A curated list of ARK resources
ARK (previously known as TBDXXX placeholder) is a new bitcoin layer2 protocol proposed by Burak Keçeli.
To avoid confusion: "token" used here is BTC not an altcoin with the name ARK. If you are looking for the list of resources for that one it is available in a different repo and beside the common name the two things are totally unrelated.
The non-interactive ARK version requires covenants (which can be achieved using CTV or APO).
However using n-of-n multisig you can have a simplified version requiring all participants to be online. Which means ARK can be rolled out on bitcoin immediately.
It is complementary to lightning in a sense that you can still use lightning with ARK but most transactions will be done directly off-chain (and off-channel). ARK service providers (ASPs) providing liquidity are usually also lightning service providers (LSPs).
- Arkpill.me
- Arkdev.info
- ARK network github - all the Ark code on GitHub
- BOATs - BOAT stands for Basis of Ark Technology and is basically a network specification (similar to BOLTs on lightning)
- ARK Network Community Telegram
- ARK video from Bitcoin Miami 2023
- ARK presentation from Bitcoin Miami 2023
- [bitcoin-dev] Ark: An Alternative Privacy-preserving Second Layer Solution
- Introducing Ark Blog Post
- Rijndael's write up on how Ark works
- RubenSomsen's Simplest Ark Explanation
- Ark Whiteboard Masterclass with Burak & Robin
- Bitcoin magazine: Introducing Ark
- BitGo blog: Will Burak’s Ark Solve Bitcoin Scaling?
- pippellia's Video Ark Explained - Bitcoin Layer 2 Protocol
- Bitcoin Ljubljana September 2023 Meetup Notes - Ark presentation [PDF]
- My silly ARK explaination with analogies