Babylon x Cosmos: Unlocking EVM on Bitcoin

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Direct, Trustless and Secure Bitcoin Staking The Best of Both Worlds Improved UX for Devs and Users Redefining Bitcoin With EVM Get Started Building with the Cosmos Stack

Babylon Genesis is a Layer 1 blockchain built with the Cosmos SDK. Thanks to its modular framework, interoperability and smart-contract integration are built right in, providing a developer-friendly environment where DeFi primitives and seamless cross-chain workflows can coexist under one roof.

And soon, with Babylon Genesis able to leverage Cosmos’ new EVM compatibility, developers and users alike will be able enjoy smooth UX between the two ecosystems.

Direct, Trustless and Secure Bitcoin Staking

Say goodbye to wrapping, bridging and pegging. The Babylon Bitcoin staking protocol allows self-custodial BTC staking that puts users in full control with the ability to unbond at any time.

This simplicity is enabled by the Babylon protocol and can be utilized by Babylon Genesis’ Bitcoin Supercharged Networks (BSNs), whose trustless design brings PoS-level economic security to all these integrated BSNs. This allows users to stake native Bitcoin straight from their wallets including Leap, Keplr and Cosmostation.

The Babylon Bitcoin staking protocol connects BSNs with Bitcoin holders, offering direct access to the largest and strongest community in crypto. And of course, users receive rewards for locking their Bitcoin in a secure way to help validate other blockchains.

This innovative approach means users, developers and chains can also take advantage of:

Bitcoin Security — Chains gain the security of Bitcoin, the most decentralized cryptocurrency, while minimizing reliance on the native token’s inflation.
Bitcoin Liquidity — The Babylon ecosystem consists of a wide range of DeFi protocols that can access and benefit from Bitcoin’s deep liquidity.
Finality Providers — With the Babylon Bitcoin staking protocol, participating validators will be exposed to $1 Trillion of potential delegations and earn rewards by validating PoS chains.

The Best of Both Worlds

Babylon Genesis supports both CosmWasm and soon Cosmos EVM, enabling interoperability between Rust-based and Solidity-based DeFi ecosystems. dApps built on CosmWasm and EVM will be fully interoperable because the two VMs share the same token ledger instead of separate ones.

This not only allows for EVM wallet access, but also far easier smart contract deployment. Babylon Genesis will have a precompile feature for their BTC staking module, so developers can build composable apps on top of it in the EVM.

This dual-VM approach allows a BTC-LST to be used in EVM-native DeFi apps, all within Babylon Genesis, delivering composability alongside flexibility. The integration achieved via IBC (Inter‑Blockchain Communication) and tokenfactory facilitates these seamless cross-execution flows.

IBC is central to Babylon Genesis. With IBC callbacks and packet forwarding middleware, complex workflows like staking BTC on one BSN and then using the resultant token in another chain’s DeFi market, can be executed atomically. So whether it’s yield farming on Osmosis or lending across app‑chains, Babylon Genesis orchestrates these interactions while Bitcoin secures it all.

Improved UX for Devs and Users

With dual-VM capabilities, developers and retail users get the best of both worlds.

A plug-and-play dev stack means builders can write in Solidity/Vyper and deploy the same bytecode used on Ethereum.
Full Ethereum toolchain including MetaMask, Foundry, Truffle, Hardhat, Remix, and more, all working out-of-the-box to promote easy debugging and faster development cycles.
Users who are new to Bitcoin DeFi and Babylon Genesis can create an EVM address and access all the BTCFi products available on Babylon Genesis.
Users can use EVM wallets such as Metamask and Brave, to make a 0x address on Babylon Genesis, allowing them to interact with EVM smart contracts as well as send and receive BABY.
For BTC stakers and existing BABY holders who want to explore Bitcoin DeFi, they can create an EVM address and migrate their assets from their BABY address to their EVM address in a matter of minutes.
For other existing BTC stakers and BABY holders, they don’t need to take any further action. They can keep using their BABY address as normal to use Bitcoin DeFi protocols on Babylon Genesis.

Redefining Bitcoin With EVM

Babylon Genesis is redefining Bitcoin’s role in the wider crypto economy. By leveraging the Cosmos SDK and new EVM capabilities, Babylon Genesis offers a modular, cross-chain DeFi layer that benefits from Bitcoin’s unparalleled security while also opening up opportunities from other networks.

From native BTC staking to multi-chain liquidity and dual smart contract environments, Babylon Genesis is building the infrastructure to redefine BTCFi. This is the foundation of a vibrant, composable ecosystem where Bitcoin drives decentralized finance and users can maximize potential rewards.

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