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GOAT Network Launches GOAT BitVM2 Testnet

GOAT Network has launched the GOAT BitVM2 Testnet V3, a Bitcoin-native zkRollup solution designed to enable BTC participation in financial activities without relying on custodians, committees, or multi-signature trust assumptions. This testnet addresses the core challenge of whether Bitcoin can act as the ultimate arbiter for off-chain computations, ensuring security and trust in extreme scenarios like attacks or system failures. Unlike existing Bitcoin L2 solutions that depend on trusted bridges, honest majority assumptions, or external chain settlements, GOAT’s approach leverages BitVM2 technology. BitVM2 uses Bitcoin’s existing primitives—pre-signed transactions, one-time signatures, and Taproot—to create a challenge-based execution mechanism. This allows Bitcoin to enforce correctness and resolve disputes without requiring protocol upgrades. Key features of the testnet include: - Off-chain execution with zkVM-based validity proofs. - Transaction ordering anchored to Bitcoin. - Withdrawals and disputes ultimately settled by Bitcoin’s consensus rules. - Permissionless participation for challengers and verifiers. GOAT has enhanced BitVM2 for practical deployment by improving Bitcoin-anchored sequencing, enabling efficient withdrawals, reducing fraud-proof data volume by ~1000x via Garbled Circuits and DV-SNARKs, and implementing a 1-of-n honest security model. The system also includes a Type-1 zkEVM, decentralized sequencer architecture, and an audited zkVM (Ziren) proof engine. This testnet is a significant step toward validating whether Bitcoin can support a trustless financial ecosystem. It allows users to experience Bitcoin-guaranteed exits, developers to deploy EVM dApps and participate in optimistic challenges, and the industry to evaluate Bitcoin’s capacity as a foundational layer for decentralized finance.

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GOAT Network Launches GOAT BitVM2 Testnet

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HashKey CaaS and Lingchu Intelligence Form Strategic Partnership to Jointly Build AI Autonomous Payment Infrastructure

HashKey CaaS and Lingchu Intelligence have entered into a strategic partnership to jointly develop AI autonomous payment infrastructure. The collaboration will focus on data tokenization for robots and the implementation of the HP2 (HashKey Payment Protocol) autonomous payment network, aiming to integrate AI with the digital financial system and build key infrastructure for the embodied intelligence economy. As part of the agreement, Lingchu will deploy 10 dual-arm robots integrated with HashKey CaaS’s HP2 payment protocol, designed for Web3 and AI agents. These robots will gain controlled payment permissions, enabling them to act as autonomous agents to conduct on-chain transactions—such as purchasing services, accessing data interfaces, and earning on-chain income through task execution. Each autonomous transaction will be recorded as an auditable on-chain financial record, transforming the robots from mere smart devices into independent participants in the digital economy. Additionally, HashKey CaaS will tokenize the operational data generated by Lingchu’s robots, turning them into tradable digital assets with monetary value. HashKey’s CEO of On-Chain Business Group, Li Chen, stated that this partnership marks the first application of the HP2 protocol in embodied AI, supporting the integration of robots into the digital financial ecosystem. Wang Qibin, CEO of Lingchu Intelligence, emphasized that the collaboration will help accelerate the transition from R&D to an ecosystem-oriented machine economy. Both parties plan to further explore applications of embodied intelligence in payment and autonomous services, promoting the large-scale practical implementation of AI-driven economic models.

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HashKey CaaS and Lingchu Intelligence Form Strategic Partnership to Jointly Build AI Autonomous Payment Infrastructure

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