Gather ’round, dear friends, for a tale of wonder and whimsy! BitcoinOS, that cheeky little rollups protocol for Bitcoin, has just unveiled its latest marvel: the Grail Bridge testnet app! 🎉
Now, what is this Grail Bridge, you ask? Well, it’s a jolly good way for users to send their precious Bitcoin (BTC) across the great divide to those fancy Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible chains, all without a worry in the world! The BitcoinOS team, in their infinite wisdom, has declared it a secure and trustless solution. How delightful! 🥳
But wait, there’s more! This splendid testnet follows a rather important milestone from July 2024, when BitcoinOS managed to pull off the first zero-knowledge proof on the Bitcoin mainnet. Quite the feat, I must say! And in November, they teamed up with Merlin Chain to execute the very first zero-knowledge bridge transaction. Talk about a magical partnership! 🧙♂️
With the launch of Grail Bridge, BitcoinOS is striding boldly towards a future filled with scalability and functionality for all you eager users and developers out there. Now, you can merrily hop your BTC over to EVM chains with just a flick of your wrist! 🪄
In this first-stage testnet phase, BitcoinOS is playing nice with Ethereum (ETH)’s testnet Holešky, and it’s also cozying up to Base Sepolia, Mode Sepolia, and the Merlin Chain testnet. And guess what? You can even use it with leading crypto wallets like OKX, Xverse, Bitget, and Unisat! Oh, the joy! And let’s not forget WalletConnect, because who doesn’t love a good connection? 🤝
“Launching the Grail app with EVM chains benefits the maximum number of stakeholders who have been eagerly anticipating being able to use BOS. We are leveraging EVM chain’s proven track record with ZKP and dominance in DeFi.”
— Edan Yago, the wizard behind BitcoinOS
As the testnet launch unfolds, BitcoinOS is all set to unveil its mainnet in the second quarter. But hold your horses! They’ll be conducting some key security audits first. And if that’s not enough, they’re also planning to integrate with non-EVM chains like Cardano and Solana. The excitement is palpable! 🎈
And let’s not forget the recent announcement of their expansion with Arbitrum integration, allowing for trustless bridging with their native token, BOS. The BTC-Arbitrum bridge is like a magical rainbow connecting Bitcoin to Ethereum’s vast ecosystem. Zero-knowledge technology is the secret sauce that lets Ethereum’s layer-2 serve as a DeFi layer for Bitcoin. How splendidly clever! 🌈
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2025-02-17 17:54