Ultraviolet is the network made with L2 RGB smart contracts by the creators of RGB - @pandoraprime_ch and @dr_orlovsky
It comes with zk-STARK provers, post-blockchain scalability layer 1 Prime, AI agents & data availability layer Storm
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¿Es posible hacer #transacciones de criptomonedas sin blockchain? @dr_orlovsky detalla cómo #RGB y Prime superarían las limitaciones de las redes actuales. 🚀 ¡Cuéntanos en los comentarios si crees que este debería ser el siguiente paso para #Bitcoin!
Let me unpack what this actually means for Bitcoin (not trying to prove anything to anyone, just share results of my personal “do not trust verify��� of the @GrassFedBitcoin claims).
1. Any minority with hash power ~10-20% and minority of nodes (by count, economic value) of <1% may activate a soft fork, causing a chain split and putting the majority funds into a double-spend risk for weeks/month, stopping main chain from efficient operations.
2. This is not how SegWit was activated and was not known before. It is not “just a UASF”.
3. Even if you do not see how pt 1 is possible, it is possible (game-theoretically proven, see my tweets over pas week and discussions with @giacomozucco) and IS a strategy officially used by BIP-110 gang which they proud of discovering, claiming this is a “distributed authoritarianism” and it is good for Bitcoin.
4. Unlike them I see this as a bad thing and not an authoritarianism, but rather a form of destructive nihilism.
5. In pt 5 “possible” doesn’t mean “it will certainly happen”. Yet still just a fact of its theoretical possibility is already a problem: the system with such feature/bug is vulnerable to the whole range of new types of attacks, so even with BIP-110 abandoned, the damage is already done and there will be more followers to this strategy.
6. This vulnerability is specific to PoW consensus with public ledger (“blockchain”), where miners and users see and verify transactions of the entire world. “ZK” do not protect from them. The only protection is a PoW consensus _without_ blockchain - like I proposed few years ago (Prime, for which our team is building a proof of concept).
Let me unpack what this actually means for Bitcoin (not trying to prove anything to anyone, just share results of my personal “do not trust verify” of the @GrassFedBitcoin claims).
1. Any minority with hash power ~10-20% and minority of nodes (by count, economic value) of <1% may activate a soft fork, causing a chain split and putting the majority funds into a double-spend risk for weeks/month, stopping main chain from efficient operations.
2. This is not how SegWit was activated and was not known before. It is not “just a UASF”.
3. Even if you do not see how pt 1 is possible, it is possible (game-theoretically proven, see my tweets over pas week and discussions with @giacomozucco) and IS a strategy officially used by BIP-110 gang which they proud of discovering, claiming this is a “distributed authoritarianism” and it is good for Bitcoin.
4. Unlike them I see this as a bad thing and not an authoritarianism, but rather a form of destructive nihilism.
5. In pt 5 “possible” doesn’t mean “it will certainly happen”. Yet still just a fact of its theoretical possibility is already a problem: the system with such feature/bug is vulnerable to the whole range of new types of attacks, so even with BIP-110 abandoned, the damage is already done and there will be more followers to this strategy.
6. This vulnerability is specific to PoW consensus with public ledger (“blockchain”), where miners and users see and verify transactions of the entire world. “ZK” do not protect from them. The only protection is a PoW consensus _without_ blockchain - like I proposed few years ago (Prime, for which our team is building a proof of concept).
My understanding: it is all about game theory, and the solution for UASF having minority hashpower has no stable Nash equilibrium, but multiple equlibria (“local optimums”). We may face multiple “phase transitions” between those unstable (horse-seat) equilibria which you describe as “reorgs” or “chainsplits”, but they are mich more dangerous than usual reorgs and even chainsplits.
This means that the main problem that the consequence of BIP-110 will be turbulent and uncomputible; chaotic, whether tiny unpredictable events may have a dramatic impact.
If I am right, even if nothing happens and everyone will forget BIP-110, we have explored a profound vulnerability and attack vector agaist bitcoin (actually any PoW consensus based on a public ledger) which will be used in the future, including government-based actors.
Here, non-blockchain PoW like I am planning for Prime is the only solution to the fundamental problem.
My understanding: it is all about game theory, and the solution for UASF having minority hashpower has no stable Nash equilibrium, but multiple equlibria (“local optimums”). We may face multiple “phase transitions” between those unstable (horse-seat) equilibria which you describe as “reorgs” or “chainsplits”, but they are mich more dangerous than usual reorgs and even chainsplits.
This means that the main problem that the consequence of BIP-110 will be turbulent and uncomputible; chaotic, whether tiny unpredictable events may have a dramatic impact.
If I am right, even if nothing happens and everyone will forget BIP-110, we have explored a profound vulnerability and attack vector agaist bitcoin (actually any PoW consensus based on a public ledger) which will be used in the future, including government-based actors.
Here, non-blockchain PoW like I am planning for Prime is the only solution to the fundamental problem.
Our friends from @nodl_it organized a great event during the #BH2025, where we were proud to give a talk on the sovereignty and how our products we build in @pandoraprime_ch and @indcs_org help achieving it
@dr_orlovsky talking about #RGB: history, current state and future at Riga Baltic Honeybadger 2025 by @debificom and @hodlhodl
Catch LIVE stream here now!👇
https://t.co/9GoMqtUzjR
cc @rgbconsortium
We have started in 2017 with our friend OG’s with the strategic vision to empower individuals with tools for the ultimate digital sovereignty. It has taken much longer than was expected - but we did a cutting-edge computer science and cryptographic research, launched RGB, moved ideas of client-side validation to reality - and now the fruits will finally ship.
I was asked many times “what’s you will build next after RGB”. This is what’s next.
We have started back in 2017. Today we are still on track. RGB was just the first component of the ultimate digital sovereignty we imagined at @pandoraprime_ch. Now, we nuclear-power it with Prime, scalable computing (Prometheus), able even to run neural networks in a trustless decentralized setup and data availability layer Storm. Nearly decade of research and dozen of papers will come to reality with @UVioletAI
The @rgbconsortium & @dr_orlovsky have released RGB I.0 — a scalable smart contract system for #Bitcoin & Lightning using client-side validation, zk-STARKs, and single-use seals. 🟥🟩🟦
https://t.co/BAr66rewKC
10 thousand followers - in just two weeks after the launch of our Consortium. Thanks to the community for such an interest to the technology!
Let’s grow the community together: follow @rgbconsortium and join the revolution!
🔥 Speaker Announcement 🔥
We’re honored to welcome @dr_ukolova and @dr_orlovsky to the stage at #BH2025! 🔥 🦡
💡 Olga Ukolova
CEO and founder of @pandoraprime_ch, Olga leads the charge in developing scalable, decentralized technologies built on Bitcoin, Lightning, and RGB. Her team is behind tools like Ray Wallet and MyCitadel, designed to make advanced Bitcoin tech accessible and practical for everyday use.
🧬 Dr. Maxim Orlovsky Lead developer of RGB since 2019 and co-founder of both the LNP/BP Association and RGB Consortium. With a background in neuroscience and machine learning, Maxim is pioneering LNP/BP tech to build a framework for a truly sovereign — and post-human — future.
Together, they are shaping the next chapter of Bitcoin’s evolution — from smart contracts to privacy-preserving applications.
🎟️ Don’t miss their talks, grab your ticket now: https://t.co/uRySiJ0mUL
See you in Riga! 🇱🇻
RGB yellow paper is released: the first formally specified scalable smart contract system for Bitcoin & Lightning, made with client-side validation
https://t.co/JVK4HqEc8u
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