demand from other blockchains in the wider cryptocurrency ecosystem.

Of course, developers have harbored aspirations to add additional features to Bitcoin since the earliest days of the protocol’s 15-year history. From early sidechains like Liquid and Rootstock to the L2s of tomorrow, Bitcoin Magazine has always covered legitimate scaling initiatives.

However, there are a new wave of imitators seeking to take advantage of these…

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