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Most people's BTC is like a supercar 'parked in the garage': it holds value but doesn't yield much. BounceBit's idea is to drive the car onto the 'CeDeFi highway'—connecting compliant custody of CeFi with the composable yields of DeFi, allowing BTC to blossom in multiple ways under the premise of security. The project itself is a dual-token PoS Layer 1: jointly participating in security with BTC + $BB , and the chain itself is EVM compatible, making it easy to migrate the Ethereum ecosystem.
The key component of this path is Liquid Custody Tokens (LCTs). The process is intuitive: you deposit assets like BTC/stablecoins with a regulated custodian, and the system issues BBTC/BBUSD LCTs on a 1:1 basis; these LCTs can bridge to the BounceBit chain, participating in PoS, re-staking, and DeFi strategies, while the underlying assets 'sleep but can be verified' in custody. Making 'custody proof' a usable asset essentially transforms offline rights into on-chain liquidity.
To stabilize the CeFi side, BounceBit collaborates with Ceffu and introduces MirrorX for off-exchange settlement/fund reconciliation, which can arbitrage and implement funding strategies on centralized exchanges while clearly isolating risks; this is also one of the infrastructures that allows it to combine CeFi yields with on-chain liquidity.
Why is it a 'bus' instead of a 'bridge'? Traditional bridges are like 'crossing at a single point', whereas Metalayer-style interconnections (which emphasize 'connecting CeFi and on-chain operations' in the BounceBit ecosystem) organize assets, messages, and strategies together:
Asset side: LCT pegged 1:1, redeemable at any time;
Safe side: Dual-token PoS, maintaining the network together with BTC and $BB ;
Strategy side: CeFi basic yield + on-chain re-staking and farming stacking;
Engineering side: EVM compatible, developers can get started directly. The overall goal is to make 'yield stacking' verifiable, redeemable, and governable.
The BB token plays a three-in-one role of 'fuel + security + governance': it participates in PoS and incentives, and also carries governance rights; total supply of 2.1 billion (in homage to 21 million BTC), released with the mainnet and subsequent linear releases. Binding 'security' and 'usage' within a single token economy is the lever that keeps the network running.
Focusing on the user journey: depositing BTC/WBTC/BTCB into the designated network, the system will give you BBTC on the corresponding chain; depositing USDT/FDUSD will yield BBUSD. These LCTs can cross to BounceBit for staking to generate stBBTC, re-staking, or directly participating in DApp liquidity mining. Meanwhile, redemption also has standard processes and time delay explanations (such as 1 day for collection, maximum suspended amount, etc.), clarifying 'available/redeemable'.
This path is not without risks. CeFi failures can bring custody-side risks, DeFi smart contracts might have vulnerabilities, and regulatory changes can affect cross-border custody and settlement. BounceBit repeatedly emphasizes in its documentation and popular science that 'returns are never a free lunch', advising a small amount of trial—observe fund flows—then gradually scale up.
From an industry positioning perspective, it doesn't completely overlap with the 'BTC usability' routes of Babylon/Stacks: the latter leans more towards 'BTC as a security layer/finality anchor', while BounceBit leans more towards 'yield stacking + CeDeFi operations'. If you want to upgrade BTC from a value storage to an interest-bearing asset, this framework is one of the optional solutions.
Returning the driving rights of BTC to holders, but operating under compliant custody + on-chain combinations. What BounceBit aims to do is not to create another BTC, but to connect the returns, liquidity, and security of BTC into a measurable highway.
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