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Internet Computer contracts can hold and spend Bitcoin without a bridge Smart contracts on DFINITY Foundation's Internet Computer, called canisters, can control Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana addresses outright, signing and submitting transactions with no bridge, wrapped asset, or oracle in between. ICP calls the design Chain Fusion. The trick...

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