BiHelix provides a scalable application framework for Bitcoin, utilizing the RGB protocol and Lightning Network to enable the development of decentralized applications (DApps) with smart contract capabilities. This infrastructure addresses Bitcoin's Turing incompleteness and enhances transaction efficiency, allowing for high throughput and low-cost operations.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Bitcoin's scripting language lacks the complexity needed for advanced smart contracts, limiting the development of decentralized applications (dApps) directly on the Bitcoin blockchain. Existing solutions often face scalability issues and high transaction costs, hindering widespread adoption.
Solution
BiHelix is an application framework designed to enable the creation of scalable dApps on Bitcoin by leveraging the RGB protocol and the Lightning Network. By integrating these technologies, BiHelix overcomes Bitcoin's limitations, allowing for Turing-complete smart contracts and high-throughput, low-cost transactions. The framework tightly integrates RGB and Lightning Network nodes, abstracting away complexity for developers. It also employs the RZK algorithm to reduce data transmission and commitment verification overhead, and uses an adaptive communication mechanism compatible with the Nostr protocol to balance privacy and network performance.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes developers looking to build decentralized applications on the Bitcoin network, as well as users seeking access to scalable and low-cost Bitcoin-based DeFi and GameFi applications.
Features
- Tight integration of RGB protocol and Lightning Network nodes, simplifying development
- RZK algorithm for efficient data transmission and commitment verification
- Adaptive communication mechanism compatible with the Nostr protocol
- Support for DeFi and GameFi AluVM schema demos
- Decentralized Schema Store for managing smart contract templates
- AluVM schema development toolset
- High-performance database based on cloud services for managing stash data with strict user data isolation
- Cross-region database real-time backup/recovery mechanism
- Client-side data caching and multi-node data validation mechanisms