Matt and Amine, co-founders of Arch Network, discuss their recent $13M Series A led by Pantera Capital, how their technology enhances Bitcoin programmability, and their unique approaches to virtual machine architecture and validator consensus.
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Matt and Amine, co-founders of Arch Network, join us to talk about their recent $13M Series A funding round led by Pantera Capital. They explain how Arch differentiates itself from other Bitcoin L2s by enabling programmability on Bitcoin with their custom VM and FROST/ROAST threshold signature schemes. The founders discuss their approach to solving Bitcoin's programming limitations, creating a dynamic validator system that can scale over time, and building applications like DEXs and prediction markets directly on Bitcoin. They also share insights from their testnet phase and outline their roadmap toward mainnet launch.
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# Notes:
- Arch raised $13 million led by Pantera Capital
- Uses FROST/ROAST for dynamic validator sets
- Custom VM inspired by Solana's architecture
- Aims for instant finality vs Bitcoin's 10 minutes
- Uses transaction dependency graph for rollbacks
- Mainnet launch expected around June/July 2025
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
00:35 Pantera Capital raise
01:57 Building Arch last 2 yrs
04:04 VC finally funding BTC dev
07:37 Arch ecosystem
09:07 Arch dev verticals
13:25 Distributed validator set
15:04 Arch ad read
15:36 Arch Virtual Machine
17:33 Developer adoption new VM
20:19 Builder reception
21:50 Testnet learnings
24:26 Under the hood of Arch
25:51 Bitcoin MEV
29:05 Apps for Arch
31:14 Migrating L1 assets to Arch
33:27 Wen Arch token
35:09 The future
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