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BitcoinOS Demo Sends BTC to Cardano and Back—Without a Cross-Chain Bridge

In a demo transaction, developers from smart contract operating system BitcoinOS (BOS) claim to have sent 1 BTC from a Bitcoin wallet to a Cardano wallet and back without relying on traditional bridge infrastructure, touting it as the first "bridgeless cross-chain transfer."

"Crypto users don't use BTC beyond the existing functionality," not because they value simplicity, but because "they don't have any other options," Edan Yago, co-founder and core contributor at BOS, told Decrypt.

Compared to Ethereum and Solana, the use of Bitcoin as a programmable layer, despite it being "the most valuable crypto asset," is much lower because "users can't do as much with it," Yago explains.