Launch Roadmap

Phased launch of strBTC

To ensure a secure and scalable rollout, strBTC will be launched in three progressive phases:

• Phase 0 – Soft Launch: Only whitelisted native BTC deposits are accepted, and strBTC issuance is controlled manually by a trusted federation. This stage focuses on liquidity bootstrapping, system testing, and evaluating initial yield strategies.

• Phase 1 – Native Staking: The bridge is deployed with a permissioned operator set, but without full cryptoeconomic guarantees. This phase validates operational assumptions and begins real usage of the infrastructure.

• Phase 2 – Full Economic Security: The bridge transitions to being secured by restaked assets (via Eigenlayer, Symbiotic, etc.), enabling slashing-based protection against operator misbehavior. This marks the full realization of strBTC as an economically secure, yield-bearing Bitcoin asset.

Each phase is designed to progressively reduce trust assumptions while increasing decentralization, resilience, and utility for strBTC holders.