
“This is not the beginning,” Hoskinson proclaimed, with a flourish that would make any 19th-century bureaucrat envious, “but it’s the midpoint of a very long conversation about how does Bitcoin achieve programmability.” Indeed, the journey began years ago with experiments like Colored Coins and Mastercoin, which were as successful as a certain government inspector’s visit to a provincial town. But now, thanks to breakthroughs like Taproot, BitVMX, and an expanding partner ecosystem, the dream has matured into a reality that is as tangible as a well-cooked borscht.