Core is taking another step towards decentralization.
Since 2023, DAO-operated validators have helped keep blocks flowing as independent operators joined and strengthened the network. Together, these validators have supported years of uninterrupted block production.
Over the coming months, the DAO will fulfill its long-term plan and begin the process of gradually handing over its remaining block-production role to independent validators, building on the work these operators already do to keep Core running.
This transition marks a new chapter for Core, with independent operators powering the network.
Thank you to every validator and Coretoshi who has helped move Core forward.
Stake CORE, secure Core, get paid in CORE.
CORE holders delegate to validators. Their stake elects the validators that produce blocks. Every block pays out newly minted CORE.
Rewards land daily. Delegations can be moved anytime.
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The distinction matters:
Hemi moves BTC into the strategy.
Core keeps BTC in your custody and pulls the yield out.
Different risk profiles entirely — and for treasuries, that difference is everything.
Holding is an ETF. Earning is a business. 🔶
@YahooFinance - Bitcoin is at $86,000 today, up from $76,000 a week ago. Eight-month high. The market is calling the end of winter.
Fine. But the question that matters if you hold size is different: is it time for #BTCfi?
Two players, two philosophies.
CoreDao: your bitcoin never leaves your wallet. You time-lock it; it helps secure their proof-of-stake chain, and you get paid. Stake CORE next to it, and the rate goes up. For institutions, there's lstBTC: BitGo, Copper, or Hex Trust hold the coin; others run the strategy; yield comes back in BTC or CORE. Trade-off: the yield is mostly CORE block rewards, so you're carrying token exposure, hedged or not.
Hemi: your bitcoin moves. Into an EVM that runs a full Bitcoin node inside it, so contracts read Bitcoin state directly, no wrapping, no oracle. Yield comes from what the coin does there: liquidity, lending, tunnels. Trade-off: the coin is inside the strategy, so you carry counterparty and smart contract risk for the duration.
We've done both, at real scale.
Core: BTCS S.A. runs a validator ranked #11 globally on Core and dual-stakes its own BTC and CORE. The Bitcoin remains time-locked in our custody. Profits so far exceed a million and a half euros, paid in CORE. That's not treasury yield; that's an operating business built on top of the treasury. It paid the bills.
Hemi: 50 BTC into curated strategies for 6 months. Got 51.84 BTC back, paid in bitcoin, nothing sold. That grew the stack.
Common denominator: put your BTC to work. A treasury that only holds is an ETF with overhead and a discount. A treasury that earns is a business.
My rules: know what you're paid in. Bitcoin grows the stack, tokens pay the bills, and each needs its own risk limit. Position-sized so a total loss hurts but doesn't kill. And I want to know exactly who pays the yield: emissions or usage.
So, time for BTCfi? For a slice of the treasury, with those rules, yes.
Holding is an ETF. Earning is a business. @BTCS_SA@hemi_xyz@Coredao_Org
@YahooFinance - Bitcoin is at $86,000 today, up from $76,000 a week ago. Eight-month high. The market is calling the end of winter.
Fine. But the question that matters if you hold size is different: is it time for #BTCfi?
Two players, two philosophies.
CoreDao: your bitcoin never leaves your wallet. You time-lock it; it helps secure their proof-of-stake chain, and you get paid. Stake CORE next to it, and the rate goes up. For institutions, there's lstBTC: BitGo, Copper, or Hex Trust hold the coin; others run the strategy; yield comes back in BTC or CORE. Trade-off: the yield is mostly CORE block rewards, so you're carrying token exposure, hedged or not.
Hemi: your bitcoin moves. Into an EVM that runs a full Bitcoin node inside it, so contracts read Bitcoin state directly, no wrapping, no oracle. Yield comes from what the coin does there: liquidity, lending, tunnels. Trade-off: the coin is inside the strategy, so you carry counterparty and smart contract risk for the duration.
We've done both, at real scale.
Core: BTCS S.A. runs a validator ranked #11 globally on Core and dual-stakes its own BTC and CORE. The Bitcoin remains time-locked in our custody. Profits so far exceed a million and a half euros, paid in CORE. That's not treasury yield; that's an operating business built on top of the treasury. It paid the bills.
Hemi: 50 BTC into curated strategies for 6 months. Got 51.84 BTC back, paid in bitcoin, nothing sold. That grew the stack.
Common denominator: put your BTC to work. A treasury that only holds is an ETF with overhead and a discount. A treasury that earns is a business.
My rules: know what you're paid in. Bitcoin grows the stack, tokens pay the bills, and each needs its own risk limit. Position-sized so a total loss hurts but doesn't kill. And I want to know exactly who pays the yield: emissions or usage.
So, time for BTCfi? For a slice of the treasury, with those rules, yes.
Holding is an ETF. Earning is a business. @BTCS_SA@hemi_xyz@Coredao_Org
Real Bitcoin alignment:
Miners. Holders. Core users.
All contributing to security - without sacrificing what makes Bitcoin valuable.
That's how it should work. 🔶
Three inputs secure Core:
→ Bitcoin miners delegate hash power from the blocks they already mine.
→ Bitcoin holders stake BTC without giving up custody.
→ CORE holders stake CORE.
Three inputs secure Core:
→ Bitcoin miners delegate hash power from the blocks they already mine.
→ Bitcoin holders stake BTC without giving up custody.
→ CORE holders stake CORE.
Ever heard about the recent issue on Core?
Here’s what actually happened, what Core did about it, and why your funds are safe.
I broke it down in few mins. 👇