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Clementine: A Collateral-Efficient, Trust-Minimized, and Scalable Bitcoin Bridge (Ekrem Bal, Lukas Aumayr, Atacan İyidoğan, Giulia Scaffino, Hakan Karakuş, Cengiz Eray Aslan, Orfeas Stefanos Thyfronitis Litos) ia.cr/2025/776
May 3, 2025, 8:15 PM
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