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It’s official! Rootstock is now integrated with LayerZero, a cross-chain messaging protocol that enables interoperability between blockchains. This integration unlocks seamless movement of Bitcoin-backed assets across 100+ blockchains. For the first time, you can move your Bitcoin across different DeFi ecosystems without complicated bridges, high fees, or slow transactions. In short, this integration means that […]

The growth of Bitcoin DeFi has seen remarkable progress, with $6.6 billion of Bitcoin locked in DeFi protocols as of Feb 2025. And with Rootstock being the home of DeFi on Bitcoin, it is important to understand how you can access rBTC, the native token of Rootstock used to navigate the opportunities in the ecosystem.  […]

By Patricio Gallardo, Researcher Engineer Merged mining, a mechanism that allows miners to contribute hashing power to multiple blockchains simultaneously, has positioned Rootstock as the most  secure and decentralized layer 2 fully aligned with Bitcoin’s technology and purpose. By leveraging Bitcoin’s robust hash rate, Rootstock also inherits strong security guarantees. While merged mining is theoretically […]

The Rootstock community has approved a set of consensus changes to be included in the upcoming Lovell network upgrade. Lovell will activate on Rootstock Mainnet on block 7,338,024. This is a mandatory upgrade; users who adhere to these changes must update their nodes to the latest version. The latest version of the RSKj client is […]

The Rootstock community is pleased to announce the release of the latest version of the RSKj client, which is now available in the RSKj GitHub repository. This patch release reverts the JDK and JRE versions used in the Docker container from Java 21 to Java 17 due to synchronization issues encountered with the latest update. […]

Big news for the home of DeFi on Bitcoin – Foundry, the world’s largest Bitcoin mining pool, is now merge mining Rootstock, the longest-standing and leading Bitcoin layer. This means over 740 exahashes per second now secure Rootstock, around 80% of Bitcoin’s total mining power today. To put that in perspective, Rootstock is now secured […]

Summary: The Rootstock network will undergo a POWpeg change on block 7226594. Based on its current state, this is expected to occur on February 9th, 2025. Since the Bitcoin deposit address will change, it is strongly recommended that users verify the address before initiating any conversions from BTC to RBTC on the network. No further […]

This article is part of the series “Real stories, Real builders” where we’ll share stories from developers who have built on Rootstock—what they created, why they chose it, how their projects are growing, and their advice for developers. Developers around the world are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible on Bitcoin, and Rootstock is taking […]

Bringing your Bitcoin into Rootstock where it can be used to participate in the Bitcoin DeFi economy just got a major upgrade.  Rootstock’s native bridge, the POWpeg has been the unstoppable, uncensorable, and unbreakable Bitcoin bridge in existence since launching in 2018 and  as of today it is now 50x faster, jumping from 16 hours […]

By Carol E. –  Program Manager Developers across the world are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible on Bitcoin, and Rootstock is at the heart of that transformation. By providing an EVM-compatible environment secured by Bitcoin’s proof-of-work, Rootstock is taking its rightful place as the hub for innovation on Bitcoin. This is the first article […]

By Fede Jinich, Research Developer BitVMX is a two-party optimistic execution protocol that allows the execution of arbitrary computations on Bitcoin. This enables transactions where the spending condition depends on the result of such computation. In this article, we will use it to create a Pokemon-like game, where players must select the right character to […]

The blockchain ecosystem has long struggled with a fundamental challenge: how to enable seamless, secure asset transfers between different blockchain networks.  Rootstock has been the leader in tackling these challenges ever since its launch in 2018 and the introduction of the PowPeg. And to this day, POWPeg remains the most unstoppable, uncensorable, and unbreakable Bitcoin […]