A lesson learned from 10 years in web3, 6 running a company: learn to unwind and relax the mind. Creative breaks, even short, can work wonders and help manage stress better. 2-3 days of no social media, no work chats, no deadlines, no strategy planning - and I'm back to being hyper productive and ready to calmly face the daily rollercoaster.

My dream BTC DeFi use case: USD micro-loans against BTC collateral, spendable directly via credit card. What's yours?

Please beware, there is a hacker impersonating some BOB team members. The attack: Fake Zoom update links / via Zoom call popups. Primarily via Telegram. Please be careful and in doubt reach out to our official channels! Easy to spot: we do not use Zoom!

If you're building on Bitcoin and your UX requires the user to understand what a bridge, a swap, and a gas fee are just to get started, then this is not an optimal user experience. Great technology must feel invisible, and BOB Gateway does just this.

This week's shout out goes to @XverseApp for integrating BOB Gateway into their Earn platform 🗣️ It's clear that the next wave of DeFi users will come from the native Bitcoin ecosystem, and there's no better way to achieve this by partnering with industry-leading service providers like Xverse to give their users a taste of 1-click Bitcoin DeFi.

'Sustainable yield' is a rare concept in DeFi. Here's how our Bitcoin-secured design makes it happen. It's a three-step flywheel: 1️⃣ Stake & use: Staked BTC via @babylonlabs_io backs Liquid Staking Tokens (LSTs), which people use in DeFi on @build_on_bob 2️⃣ Generate fees: This DeFi activity generates real transaction fees on the network. 3️⃣ Reward stakers: A portion of these real fees are paid back to the original BTC stakers, increasing the base staking APY. This increased APY attracts MORE BTC stakers and more LSTs to the platform to be used in DeFi, which generates more fees, which further increases the APY. Activity drives reward, which drives liquidity, which drives more activity. A perfect flywheel effect in action.

Updated Hybrid Stack just dropped. All the BOB tech in one picture.

BOB is the first Hybrid ZK rollup! - ZK rollup with on-demand finality - Perfect balance of security and cost - ZK proofs ready for BitVM Live on mainnet, powered by @RiscZero @boundless_xyz & @conduitxyz

It's shout out time again 🗣️ Want to thank @FireblocksHQ for integrating with @build_on_bob to connect 2000+ institutions to BTC‑secured DeFi on BOB. There are clear signs that many institutions want DeFi under the hood, and BOB's best in class EVM & DeFi infrastructure will allow their users to enter DeFi in the most seamless and secure manner.

The '1-of-N' security of BOB's BitVM bridge is powerful. But what does it really mean? Imagine an operator wants to steal your BTC from the bridge. They make a fraudulent withdrawal claim. This starts a 7-day timer. During that week, anyone (challengers) who sees the fraud can post a tiny transaction on Bitcoin that says, "I challenge this". This single challenge forces the fraudulent operator into a corner. They must now publicly prove on-chain, how they arrived at their fraudulent result. Because it's based on a lie, they will inevitably fail. The moment they fail, the protocol automatically punishes them, slashing their collateral, removing them as an operator and the fraudulent withdrawal is cancelled.