This is what Bitcoin-secured finance is getting built on.
833.92 EH/s. The monthly average hashing power securing Rootstock in Q1 2026.
More: https://t.co/2cgxmbn66c
That's 84% of all Bitcoin mining power, pointed at a smart contract platform.
Merge mining means Bitcoin miners secure Rootstock as a byproduct of mining $BTC. No tradeoff.
Proud to see @bitvmx powering the next generation of Bitcoin interoperability.
Union Bridge represents years of research around fraud proofs, optimistic verification, and trust-minimized design finally becoming tangible infrastructure.
Someone in El Salvador needed emergency dental work before an international flight.
They posted on @BitTaskerdotcom. Found a provider. Settled the whole thing on-chain.
No bank. No middleman. No waiting.
Bitcoin working in the real world.
🧵
BIG: Union Bridge is now live on Rootstock Testnet.
Built on @bitvmx, it replaces trusted intermediaries with cryptographic enforcement. Withdrawals verified and challenged directly on Bitcoin. No fixed signers. No committees.
"The point isn't that Union Bridge is invulnerable. It's that the attacks that have historically destroyed bridges, the majority trust failures, are no longer on the table," says @SDLerner, Co-founder and Scientific Advisor, @RootstockLabs.
This is an early, experimental release focused on validating core bridge flows and usability.
Access Union Bridge on Testnet via Atlas: https://t.co/BX3wbolvAz
@SDLerner, the researcher who identified Satoshi's Patoshi Pattern, is now tackling one of crypto's weakest points: bridges.
His new Union bridge design requires just one honest participant to block suspicious withdrawals 🧵
Tradicionalmente los pools arman el template del bloque y deciden qué txs entran. Con Stratum V2 el minero participa en la construcción del template y la elección de txs, descentralizando la producción de bloques. Sobre los rewards, efectivamente DmndPool integró Rootstock para distribuirlos a los miners y creo que es el primer pool en hacerlo, lo cual es una gran noticia para el ecosistema. Los detalles de cómo esto se implementa en la práctica sinceramente no los conozco, quizás @bitentrepreneur puede arrojar algo de luz sobre el tema.
Today @jonbravetti took the stage at Be Orange alongside the RSK team with @maxcarjuzaa, @aeidelman & Ignacio Varese to talk about what's actually being built on Bitcoin's infrastructure right now.
From treasury continuity to on-chain logic with zero custody, the conversation was as concrete as it gets.
This is what building on Bitcoin looks like 🔥
🚨 Invitado N°20 en Bexo Radio.
Volvemos con todo este jueves 14 junto a Adrian Eidelman (@aeidelman) co-founder de @rootstock_io!
Vamos a hablar de tecnología, minería, Bitcoin y más.
Dejen su like y RT así Adrian siente la presión de venir bien preparado👀
GEYSER APP IS LIVE!You can now install the official Geyser App (PWA) directly from Geyser website
One of the most requested features is finally here. 👇
El mayor de mis respetos al equipo de Tropykus, por todo lo construido y por tomar esta valiente decisión que busca proteger a sus usuarios. Esperamos verlos volver más fuertes pronto 💪🏻
Un cierre gradual de la versión actual de Tropykus para una evolución necesaria
📌 Resumen del anuncio:
🔸 Un ciclo de impacto: Iniciamos el cierre gradual de esta primera versión de Tropykus con un profundo agradecimiento a la comunidad. Juntos demostramos que las finanzas con Bitcoin son una alternativa real frente a las barreras financieras en Latinoamérica.
🔸 Las razones que nos llevan a la decisión: La tecnología avanza rápido (ej. IA) y nuestra arquitectura original, diseñada hace más de cuatro años, al ser en su mayoría inmutable, no nos permite la flexibilidad necesaria para los estándares de seguridad del futuro. Por eso comienza el cierre gradual del protocolo actual.
🔸 Acción recomendada: Te invitamos a pagar tus préstamos y retirar tus fondos a través de https://t.co/cuJoKZbKVh antes del 27 de julio de 2026. Después de esa fecha, el soporte al frontend finalizará y se requerirá conocimiento técnico para operar los contratos inteligentes.
