Title: Simanta Gautam from Alpen Labs on ZK Rollups Description: Simanta Gautam from Alpen Labs presents on SNARKS, ZK Rollups, and BitVM2. Keywords: No keywords Text content: Simanta Gautam from Alpen Labs on ZK Rollups About Programs Donate Sponsors Blog Media Podcast 01 About 02 Programs 03 Donate 04 Sponsors 05 Blog 06 Media 07 Podcast Back to all articles Simanta Gautam from Alpen Labs on ZK Rollups BRINK We support open source Bitcoin protocol developers @bitcoinbrink Posted on 23 February 2025 Simanta Gautam joined Brink engineers to discuss SNARKS, ZK Rollups, and BitVM2 in the context of Bitcoin. In his presentation, he discussed: Alpen Labs’ work on Bitcoin and verifiable computing Utilizing Bitcoin for verifiable compute using SNARKS Two-way pegs, bridges, and trust minimization Bitcoin as a state machine Sovereign ZK rollups as a meta protocol on Bitcoin How BitVM2 can enable rollup two-way pegs Use cases for rollups Q&A with audience This discussion was recorded on February 14, 2025. About Brink Brink is a Bitcoin research and development centre, founded in 2020 to support independent open source protocol developers and mentor new contributors. If you or your organization is interested in supporting open source Bitcoin development, feel free to email us, donate@brink.dev. Developers interested in the grant program can apply now. Keep in touch Subscribe to the Brink newsletter for future blog posts. info@brink.dev@bitcoinbrink GPG fingerprint: 41DB-55F9-AE74-D5E4-C8C0-F615-D6B5-ECF4-C206-C5BE © Brink