Starknet lanza strkBTC para saldos de Bitcoin protegidos

Starknet presentó strkBTC el 12 de mayo, permitiendo a los titulares de Bitcoin bloquear BTC y acceder a saldos protegidos mediante un token ERC-20. El token admite modos públicos y privados en la red Starknet. Los usuarios obtienen herramientas de privacidad, pero deben confiar en nuevos intermediarios para el servicio.

Starknet lanzó strkBTC el 12 de mayo tras una serie de actualizaciones. El token bloquea BTC en la capa base de Bitcoin para respaldar un activo ERC-20 que puede operar en modo público o protegido. En el modo protegido, los usuarios ocultan saldos y transferencias seleccionados mientras envían claves de visualización a un auditor independiente para su divulgación selectiva ante reguladores o contrapartes.

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