If approved, OP_CAT will introduce drastic changes to the Bitcoin network, including covenants, ZK-rollups, and even Bitcoin-native layer 2 networks.
StarkWare CEO Eli Ben Sasson says he expects OP_CAT — a major upgrade to the Bitcoin network — to go live sometime within the next 12 months.
Speaking to Cointelegraph at Devcon 2024 in Thailand, Ben-Sasson says the introduction of OP_CAT will enable a suite of new functionality on Bitcoin, including “covenants, ZK-rollups and layer 2 networks.”
Notably, the introduction of OP_CAT will see Starknet become the first layer-2 network to settle natively on both Bitcoin and Ethereum.
