Ordinary users using Bitlayer do not need to overcommit. Start by bridging in a small amount of BTC, around 5%-10%. After converting to L2 mapped assets, test out three low-risk paths: collateralize assets for stable borrowing, join sufficiently deep stable pools to earn fees, and use for payments and settlements to improve turnover efficiency. Write 'Net Revenue = (Protocol Revenue + Incentives) - (Bridging and Redemption Costs + Slippage and Discount + Opportunity Costs)' into a table and review it weekly; leave a buffer time for withdrawals to avoid passive waiting during congestion.
For developers, getting started on Bitlayer is more like regular Ethereum: one-click deployment of Solidity contracts, with front-end and commonly used libraries not needing significant changes; the difference is that cross-domain dependencies and oracle clocks need to be written into the interface contracts. It is recommended to implement a grayscale approach for 2-4 weeks, focusing on four aspects: end-to-end confirmation duration, failure retry rate, on-chain verification gas, and cost comparison with similar contracts on Ethereum. Link Bitlayer's event flow with internal risk control, such as pre-liquidation heartbeat and oracle distortion triggering non-open positions, to ensure 'business does not congest public channels.'
For institutions interfacing with Bitlayer, the process must prioritize compliance. First, establish custody and whitelist addresses, defining cross-domain limits and thresholds; then fix the accounting, reporting standards, and NAV update frequency, allowing for cross-verification of on-chain balances and off-chain reports; finally, prepare evidence for audits and risk control: routing and signatures for bridges, commitments and receipts, failures and compensations. Bitlayer can output batch accounts, batch withdrawals, reconciliation APIs, and risk control receipts, which are all 'hardware' that risk control values.
The daily operations and risk control of Bitlayer follow a certain pattern. During high volatility periods, shorten the oracle polling and net exposure windows; during congestion periods, layer LP and lending exposures to avoid the interconnected risks of the same underlying asset; conduct 'dual live drills' before and after important upgrades and parameter adjustments, with one set using new parameters and another set using old parameters, retaining the option for emergency rollback. As long as the process is clear, Bitlayer can ensure that 'engineering is controllable' down to the details, and the business scale will naturally follow.
