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Technical analysis, updates, due diligence and comparisons. Claims that matter are linked to verifiable sources.
Latest articleAvailability announced by the team · The network distinction matters: the Bitcoin Hyper side is a testnet, while the Ethereum and Solana sides use their respective Mainnets. The announcement concerns experimental HYPER$ tokens on these networks. It does not demonstrate an operational canonical BTC bridge or Bitcoin Hyper mainnet.
The team states that these tokens are for testing only, have no monetary value and are not the official HYPER$ tokens. Receiving them is not a presale allocation, a purchase or a claim of the official token. No independent functional test of the Faucet has been performed.
Official wallet download, unpacked extension installation, precautions, the planned Faucet and the distinction between testnet and mainnet.
The token announcement of 12 October and the later presale confirmation of 15 October: sources, dates and the distinction from mainnet.
The explorer is accessible following the public RPC. What users can consult, how the tools differ and which releases remain planned.
The public RPC provides access to the test network. The team’s programme distinguishes network access from the explorer, wallet, faucet, bridge and staking releases.
Bitcoin is the most secure network in the world, yet it settles only about seven transactions per second. Rollups offer a way to scale without compromising the security of the base layer.
Why does Bitcoin Hyper propose using the Solana Virtual Machine as its execution environment? A guide for readers who know Bitcoin but are meeting smart contracts for the first time.
Several major rollups, Arbitrum, Optimism and Base among them, launched with a centralised sequencer. Is that an acceptable trade-off or a warning sign?
The Lightning Network and Bitcoin Hyper both set out to scale Bitcoin. Even so, the two were built for quite different worlds. An even-handed comparison.
From Appendix E of the book: ten decisive questions for anyone considering a position in HYPER$, together with the markers of a credible answer and of a weak one.
Bitcoin Hyper: bridge availability announced for community testing