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ACQUIRED: Bitcoin developer @stutxo announces his next gig at @lxdev_

We made a bit of history at @BTCPrague. The first bitcoin payments using zero-knowledge proofs were sent over Lightning. Discussed by Satoshi 2010, ZK can improve bitcoin privacy. Our experiment was the first real-world demo to showcase how:

i joined @lxdev_, time to build private cash on the internet ⚡️🛡️

hi - we launched a bitcoin-denominated payments network that uses zero-knowledge proofs for improved privacy

.@lxdev_ has raised a pre-seed round from @DraperVC, @DraperDragon, and Peer VC to work on bitcoin privacy updates on our work are coming soon

icymi: we sponsored research report from @gusgutoski on shielded csv, a proposal that improves scalability and privacy for bitcoin payments you can read the report here: ggutoski.github.io/shielded-csv-t…

in nyc for @OPNEXT2026? join us at @PubKey for the official op_next after party and have a beer on us (or 5)

@PubKey a cheeky breakfast beer never hurt anyone paid in private bitcoin? even better

Beer?

this work is free and open-source under the MIT license: github.com/zerosats/ciphe…

releasing our latest work making a zerocash-style appchain compatible with bitcoin notably, we modified the chain’s utxo circuit to support mints & burns leveraging bitcoin collateral locked in blind, bitcoin L1 vaults