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135 sats \ 6 replies \ @Scoresby 10 Jul \ on: RGB consensus layer released to production rgb
I'm curious about RGB. It's been around for a long time now, and while I can find a number of articles that explain what it is, it seems like adoption hasn't been very strong. I'd be interested to read a fair critique of it. Why isn't it more widely in use?
The main reason of its not being used is the fact that it was not released for production (until today). Consensus in client-side validated systems (RGB belongs to them) is kind of ossified from the day one when you start using in production; it is much harder to change that than blockchain consensus. Thus, it took many years to build a system which has everything needed, including zk-STARK readiness.
I am quite sure we will see a boost in RGB adoption over the next months after the release.
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My money is on more shitcoins, but I hope to be mistaken
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Not just shitcoins. Also:
- better liquidity on lightning
- much better privacy (broken tx graph)
- souvereign legal system
- sovereign bearer audit logs (timestamps++)
- better bitcoin programmability (much better)
With Prime (client-side validation layer 1):
- 1 sec settlement time
- no blockchain
- tens of millions tx per second with no inbound liquidity problems like in lightning
- constant size data with zk-STARKs client-side peer-to-peer proofs
And yes, there is bitcoin trustless bridging to RGB and Prime - with Radiant and/or BitVM (whatever happens first).
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cool, thanks! I've been trying to follow this some time ago. will look more closely now.
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Consensus in client-side validated systems (RGB belongs to them) is kind of ossified from the day one when you start using in production
Why is that? Is it a technical reason?
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