Most Bitcoin scaling projects pick a lane. Arkade refuses to. In this conversation, Ark Labs' Andrew "Kukks" Camilleri explains why Arkade is a general-purpose off-chain environment where you can express your own unlocking scripts β multisig, hash-lock contracts, and more β without opinionated rails like built-in Lightning. He and Shinobi unpack the cosigner trust model, trusted execution environments, and how users can self-deploy signers to remove the possibility of incorrect execution.
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πΆ Shinobi β Bitcoin Magazine
πΆ Andrew "Kukks" Camilleri β Ark Labs
Chapters:
01:01 β What Is Ark? Single Output, Multiple Owners
01:50 β Batch Creation, Intents & VTXOs
02:46 β Forfeit Transactions and Connector Outputs
03:35 β The Virtual Mempool and Off-Chain Transfers
04:43 β Arkade vs Second: A Different Direction
05:35 β A General-Purpose Off-Chain Environment
06:32 β Extending Beyond Bitcoin's Base Layer
07:36 β The Cosigner Trust Model and Enclaves
09:11 β Self-Deployable Signers, Marketplaces & Lightning Swaps
11:38 β Enforcement, Fallbacks & What Ships Next
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