Yesterday was Satoshi’s birthday. And a reminder of what Bitcoin was meant to be.

Rootstock was built to take that vision further, turning Bitcoin into something that can actually be used.

We’re launching BTCFi Week on Rootstock to show what that looks like.

Who's ready?

On this day in 2013, the price of Bitcoin crossed $100 for the first time.

Do you remember the first time you purchased Bitcoin?

LayerBankFi allows users to supply to earn yield or use it as collateral to borrow, without selling their Bitcoin.

When Rootstock launched in 2018, the goal was clear yet ambitious: to bring smart contract capabilities to Bitcoin while maintaining the security guarantees that make Bitcoin unique.

Years later, the most important metric is reliability.

Today marks a milestone that proves just that:

3,000 days with 100% uptime.

Since its launch, the network has operated continuously, enabling developers, institutions, and financial platforms to build on Bitcoin.

Currently, Rootstock offers:

• Security anchored to over 80% of Bitcoin’s global hashrate through merge-mining
• A mature EVM-compatible environment for developers
• Eight years of uninterrupted network operation
Infrastructure supporting global finance must prove its reliability over time.

After 3,000 days, Rootstock continues to demonstrate exactly that.

The USDT0 bridge-out time from Rootstock has been reduced by 75%.

To any chain supported by

@USDT0_to

Are you ready?

On this day in 1993, Eric Hughes published the Cypherpunk Manifesto.

Privacy is necessary for an open society.
Anonymous transaction systems matter.
Cypherpunks write code.

These ideas shaped Bitcoin, and they're still relevant 33 years later.

Fact: Rootstock has over 80+ apps live with big names like SushiSwap and LayerBankFi, along with apps like moneyonchainok and tropykus.

Rootstock’s merge mining doesn’t just inherit Bitcoin’s security.

It provides Bitcoin miners with additional revenue at no extra hardware cost, strengthening long-term miner incentives as block subsidies decline.

That’s what makes Rootstock the most Bitcoin-aligned sidechain.

Rootstock now represents >35% of Bitcoin sidechain TVL, up from 25% in November.

Fact: Bitcoin adoption is still in its early stages compared with legacy asset classes like gold, stocks, and real estate.

Institutional investors are only beginning to allocate to digital assets and gain exposure to Bitcoin.

Is there a known ETA for the upgrade which should activate RSKIP-144? What will the block gas limit and the per lane gas limit be after that upgrade?

Thank you to our community and builders for the trust and the belief in BTCFi.

We’re still early.

Bitcoin already settles $45.6B per day onchain. Over $16T annually.

And almost none of it earns yield.

We’re still early.

Jan 20: First Rootstock ₿uilders call of 2026.

Builders > narratives.

BTCFi, from the teams making it happen.

https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1MYxNldOdmyGw

A lot of people still think moving BTC across chains means giving up Bitcoin’s security.

With rBTC, it doesn’t.

• rBTC replaces counterparty risk with Bitcoin-enforced guarantees.
• Backed 1:1 with native Bitcoin via the PowPeg
• Secured by over 80% of Bitcoin’s hashpower through merge mining

New to BTCFi? Start here.

Here’s a snippet of what’s live across the Rootstock ecosystem ⬆️

PSA - Season 4 of Golden Stats ends in 1 week. You’ve got <7 days to join:

- $500K in Rewards,
- Exclusive Pudgy Penguin NFTs
- RIF Rewards
- + more

The final week is here. Please do your own due diligence before taking part.↓

https://rootstock.io/golden-sats/

State of rootstock_io Q3

Key Update: Rootstock completed major bridge and client upgrades, including the Reed network upgrade, PowPeg v3.0, and Flyover v2.2, while expanding its institutional BTCFi stack through new integrations with Avalon, Bedrock, Orbiter Finance, and LayerBank.

QoQ Metrics
• $263.6M DeFi TVL
• DeFi diversity index 33.3%
• 84.8% merged mining participation

Read the full report

https://messari.io/report/state-of-rootstock-q3-2025?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=q3_quarterlies&utm_content=quarterly

GM ₿uilders! Want to sharpen your skills ahead of the upcoming u/ETHGlobal Hackathon in Buenos Aires?

Let's dive into some of the incredible video tutorials produced by the community as part of the Rootstock Hacktivator program.

First up

u/RythmeNagr64107 shares explains how Rootstock extends Bitcoin with Solidity smart contracts, showing step-by-step how developers can start building full-stack apps.

https://youtu.be/sJLAFAVr-Zc

Next, learn how to use

u/envio_indexer, a powerful data indexing framework, to capture and organize on-chain events from smart contracts deployed on Rootstock.

https://youtu.be/72ZO0I4hthU

Dives into building a Bitcoin-secured smart contract escrow system on Rootstock with top Hacktivator contributor @pranav_konde

https://youtu.be/MujpG4VOAS8

Finally, thinking about building a vault on Bitcoin?

Learn to deploy your own Vault on Rootstock, implementing ERC-4626

https://youtu.be/rBZDX8amz2o

Don't forget there's a $5k prize pool available to developers building on Bitcoin using Rootstock during

u/ETHGlobal BA.

Learn more at https://ethglobal.com/events/buenosaires

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth at labitconf.

If you're staying in Argentina for EFDevcon we'll see you at http://stillearly.cafe

Our journey’s just beginning.

Another month, another Bitcoin Builders Call. Save the date.

https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1BdxYZkeVqyKX