Recently, GOAT Network has made some solid progress, taking a big step forward in both underlying technology and upper-layer applications.
🔶 First, let’s talk about the technical upgrade.
In a post, a core member of the GOAT team, @sd_eigen, said that GOAT BitVM has been pushed forward another step and is now close to the mainnet. This upgrade mainly improves the verification method: previously, BitVM2 used Bitcoin scripts to directly simulate a Groth16 verifier; now it switches to a more efficient approach—delegated witness encryption + decomposable random encoding.
Benefits: you no longer need to change the circuits for operators, verifiers, watchdogs, etc.; you only need to adjust the transaction graph. The most tangible result is that the cost of on-chain fraud proofs has been reduced by a full 1000x. They also achieved delayed binding of public inputs via the BABE protocol, enabling safe verification of an L2 sequencer set on Bitcoin without adding extra security assumptions—bringing the security and practicality of Bitcoin’s L2 to another level.
🔶 Next, GOAT Network released another practical update: the official Hermes AI agents can now truly “take action” across multiple chains. With the newly launched AgentKit tool, AI agents can get wallet and payment capabilities in just a few clicks, supporting major chains such as Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, BNB Chain, Berachain, and MetisL2.
In simple terms, AI agents used to be mostly limited to chatting and generating content; now they’ve been upgraded into agents that can transfer funds, make payments, and execute on-chain actions on their own—truly giving them economic capabilities. This feature helps AI agents evolve from “talking” to “earning while doing,” which is especially useful in a multi-chain environment.
⭐️ These two developments are actually mutually reinforcing: one makes Bitcoin’s security infrastructure cheaper and more efficient at the foundation layer; the other enables AI agents to genuinely plug into on-chain economic activities at the application layer. One keeps the “foundation” solid, and the other makes the “house” usable. @GOATNetwork has advanced both technology and applications together this time, steadily moving toward a more practical, more grounded direction.
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