Bitlayer, a Bitcoin Layer 2 built on the Bitvm paradigm, is partnering with three of the world’s largest Bitcoin
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Mining Pools – Ant Pool, F2 Pool, and Spider Pool – in their first collaboration to accelerate the actual adoption of BITVM, a groundbreaking technology focused on enabling Bitcoin native debt.
The Bitcoin ecosystem has lagged behind other Layer 1s like Ethereum over the years due to technical limitations, particularly lack of support for Turing Complete Smart Contract. Bitlayer’s BitVM paradigm addresses this by providing the same security and Turing integrity as Bitcoin, without modifying Bitcoin’s core protocols or eroding its underlying design.
But it requires the cooperation of miners to turn that vision into reality. This is an entity that creates a new block in exchange for BTC and validates the transaction. That’s exactly what this new partnership secures.
Three mining pools, which account for more than 36% of Bitcoin’s total computing power (hash rate), agree to support non-standard transactions (NSTS). Their support removes key bottlenecks to BITVM deployments, bringing the system closer to widespread use.
NSTS is a transaction that is valid in Bitcoin consensus rules, but it is difficult to check on-chain without miners’ cooperation as it is not relayed by the default Bitcoin core software.
Under this partnership, Antpool, F2pool, and Spiderpool will act as Guardians for the Bitvm Bridge, ensuring that NST is included in the block and become part of Bitcoin’s immutable ledger.
BITVM Bridge is a special tool that promotes the safe and reliable movement of BTC into other blockchain ecosystems, including rollups, cross-chain protocols, and smart contracts, without relying on central brokers. Opens the door to a wider Bitcoin debt application while maintaining a robust security guarantee for your network.
“BITVM represents the most reliable path to bringing on-chain verification to Bitcoin while maintaining core security. The partnership said in a press release shared with Coindesk, Bitlayer co-founder Kevin He said.
A victory for the miner
This is more than just a milestone for Bitlayer. It is a strategic victory for miners, especially as income decreases as BTC rewards per BTC are reduced by half every four years.
Antpool CEO Andy noted that Bitlayer’s BitVM will help promote new economic activity and fee-based income for miners.
“Bitlayer, built on BITVM, allows BTC to flow into the Defi and Layer 2 ecosystem, meaning miner use, more fees and long-term sustainability,” Andy said in a press release.
Leon Liang, Chief Strategy Officer at F2Pool, stressed the importance of innovation, saying, “I want to support high-quality projects like Bitlayer that expands what Bitcoin can do.”
Spiderpool’s CTO Kenway spoke about the broader possibilities of Bitcoin as a Financial Services platform, saying, “This partnership will unlock new possibilities for Bitcoin Defi. It will strengthen the usefulness of Bitcoin while strengthening the central role of miners in the ecosystem.”
Demand for Bitcoin debt is growing rapidly
Bitlayer’s collaboration with mining giants follows recent integrations with major tier 1 ecosystems such as SUI, Bass, arbitrum and Starknet. Together, these partnerships reflect the growing demand for a growing secure, Bitcoin-native debt infrastructure.
Bitlayer is actively onboarding more validators and early adopters to help secure and expand the BitVM Bridge and build what could be the basis for Bitcoin’s next evolution.
