BOB Launches BitVM Testnet to Bring Real Bitcoin into DeFi

Wed Jul 02 2025
BOB launches a BitVM testnet that enables native BTC to be used in DeFi — no wrapping, no bridges, no trust assumptions. Mainnet coming Q4 2025.

🚀 BOB Just Unlocked Real Bitcoin DeFi — No Wraps, No Custodians, Just BitVM

Bitcoin’s finally breaking into DeFi — for real.

BOB (Build on Bitcoin) just launched a BitVM-powered testnet that lets users deploy native BTC in decentralized finance — no bridges, no synthetic tokens, no trusted custodians.

This is Bitcoin as collateral, as liquidity, as programmable money — all on Bitcoin’s terms.


🪙 Native BTC in DeFi — Not a Wrapped Illusion

Until now, BTC in DeFi meant giving up control:

  • Sending BTC to a custodian
  • Getting back a wrapped token (WBTC, sBTC, etc.)
  • Trusting someone not to screw it up

BOB flips that. With BitVM, BTC stays BTC — no conversions, no middlemen, and no risk of rug bridges.

This is real Bitcoin used directly in smart contracts — finally.


⚙️ What BitVM Actually Does

BitVM is a new framework that brings general-purpose computation to Bitcoin — using off-chain logic, on-chain fraud proofs, and Bitcoin’s existing script.

BOB builds on that with:

  • 📦 Ethereum-style data availability via blob storage
  • 🧮 Split operator model (computation vs. liquidity)
  • 🔁 Collateral reuse, letting the same BTC be used across multiple dApps

It’s like Ethereum rollups — but for Bitcoin. And yes, it actually works.


🏗️ Real Infrastructure, Real Partners

This isn’t a theory drop — it’s backed by real players already running BitVM nodes:

  • P2P.org
  • Solv Protocol
  • Amber Group
  • Lombard, Ankr, RockawayX, UTXO Management, and Luganodes

They’re not just cheerleading. They’re building, validating, and stress-testing this live.

“This is the first usable version of native Bitcoin DeFi,” says Ryan Chow, CEO of Solv. “It’s finally institutional-grade — without giving up trustlessness.”


🔗 Ethereum UX, Bitcoin Underneath

BOB positions itself as a hybrid Layer 2:

  • 🛡️ Bitcoin’s security + finality
  • 💻 Ethereum’s tools + developer stack
  • 💥 BTC as the base asset — not ETH, not stables

Users get a familiar DeFi experience — swapping, lending, staking — but powered by actual BTC instead of wrapped derivatives.


📆 Mainnet Hits Q4 2025

The BitVM-powered testnet is live, and BOB is already rolling toward mainnet launch in Q4 2025.

What’s next:

  • Stress-testing fraud proofs
  • Scaling the operator infrastructure
  • Educating builders and devs
  • Publishing a deep-dive into BitVM architecture

It’s all about going from proof-of-concept to real-world capital flows.


⚡ TL;DR

  • 🚀 BOB launches first-ever BitVM testnet with native BTC in DeFi
  • 🪙 No wrapping, no custodians — just Bitcoin used trustlessly
  • ⚙️ BitVM enables off-chain computation + on-chain fraud proofs
  • 🏗️ Partners like Solv, P2P.org, Amber Group are already running nodes
  • 📆 Mainnet expected Q4 2025 — DeFi on Bitcoin is finally happening

No more sleeping capital. Bitcoin is becoming the base layer for trustless finance.

👉 Learn more: https://www.gobob.xyz

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