Xiaohui Liu

Xiaohui Liu is the founder and CEO of sCrypt Inc., a company dedicated to providing integrated on-chain smart contracting solutions on BSV. Previously, he was a co-founder and the Chief Scientist at blockchain startup ContentBox. Before that, he was a Research Scientist at Facebook in the Connectivity Lab, conducting fundamental research to make internet access available throughout the world. He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science, specialized in peer-to-peer distributed networking. He has published multiple papers in premier conferences and journals. He also has one international patent.

Articles By Xiaohui Liu:

Blockchain graphics

Tech 20 November 2023

On-chain limit orders using covenants

sCrypt has developed limit orders on chain and it is based on a type of smart contract called covenants, where an output can be spent only if the transaction that spends it meets specific criteria.

Tech 30 October 2023

Homomorphic encryption on Bitcoin

To ensure data on the blockchain remains confidential and secure, sCrypt employs homomorphic encryption, which allowis computations to be performed on encrypted data without decrypting it.

bronze bitcoin lined up

Tech 19 October 2023

sCrypt now supports Ordinals

sCrypt announces the addition of 1Sat Ordinals in its developer platform, a move that seeks to improve the tooling for ordinal inscriptions, which today remains underdeveloped.

Tech 5 October 2023

Atomic swap between Bitcoin and Ordinals

Ordinals can be combined with Bitcoin smart contracts, and to demonstrate the power and flexibility of combining them, sCrypt locks up an ordinal into an HTLC and atomically swaps it with bitcoins.

Bitcoin with graph background

Tech 4 October 2023

Catastrophe bonds on Bitcoin: Smart contract-based financial instrument

In this article, sCrypt explores how blockchain technology can be used to implement such a financial instrument and discuss the potential benefits of using blockchain for this purpose.

Cryptocurrency trading concept, physical Bitcoin pile background

Tech 3 October 2023

Integrate Ordinals with smart contracts on Bitcoin: Part 4

In this article, sCrypt demonstrates how to control the distribution and issuance of BSV-20 tokens after minting such tokens.

BSV-20 Tokens codes

Tech 2 October 2023

Integrate Ordinals with smart contracts on Bitcoin: Part 3

In this article, sCrypt shows how to integrate Bitcoin smart contracts with Ordinals with the fungible version, i.e., BSV-20 tokens.

Golden bitcoin on keyboard, virtual money and cryptocurrency concept

Tech 29 September 2023

Integrate Ordinals with smart contracts on Bitcoin: Part 2

To showcase ways to integrate ordinals with smart contracts, sCrypt developed a system that enables the on-chain auctioning of an ordinal—guaranteeing the auctioneer will receive the highest bid.

Ordinals and sCrypt logos

Tech 28 September 2023

Integrate Ordinals with smart contracts on Bitcoin: Part 1

sCrypt shows how to add smart contract capabilities to Ordinals, noting that Ordinals are compatible with smart contracts and perfectly suited for it.

Sealed Bid text on paper being put inside brown envelope.

Tech 27 September 2023

Sealed auctions on Bitcoin

Due to the advent of blockchain technology, sealed auctions can now be implemented on-chain, offering a number of advantages over traditional auctions.

Crypto virtual payment finance. Gold money trading.

Tech 4 August 2023

Cross-chain atomic swaps without Hash Time Locked Contracts

Cross-chain atomic swaps can now be done on blockchains lacking hash locks and time locks using SPV and Full Protocol Sequence—the alternative ways without needing the Hash Time Locked Contracts.

Tech 2 August 2023

First-ever cross chain atomic swap between BSV blockchain and BTC Core

The first ever atomic swap between BSV blockchain and BTC Core, paving the way for a greater interoperability with other blockchains—a significant advancement on Bitcoin SV.