According to PANews, Atomicals Protocol has released the Atomicals Virtual Machine (AVM) white paper. The software release will be completed in stages, starting with the interpreter running and then modifying the indexer node. The white paper mentions that all current overlay digital asset protocols on Bitcoin create and transfer digital assets according to fixed rules. AVM proposes a solution to implement smart contracts by utilizing Bitcoin as a global database, storing smart contract codes in transactions, and executing these codes in a sandbox runtime environment. This is a natural step in the evolution of overlay digital asset protocols on Bitcoin, and also serves as a testbed for the original Bitcoin opcode to demonstrate its flexibility and security.