Bitlayer: Bringing Bitcoin into the DeFi World For over a decade, Bitcoin has been the most trusted, secure, and decentralized network in the world. It has become “digital gold” — a place to store value, hedge against inflation, and protect assets from centralized control. But while Bitcoin has become the most powerful store of value, it has largely remained on the sidelines of decentralized finance (DeFi), missing out on the composability, programmability, and high-speed infrastructure that other blockchains enjoy.