We’re excited to announce a powerful partnership between Native and Zulu Network to address key challenges in the Bitcoin ecosystem: trust-minimized bridging and liquidity fragmentation. 

Challenges with current Bitcoin bridges

Bitcoin, the world’s most secure and decentralized blockchain, has long been limited by its scripting capabilities, preventing the development of robust DeFi applications and other complex financial instruments directly on the network. While various Bitcoin L2 solutions are emerging to address scalability and programmability issues, the challenge of securely transferring assets between these solutions has persisted.

Bitcoin bridges rely on custodians or multisig arrangements, introducing significant risks, such as centralization, political exposure, and potential security vulnerabilities. This kills the “not your keys not your coins” ethos. For Bitcoin OGs, whales, institutions, and everyday Web3 users, these risks are unacceptable, limiting their participation in DeFi and other decentralized applications.

‍Liquidity Fragmentation: As the Bitcoin ecosystem continues to evolve, one of the most significant challenges is fragmented liquidity across various Layer 2 (L2) solutions and decentralized applications. This fragmentation leads to inefficiencies, driving up costs and creating a subpar user experience.

‍How this partnership solves with Native’s BLISS Stack:

•Interoperability: Native’s trust-minimized bridge technology provides seamless, secure cross-chain communication, eliminating reliance on intermediaries and ensuring true Layer 2 status with Bitcoin-level security guarantees.

•Unified Liquidity: This partnership will also address the issue of fragmented liquidity in the Bitcoin ecosystem. Native will help aggregate liquidity, leading to a more seamless and efficient user experience.

•Zero-Trust Security: Utilizing zero-trust architecture, developers can deploy Ethereum smart contracts, verifiers, and programmable Bitcoin solutions without compromising on security or decentralization

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InterchainCommunication is essential for the future of web3 (DeFi, social, identities…). Bitcoin, for a long time, was left beyond without a secure solution to serve the web3 world. Our partnership with Union is a significant step forward in ensuring that users can move their assets across networks with the highest level of security and decentralization. Together, we’re enabling a new era of trustless interoperability, confronting  the risks of centralization and security vulnerabilities, unlocking the huge potential of Bitcoin. - Robert, co-founder of Native.​

•Zulu’s Layer 2: Zulu’s Bitcoin dual-layer infrastructure, fortified by BitVM, will integrate with Native’s BLISS, enhancing multi-chain security across its EVM and UTXO layers while leveraging Native’s trust-minimized bridge to offer unparalleled security and liquidity aggregation.

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Our collaboration with Native and Pera addresses fragmented liquidity and secure cross-chain communication, setting the stage for a unified, scalable Bitcoin Layer 2 environment. Together, we are empowering developers and users to reshape the future of the Bitcoin economy, driving innovation in AI DePIN on the Bitcoin Network. We are very excited about this partnership, and looking forward to accomplishing amazing things together. -Eric Lifson, co-founder of Zulu Network.

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Mutual Benefits:

•For Zulu: Improved security and cross-chain interoperability with Native’s BLISS, while addressing liquidity fragmentation using Native’s unified asset approach.

•For Native: Leveraging Zulu Network to strengthen its BLISS stack network effects, enabling secure, frictionless cross-chain operations, and solving liquidity fragmentation for better developer and user experiences.

This partnership marks a critical step towards addressing the trust and liquidity gaps in the Bitcoin ecosystem, creating a more secure, unified, and efficient multi-chain ecosystem.

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About Zulu Network

Zulu Network is the first Native Bitcoin DePIN Layer optimized for AI + DePIN implementations. With Zulu, everyone will have the ability to stake assets, help facilitate operation of various DePIN and AI protocols and earn on the Bitcoin Network.

Zulu is an innovative blockchain protocol that combines the security of Bitcoin with the flexibility of EVM infrastructure to foster a new decentralized economy, focus on AI & physical infrastructures, and empower users to stake their assets to power the future of DePIN innovation.

Join their 770k+ users and start earning and shaping the future on Bitcoin with Zulu.

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About Native

Native is a Bitcoin application layer built on zero trust architecture. Native empowers L2s and enables trust-minimized bridges and liquidity aggregation across the Bitcoin ecosystem. By removing the reliance on centralized intermediaries, Native provides a secure pathway for assets to move seamlessly across different scalable solutions and settle with a Native smart contract. This ensures better security, investor confidence, and a unified liquidity pool, enhancing the overall user experience in Bitcoin’s DeFi landscape.
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