For developers, what often matters is not the vision, but how to get the prototype up and running within two weeks. Bitlayer provides a very engineering-oriented path:
EVM compatible: Solidity up to v0.8.28 can be used, and the Hardhat/Foundry toolchain can be directly transferred over;
Network/Nodes: Public RPC and network parameters are ready;
Deployment mindset: Treat it as an EVM Rollup anchored to Bitcoin security, with states regularly settled to L1. This way, your existing Ethereum projects can migrate with low friction.
The key to the technical route is settlement: Bitlayer executes state changes in a high-throughput L2 environment, then submits the compressed proofs/commitments to Bitcoin L1 to achieve finality. The white paper clearly outlines this rapid block generation - batch submission - L1 finality pipeline: throughput and cost are placed on L2, while security rests on L1. For developers, this means they can confidently create complex contracts and batch processes without worrying about cramming giant validators into L1.
Why choose EVM? Because it is currently the most mature development - auditing - operations maintenance system. Bitlayer's position is to provide EVM with the security anchor of Bitcoin, not to create a chain that everyone has to relearn. What you want is lower transaction fees, higher throughput, and more familiar tools, not new pitfalls.
If you are engaged in BTC-native related businesses (wallets, bridges, clearing and settlement), Bitlayer also provides this layer of native BTC assets: protocol-level integrated Bitcoin-pegged assets used as system currency, not just ordinary ERC-20 wrappers, which are more beneficial for internal settlement and cost control.
Bitlayer combines my need for speed and my need for Bitcoin security into the same engine, allowing developers to simply step on the gas.
