SHRINCS Quantum-Resistant Signature Verification in Simplicity
Article on the Blockstream blog describes how Blockstream Research team members implemented a verifier for SHRINCS quantum-resistant signatures in Simplicity.
- Blockstream Team
Simplicity and SimplicityHL News
VIDEO: Resolvr Astrolabe Demo
Resolvr shows off an early demo of its tokenized risk investment product Astrolabe, built on Simplicity smart contracts.
- Resolvr Team
Delving Simplicity series
"Delving Simplicity" is an ongoing multipart series by Dr. Russell O'Connor, presenting conceptual and architectural aspects of the design of (low-level) Simplicity. This series is written from a programming language theory perspective.
The following articles in this series have appeared so far:
- Part Ⅰ: Three Fundamental Ways of Combining Computations
- Part Ⅱ: Combinator Completeness of Simplicity
- Part Ⅲ: Building Data Types
- Part Ⅳ: Two Side Effects
- Part Ⅴ: Programs and Addresses
- Dr. Russell O'Connor
Building STARKs in Simplicity
Discover how combining Simplicity and STARKs can transform Bitcoin scaling and explore their potential for creating rollups, privacy-preserving transfers, and more.
- Michael Zaikin
Simplicity Launches on Liquid Mainnet
Simplicity is now accessible on the Liquid mainnet, providing financial applications free from the complexities and risks that characterized the previous era of EVM-based DeFi.
- Blockstream Team
Simplicity Arrives on the Liquid Testnet
Simplicity has officially launched on the Liquid testnet, allowing developers to start experimenting with its expressive smart contract capabilities.
- Blockstream Team
VIDEO: Christian Lewe on Simplicity
A discussion on how Simplicity, as an alternative to Bitcoin Script, could enable covenants and be ported to Bitcoin by first proving itself on Liquid.
- Christian Lewe
VIDEO: Bitcoin Cryptography and Scripting
An accessible introduction to Bitcoin scripting and cryptography, including how Simplicity enhances Bitcoin by offering a formally verifiable, resource-bounded alternative to Script.
- Andrew Poelstra
Simplicity: Sharing of Witness and Disconnect
Explores how Simplicity enables efficient smart contracts through reusable witness data and modular design via the disconnect combinator.
- Andrew Poelstra
VIDEO: Simplicity: Bitcoin's Last Soft Fork?
An analysis of how Simplicity could serve as the final protocol soft fork in Bitcoin-like systems.
- Christian Lewe