Who is really behind Core DAO?
Only a few contributors are publicly known. Most of the original team remains anonymous.
Our latest guide explores Core DAOβs (@Coredao_Org) contributors, governance, tokenomics, & more π
https://t.co/uB4hZkqR1A
Another b14g burn is complete. π₯
Protocol activity continues to translate into real, verifiable burns across the ecosystems we build on.
π₯ CORE burned on-chain
π₯ BABY burned on-chain
More staking β more protocol activity β more fees β more CORE & BABY permanently removed from circulation.
Verify on-chain π
CORE: https://t.co/yQ80l80D4W
BABY: https://t.co/X8gFN9FHZe
Real usage. Real fees. Real burn. π₯
@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