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SCrypt co-founder and CTO Wang Yiqiang: Launching OP_CAT opcodes could have an impact on the Bitcoin system

On November 13th, the Bitcoin Next Summit hosted by Bitlayer officially opened in Bangkok, with the next upgrade of Bitcoin and BTCFi as the core topic. Wang Yiqiang, co-founder and CTO of sCrypt, shared in the roundtable on the key challenges and solutions of Bitcoin that the Bitcoin community is currently discussing whether to launch certain opcodes of Bitcoin, such as OP_CAT, to achieve more functions. Security is taken into consideration, and they may have an impact on the Bitcoin system, such as Defi innovation, Bitcoin interoperability, etc. At this year's Bitcoin Next Summit, many first-line Bitcoin ecosystem builders and industry leaders gathered to share their profound insights on the cutting edge of Bitcoin technology and the next upgrade, and jointly discussed the current BTCFi landscape and trends. It has become the highest specification, most influential and most profound Bitcoin ecosystem summit in South East Asia recently.