BitFuture: Bitcoin’s Evolution is a special series from the Decentralize with Cointelegraph podcast in collaboration with PortaltoBitcoin. In episode 3, Chandra Duggirala delves deep into how cross-chain transactions work, the dangers of using bridges, the importance of Ordinals, Runes and BRC-20, and how Bitcoin could take over the DeFi space.

Follow Cointelegraph on X at @Cointelegraph. This episode’s host, Robert Baggs, is on X at @rkbaggs. Follow the guest, Chandra Duggirala, @csentropy @PortaltoBitcoin.

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Timestamps:
(00:00) - Introduction to the episode
(01:00) - History and evolution of cross-chain transactions
(03:51) - Problems with current cross-chain solutions
(06:59) - How bridgeless cross-chain transactions work
(11:46) - Liquidity pools and AMM about atomic swaps
(15:43) - How the Bitcoin Lightning Network operates, its limitations
(21:23) - RWAs and Bitcoin
(27:56) - The potential of NFTs and gaming on Bitcoin
(30:34) - BRC-20 and its impact on Bitcoin
(32:11) - Prospects for Bitcoin and new protocols

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