Mintlayer develops DeFi solutions for the Bitcoin Blockchain
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Introduction
Mintlayer is a protocol focused on developing a decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem that leverages the Bitcoin blockchain. The company is moving forward with a vision to develop a platform to deploy smart contracts on the BTC blockchain, which will eventually give rise to a decentralized exchange (DEX). Mintlayer opens up new ways for the DeFi sector to integrate with Bitcoin to enable real-world financial use cases on the Bitcoin blockchain.
The protocol helps lay the groundwork for giving developers the tools to build financial instruments on Bitcoin. Their goal is to empower an entire ecosystem of developers via their ecosystem fund that offers incubator, accelerator and grant programs. The ecosystem fund helps developers, early and mature projects integrate and build on the Mintlayer protocol.
The Mintlayer framework is integrated with the Bitcoin Lightning Network. The company aims to use Bitcoin, Lightning and its own protocol to unlock more real-world applications and use cases.
Just as the Lightning Network answered the question: “How do we make payments with Bitcoin a reality?”
Mintlayer answers the question: “How do we make DeFi with Bitcoin a reality?”
What is Mintlayer?
Mintlayer is a layer-2 blockchain for Bitcoin that enables DeFi, smart contracts, atomic swaps, non-fungible tokens (NFTS) and other dapps to exist on Bitcoin. The protocol leverages strengths from Bitcoin, the Lightning Network and its own layer 2 blockchain to create the infrastructure for projects that can build on Bitcoin.
Key features of Mintlayer
Nuclear exchange
One of the unique core concepts behind Mintlayer is that assets on the ecosystem will be able to be exchanged directly 1:1 with native Bitcoin. Mintlayer aims to be the only DeFi/Bitcoin platform that is directly interoperable with native BTC, unlike other platforms that use intermediaries such as wrapped BTC or token federation.
To achieve this, Mintlayer will develop a decentralized exchange (DEX) for atomic swaps.
Scalability
Mintlayer helps solve blockchain scalability by shrinking transaction size by about 70%. This reduces the transaction fees and network load that come with slow transactions. The network also uses the Lightning Network to aid transaction throughput.
With multi-token transfers in a single transaction, Mintlayer also makes aggregated payments a reality.
Privacy
Blockchain security is another important feature that protects the technology from cyber attacks and manipulation. As a layer-2 solution, the Mintlayer team understands the importance of ensuring user privacy and security. Mintlayer is developing a tokenization standard called MLS-02. These “privacy-enabled” MLS-02 tokens will allow users to make confidential transactions on Mintlayer with increased anonymity.
Decentralization
Decentralization is a blockchain feature that takes authority away from a central source and leaves it to a trustless community of members. Blockchain is decentralized when it has more nodes confirming transactions (ie the higher the number of nodes, the more decentralized the network).
Mintlayer facilitates the process involved in running a node, which it believes will help “achieve true decentralization.” Almost anyone can run a node since the machine requirements are quite low, even older machines with low specs are capable of running the full node.
The Ecosystem Fund
The organization offers three initiatives in their Mintlayer Ecosystem Fund – grant initiatives, incubator and accelerator programs.Ecosystem Fund:
- Incubator program – offers support and mentorship for projects in the early phase
- Accelerator Program – connects established projects with funding and support
- Grants Initiative – provide opportunities for open source projects to build on (or port to) Mintlayer
Mintlayer Token (MLT)
MLT is a utility token for the Mintlayer ecosystem. The token launch is March 21, 2023. The project developers have already pre-mined 400 million MLT tokens for distribution and earning. The development team plans to issue 15.8 million MLT tokens at launch at the Token Generation Event.
The MLT token will be used for various activities on the platform, including transaction fees, governance and staking. Token holders will be able to stake their tokens and become network validators. These validators are rewarded with transaction fees from the blocks they validate.
Transactions on Mintlayer are free from the gas tax monopoly, as Mintlayer operates without a specific gas token. Block signers can choose to accept any token created on the network as transaction fees – not just MLT.
As a governance token, MLT holders will be able to participate in the decision-making process involving the Mintlayer ecosystem. The development team claims token holders “will ultimately determine the fate and direction of the network” once the asset is launched.
Conclusion
To date, Ethereum remains the most popular platform as it brought the concept of smart contracts to the blockchain ecosystem. With Mintlayer, considering their vision to scale the notion of DeFi on the Bitcoin network, the BTC blockchain could also see smart contracts deployed on the network.
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