Everyone thinks the only / best use case for BTC is to just hold forever BTCFi is being used in real life right now: family in Uruguay borrowed against BTC via @Tropykus to build their home Folks in Buenos Aires buying breakfast with DOC (Bitcoin-backed stablecoin since 2019) Users like @MiltonRodM ditching fiat, paying services in rBTC and stablecoins from yields on Rootstock All of these BTCFi rails are only possible due to infrastructure built by @rootstock_io So what makes Rootstock different + the potential to become the home of BTCFi? - Builders get Ethereum-style programmability without leaving Bitcoin’s security envelope - Security at the base: Merge-mined by major pools (Foundry, AntPool, Binance Pool) so the chain and its bridge inherit Bitcoin’s hashpower/security - Network upgrades have cut gas materially, with faster Protocol targets ~5s confirmations in the future - LayerZero integration lets you bridge USDC/USDT/WETH from major EVM chains directly into Rootstock = Native stablecoin liquidity via USDT0 on Rootstock for payments, on-chain settlement/ DeFi opportunities(Insightful)