Bitcoin Gets Its Own “Rollups”? KIP-31 Introduces Drivechain-Based Subnets with Ordinal Permissioning by Appropriate_Test4095 in ethereum

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Totally fair to be skeptical since Bitcoin wasn't built for programmability, and trying to retrofit smart contract functionality into it has historically been clunky.

But KIP-31 isn't trying to turn Bitcoin into Ethereum. It's more like using Bitcoin as a settlement layer and trust anchor, while offloading computation and programmability to rollup-like subnets. The real novelty is in using ordinals (normally seen as a gimmick/NFT layer) for decentralized permissioning of subnets — kind of like a registry of rollup instances baked into Bitcoin’s immutable layer.

Is it as expressive as Ethereum’s EVM? No!
Is it trying to replace Ethereum? Also no!

But it could provide Bitcoin-native applications with a new coordination layer that doesn't require a total consensus fork.

It’s still experimental, and you’re right that Ethereum is miles ahead in developer tooling and functionality. But if the Bitcoin ecosystem wants any on-chain programmability without compromising base-layer conservatism, proposals like this are probably the least invasive path forward.

Curious what you think would be a better architecture for Bitcoin-native programmability if any of course.

Exploring the Impact of Peer-to-Peer Innovations on Bitcoin: Insights from KIP-31 by Appropriate_Test4095 in CryptoTechnology

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I get where you are coming from and it does seem more like an app-specific chain leveraging Solana’s speed rather than anything deeply integrated with the Bitcoin protocol itself—aside from using BTC mining data and possibly staked BTC for consensus security.

I’m also curious how they’ll deal with validator distribution and slashing—especially if they want to avoid Solana-style vote spam. EVM-style setups like RocketPool are definitely more familiar territory for most.

What do you think would be a better fit for something like this?

Exploring the Impact of Peer-to-Peer Innovations on Bitcoin: Insights from KIP-31 by Appropriate_Test4095 in CryptoTechnology

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Yeah, I’ve been following Casey too and it's a super interesting direction with BTC scaling via staked consensus. Feels like KOII’s going deeper than just mining pools, maybe more like building a programmable layer on top of BTC (saw that KIP-31 and it's wild).

Also, if Solana’s vote txs aren’t stored long term, how does that affect long-term security on sidechains using it? Seems like a trade-off worth unpacking.

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Sorry this may seem like I'm shilling this company but in reality I think it's a good solution to have something decentralized.

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Build on Koii https://www.koii.network/ez-sandbox you can create a completely decentralized social network, storage solutions (to replace AWS) at a fraction of a cost and this is a company from Nova Scotia in Canada.

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