When I was little, my father used to say: Son, think about locking the door first, then bring valuables into the house.
Today BitVM3 is doing exactly that. The intent to exit, meaning the pre-signed tx, comes first. The deposit comes after.
At first I thought BitVM3 was just a cheaper way to run BitVM, just another optimization to make assert and disprove transactions smaller.
But watching how it actually gets used in trustless Bitcoin vaults, I realized the real shift isn't cost. The real s...