Bitcoin Layers

June 4, 2024

Fresh off a funding round from UTXO Management, Janus joins The Gwart Show.

Welcome back to the Gwart Show! This week, Gwart sits down with Janus of the Bitcoin Layers team to discuss–well you probably get it. Still, they do go over Bitcoin sidechains, L2 approaches, tokens & dapps and what not on L2s , if this Zk thing makes sense, CatVM and more.

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