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  • 👋Welcome
    • Getting started
  • ⛓️Technical Specs
    • TL;DR
    • Technical Introduction
    • Characteristics
      • Execution Environment
      • Block Production
        • Mempool
        • Sequencer
        • Sequencer Commitments
        • Soft Confirmations
      • Proof Generation
      • Nodes
      • Bitcoin Settlement: Trust-minimized BTC Bridge
        • BitVM
        • Optimistic Verification
    • Security Properties
      • Validity
      • Data Availability
      • Re-org Resistance
      • Censorship Resistance and Force Transactions
        • Escape Hatch
  • 👤User Guide
    • Run Citrea Full Node
      • Bitcoin Testnet4
        • Testnet4 Docker Setup
        • Build Testnet4 from Source
      • Citrea Full Node
        • Citrea Binary Executable
        • Build Citrea from Source
    • Use Citrea Testnet Faucet
    • Installing an EVM Wallet
    • Taproot Recovery Address
  • 📖Developer Documentation
    • Kickstart
    • Deployment Guide
      • Deploy a Smart Contract Using Remix
      • Deploy a Token
      • Configure Hardhat
    • System Contracts
      • Bitcoin Light Client
      • Bridge
      • Fee Vaults
    • Chain Information
    • RPC Documentation
    • Deploy a Bitcoin Appchain (L3)
  • 🔎Future Research
    • Decentralized Sequencer Network
    • Lightning Integration
    • Multi Prover
    • Multi VM Approach
    • Trustless Atomic Swaps
    • Trustless Settlement
    • Volition Model
  • 🌐Community
    • Citrea Meetups
      • Meetup Guide
      • Resources
      • Code of Conduct
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  1. Welcome

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Citrea Testnet has launched on Sep 24, 2024. You can read the announcement from .

Citrea is the first rollup that enhances the capabilities of Bitcoin blockspace with zero knowledge technology. Citrea is the only scalability solution that uses Bitcoin both as a data availability and a settlement layer, via its BitVM-based trust-minimized two-way peg program - . Citrea is fully EVM compatible, enabling all EVM developers to easily build on Bitcoin.

This documentation serves as a knowledge base for both developers and users. If you're a developer, you can check our , and if you're a user, you can start using the Citrea Testnet by following our faucet guide . Along with that, you can check our architecture and security properties from the links in the sidebar.

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