🔸 Tus fondos están seguros: Los retiros desde los contratos inteligentes han estado habilitados. Los depósitos y préstamos quedan pausados definitivamente.
Continúa... 👇
1/ $300B in stablecoins in circulation. 90% built for retail traders. 0% built for enterprise🤯
Today, @paystand launches USDb, @TheBitcoinConf. The only BTC-aligned stablecoin, purpose-built for the $100T B2B economy
USDb = Business. Bots. BTC. 🧵👇🏾
https://t.co/3Z9ThLHI4e
Bitcoin2026 is where the industry gathers to shape what comes next for sound money. We'll be there.
@TheBitcoinConf@RootstockLabs is heading to Las Vegas, April 27–29.
Three of our team will be on the ground, including our co-founder @aeidelman, ready to talk Bitcoin-secured finance with builders, institutions, and anyone serious about scaling Bitcoin beyond store of value.
Whether you're a fintech exploring Bitcoin rails, an institution evaluating BTCFi infrastructure, or a builder shipping on Rootstock, come find us.
🔗 https://t.co/LGUxxYC0EK
Let's connect in Vegas.
Ten assets. Multiple bridge routes. Custody integrations live on day one. Atlas is now live on @rootstock_io.
A 2025 @GoMining survey found that 77% of bitcoin holders have never interacted with DeFi on Bitcoin. Complexity and trust were the main barriers. That finding shaped what we built.
Entering Rootstock has meant evaluating competing bridge options, assessing routing tradeoffs, and navigating multi-step wallet flows. That level of technical fluency is uncommon and it shouldn't be a prerequisite.
Atlas consolidates that fragmented experience into one unified interface. Users compare routes across speed, cost, and trust assumptions, then execute in a single guided flow.
As @RootstockLabs Co-Founder @aeidelman put it: "Atlas changes that equation by removing the complexity that has kept so many users on the sidelines. It gives anyone, from a first-time user to a major institution, an easy, trusted way to put bitcoin to work without compromising the security and self-custody principles core to Bitcoin's ethos."
For institutions, Atlas delivers policy-aware access paths into Rootstock through custody integrations with @FordefiHQ and @utila_io, with @Cobo_Global and @FireblocksHQ coming soon.
Bitcoin-native finance is a $4.7 billion market. The infrastructure is ready. The gap has been access.
Atlas closes it.
Get started here: https://t.co/fFvQjpp35v
In Greek mythology, Atlas held up the world and invented navigation.
Now, Atlas is live on Rootstock.
🟠 One interface for every core route in.
🟠 Compare by speed, cost, and trust assumptions.
🟠 Execute in a single guided flow.
Get started at 👉 https://t.co/tXSBhptBjO
USDT Swaps are out of Beta 🚀
Highlights:
- Swap to USDT on @trondao and @solana
- #Bitcoin, @Liquid_BTC and @rootstock_io are now supported too alongside ⚡️
- Live on our primary domain 👉 https://t.co/foQwGMxwVD 👈
Release Notes: https://t.co/7nM0sLp57U
Adrian Eidelman has been building Rootstock since the beginning, and he's still the one shaping what it becomes.
As Co-founder and Product Director, @aeidelman brings a builder's mindset to everything. A software engineer by background, he helped lay the technical foundations of Rootstock and has spent 10+ years steering the network's evolution.
His north star hasn't changed: Bitcoin should be the foundation of a new financial system. Not someday. Now.
A faster, simpler way to move assets across chains🔥
@aori_io is now live on Rootstock.
Its intent settlement protocol brings cross-chain liquidity routing to Bitcoin DeFi, letting users move assets across networks without the usual multi-step bridging process.
✔️No manual bridging.
✔️No multi-step routing.
✔️Lower costs.
✔️Faster capital movement.
For Rootstock users: a simpler route to external liquidity across @ethereum, @base, @arbitrum, and @Optimism.
For Aori users: direct access to Bitcoin-secured DeFi — lending, trading, and Bitcoin-secured finance strategies on Rootstock.
Aori has already settled $600M+ in volume. Now that liquidity connects to the Bitcoin smart contract ecosystem.
USDT0 live at launch. rBTC and more to follow. More details in the link below 👇