Lukas Aumayr
@lukas_aumayr
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PostDoc @EdinburghUni, Researcher @CommonPrefix former PhD student and PostDoc @tu_wien
Joined February 2021
Honored that our work was selected for the 2025 Bitcoin Research Prize. Great to be part of the BitVM journey and this amazing research community. Huge thanks to the amazing co-authors @robin_linus, @zetavar1, @matteo_maffei, Andrea, Orfeas, Christos, @dntse, @alexeiZamyatin
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 Bitcoin Research Prize. Congratulations to the authors of "BitVM2: Bridging Bitcoin to Second Layers" for their outstanding contribution! https://t.co/wA7M5DYqKL
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The Vault: Whiteboard Session After the experiment, we’re going deeper. Join @vitsalis and @dntse of @babylonlabs_io as they break down trustless Bitcoin vaults and the mainnet experiment that made history yesterday, proving the feasibility of trustless BTC-backed lending on
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Everything runs on ledgers — from banks and governments to entire economies. Blockchains can transform them into a global, scientific system of trust. Watch @dionyziz keynote “The Vision of Blockchain” (Panathenea 2025, Athens). 1/3
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@dionyziz kicking off the Science and Engineering of Consensus workshop at SBC’25, talking about @poddotnetwork
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Updated BitVM2 technical & bridge paper is online, including full security proofs and cost analysis! As more improvements & variants emerge, eg BitVM3, this work will serve as foundation for design and security proofs. https://t.co/nMtrAw9XNN Huge thanks to @robin_linus
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A holy grail in blockchain infrastructure is a trustless bridge between Bitcoin and its second layers or other chains. We make progress toward this vision by introducing the first light-client based...
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The BitVM Alliance is pivoting to garbled circuits, as they make SNARK verification over 1000x more efficient. The design space is wide open. Here��s one approach: https://t.co/JJkCnH7hHu Special thanks to @JeremyRubin, @liameagen, and @ekrembal_ for their contributions.
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Our BitVM2 paper was accepted at @CBRStanford SBC 2025 - the most prestigious, non-academic blockchain research conference 🥳 A collaboration between @robin_linus @ZeroSync_ @build_on_bob @SecPrivTUWien @CommonPrefix @babylonlabs_io @imperialcollege @Stanford
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Join us this Friday as we’re opening the doors of our brand‑new Athens office as part of @PanatheneaFest! Co-hosted with @poddotnetwork and @bigpivc, we'll explore breakthrough research, engineering hurdles, institutional breakthroughs and the next wave of crypto investments.
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Dive Into the Frontier of Blockchain Innovation Join us for a high-energy afternoon exploring the cutting edge of blockchain—from breakthrough research and…
Looking forward to seeing y'all at our Crypto side event at the brand new @CommonPrefix offices in central Athens! I'll give a short talk and then we'll have two super interesting expert panels. Come for the talks, stay for the connections, discussions, and finger food!
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Join us for Clementine Whitepaper Livestream, hosted by our very own @ekrembal_! 11AM PT, April 23 Wed - David Tse (@dntse) Cofounder, Babylon - Robin Linus (@robin_linus) Inventor of BitVM - Lukas Aumayr (@lukas_aumayr) & Giulia Scaffino (@gscaffino) Researchers, Common Prefix
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Great to collaborate with @citrea_xyz on the Clementine whitepaper - co-authored by Common Prefix researchers @lukas_aumayr, @GScaffino, and Dr. Orfeas Litos. This protocol is a major step forward for Bitcoin bridges and for bringing trust-minimized interoperability and
Today, we are introducing Clementine whitepaper: A Collateral-Efficient, Trust-Minimized, and Scalable Bitcoin Bridge https://t.co/9JeQ69YNCN
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Today, we've released our Clementine Whitepaper! It was a pleasure collaborating with @lukas_aumayr, @GScaffino, and the entire @citrea_xyz team. I'll break down the key contributions we made to achieve a practical, trust-minimized Bitcoin bridge. 🧵
Today, we are introducing Clementine whitepaper: A Collateral-Efficient, Trust-Minimized, and Scalable Bitcoin Bridge https://t.co/9JeQ69YNCN
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Clementine is here 🍊 A BitVM-powered Bitcoin bridge featuring: - Efficient light client design - Clever collateral reuse - Increased throughput Solves some key challenges in the BitVM line of work. Amazing collaboration with @citrea_xyz 🔥
Today, we are introducing Clementine whitepaper: A Collateral-Efficient, Trust-Minimized, and Scalable Bitcoin Bridge https://t.co/9JeQ69YNCN
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bitvm isn’t just research—it’s open for anyone to build, contribute, and make bitcoin better. no silos, no gatekeeping—just pushing bitcoin forward. watch the clip and if you’re building, tap in: https://t.co/S6l0XyUfWg shout out to: @robin_linus, @lukas_aumayr,
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Blink, our optimal light client for proof of work, has been accepted at Financial Crypto 2025 🥳 Made with love @tu_wien @Stanford @CommonPrefix CDL-BOT https://t.co/joN1nI7dhu
@zetavar1 @lukas_aumayr @dionyziz @GScaffino
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Designing light clients to securely and efficiently read Proof-of-Work blockchains has been a foundational problem since the inception of blockchains. Nakamoto themselves, in the original Bitcoin...
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I am honored to have received the Best Dissertation Award 2024 of the Faculty of Informatics @tu_wien. Thanks to my advisors @matteo_maffei and @pedrorechez, my colleagues at @SecPrivTUWien, and everyone else who was part of this exciting journey.
Congratulations to @lukas_aumayr, who received the Best Dissertation Award 2024 in the Faculty of Informatics @tu_wien. I could summarize my statement with these words: "Lukas, you are an amazing researcher and an amazing person. It was a privilege to mentor you along this
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Bitcoin and Ethereum have lied to us for over a decade: We do not need consensus to solve the double spending problem. By removing consensus, our transactions can finalize as fast as a Google search. 1/5
Did you know that consensus is not needed to solve the double-spending problem? https://t.co/3t7rp0JWMQ
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"Bringing Bitcoin staking to millions of users, one major integration at a time" - @alexeiZamyatin ✊ BitVM2 Contributor & Co-founder of BOB, Alexei Zamyatin, to speak at #Bitcoin Amsterdam 🚀
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BitVM2 and BitVM Bridge: TLDR Today we released the BitVM2 tech and bridge paper! Huge thanks to brilliant @robin_linus @lukas_aumayr Andrea Pelosi @zetavar1 @matteo_maffei TLDR: - BitVM2 is a major improvement over previous BitVM versions. - BitVM Bridge is now the most
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