Starknet & Alpen Labs: Bitcoin’s New Trust-Minimized Bridge – No Wrappers, Just Drama! 💸

Ah, Starknet, ever the daring adventurer, has enlisted the services of Alpen Labs to construct a bridge so trust-minimized, it might just make a monk weep. 🎩💼

The partnership, confirmed on October 15, promises to unlock DeFi wonders for Bitcoin holders-though one wonders if they’ll finally learn to stop wrapping their BTC in silly little layers. 🧵

1/ Wrapped BTC? How pedestrian. We’re here to prove that trust is for the weak. No honest majorities, no wrappers-just pure, verifiable BTC on Starknet. 🧠

– Starknet (BTCFi arc) (@Starknet) October 15, 2025

This initiative, dear reader, is a masterclass in moving away from traditional bridging models-those perilous traps of multisignature setups where signers might just… collude. 🤝💸

Glock’s two-party computation protocol, based on garbled circuits, ensures privacy without the need for trusted intermediaries. A triumph of logic, if you can stomach the jargon. 🧩

Starknet’s ambition? To become Bitcoin’s hub, a plan as audacious as a tuxedoed fox in a chicken coop. 🦊🎩 The grant to Alpen Labs and the 100 million STRK incentives program are but the opening act. 🎭

The new bridge allows staking and borrowing Bitcoin without wrapping-though one suspects the real magic lies in the marketing. 🧵

Meanwhile, Bitcoin navigates turbulence, with $19.35 billion in liquidations and Strategy Inc. quietly accumulating 220 BTC. A tale of two markets, if ever there was one. 💸

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2025-10-15 23:27