Enigma
Created by @Polyd_. It's a separate scaling framework that leverages OP_CTV covenants. Users send "anchor" bitcoin transactions that commit to a larger set of off-chain transactions by embedding their combined hash into blocks on the base layer. The transactions getting hashed into the blockchain are effectively aggregated together with only a single on-chain transaction.
- In Bitcoin today, if you need to perform a transaction, you acquire the recipient’s address, create a transaction paying them and then sign it. The Enigma Network will allow you to multi-thread your actions. Instead of sending transactions to be directly mined inside a block, you send an anchor transaction representing all of your transactions.
- BIP-119 or CheckTemplateVerify (CTV), introduces the capability to pre-commit transactions through pre-signed hashed transactions.
- To put it in perspective, if Taproot enables signature aggregation, CTV takes it a step further by enabling transaction aggregation. If channels allow you to go up and off-chain, covenants allow you to go down and in-chain.
The Enigma Network is more of a framework that other protocols can fit into. Ark and Darkpool are examples, according to @Polyd_.
Some useful analogies describing Enigma:
