Yet extending Bitcoin's utility has often involved introducing new trust assumptions whether through 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴, , 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 or 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴-𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦.
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚-𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚?
That's the question @BabylonLabs_io is addressing with ᴛʀᴜꜱᴛʟᴇꜱꜱ ʙɪᴛᴄᴏɪɴ ᴠᴀᴜʟᴛꜱ (TBV); an architecture designed to let native $BTC remain on @Bitcoin while enabling new utility through cryptographic verification instead of trusted intermediaries.
The real innovation may not be expanding what Bitcoin can do.
It may be reducing what Bitcoin holders have to trust.
For a network built on minimizing trust, that's a question worth paying attention to.