# The Bull Case for zkBTC

*Author: Ryan Sean Adams, David Hoffman*
*Published: Nov 18, 2022*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/de/alpha-leak-the-bull-case-for-zkbtc*

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The three go over the bull case for ZK-Rollups on Bitcoin. It’s undoubtedly the frontier.

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### TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro

5:10 John’s Background 

8:24 How zkBTC Works?

11:00 Eric’s Interest

15:43 A Better Lightning Network?

21:33 Rollups on ETH vs. Lightning Network

25:50 Rollup Potential 

29:24 Optimism

32:15 Expressivity 

43:53 Limitless Bitcoin Applications 

46:29 Layer 3 Protocols 

50:25 What Needs to Happen

52:05 Forks & Flippening Effects

58:00 Proof Systems & Recursive Covenants 

1:09:40 Next Steps

1:12:00 Research

1:14:12 Eric’s Thoughts on Bitcoin

1:16:50 Closing & Disclaimers

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#### RESOURCES
John Light

[https://twitter.com/lightcoin](https://twitter.com/lightcoin)

Eric Wall

[https://twitter.com/ercwl](https://twitter.com/ercwl)

Validity Rollups on Bitcoin

[https://bitcoinrollups.org/](https://bitcoinrollups.org/)