Arcaris Research
A team dedicated to Bitcoin-focused cryptographic research.
Programmability
Bitcoin Script is a stack-based language used for locking and unlocking transactions with flexibility and analyzability. However, it lacks the expressiveness for complex smart contracts. Miniscript and Simplicity are initiatives aimed at introducing safer and more extensible smart contracts to the blockchain.
Security
Security is crucial for Bitcoin developers and users. Arcaris Research focuses on developing robust cryptographic libraries, hardened operating systems, full node software, and verifiable smart contracting languages, ensuring security throughout Bitcoin's lifecycle.
Privacy
Privacy is essential for maintaining Bitcoin's censorship-resistance and fungibility. Arcaris Research is dedicated to exploring innovative methods and establishing new standards to enhance blockchain privacy.
Core Technology
Developing scalable Bitcoin-based financial infrastructure with innovations in the Lightning Network and federations.
Federations
An advanced blockchain model enabling diverse spending conditions through new opcodes and scripting languages.
Bitcoin
A decentralized peer-to-peer payment system providing secure, transparent, and self-sovereign financial transactions.
Lightning
A layer-2 payment protocol enabling fast and low-cost transactions through off-chain payment channels.
Highlighted Research Papers
Innovation Hub
Advancing blockchain technology with solutions that enhance security, scalability, and efficiency.
Taproot
A Bitcoin upgrade that optimizes transaction verification by batching multiple signatures and transactions.
PSBTs
A Bitcoin standard enhancing the portability of unsigned transactions and enabling collaborative signing.
Deterministic Builds
Technology that ensures identical binaries from the same source code, improving security and transparency.
Covenants
Innovative spending conditions enabling more versatile coin transfer methods on the blockchain.
MuSig
A cutting-edge protocol for aggregating public keys and signatures with the Schnorr signature algorithm.
Tools for Developers
Empowering developers with resources to create secure and robust software. Deploy your Bitcoin node on NixOS using Nix-Bitcoin, start crafting structured Bitcoin Scripts with Miniscript, or set up your own federation using Fedimint.
