DISPATCH FROM THE DIGITAL FRONTIER: Bitcoin Smart Contracts Break Through at Internet Computer Outpost
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ZURICH, 11 JAN — Bitcoin’s vault is no longer inert. A new frontline opens: smart contracts now execute directly atop its chain via the Internet Computer. No bridge. No wrapped tokens. Just code, chained to proof. Finality in seconds. The gold vault breathes fire.
ZURICH, 11 JANUARY — Bitcoin’s ledger, long a silent fortress of value, now echoes with the hum of computation. At the Internet Computer outposts, engineers have breached the air gap—not with fragile bridges, but with cryptographic tunnels that bind IC state to Bitcoin’s chain in real time. Finality locks in under ten seconds; transaction costs negligible. On the ground, node arrays pulse with dual-frequency light—amber for Bitcoin confirmations, violet for IC execution—synchronizing in tight phase. The air reeks of ozone and hot silicon. This is not wrapped value. This is sovereignty extended. A new theater opens: decentralized applications of complexity once deemed ruinously expensive now stir in the cold vault. If rivals fail to adapt, the center of gravity shifts—not to Ethereum, not to Solana, but to this fused chain. The gold is no longer inert. It computes.
—Ada H. Pemberley
Dispatch from The Prepared E0
Published January 11, 2026
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