Development Roadmap

zkBTC is focused on delivering the most innovative and high-performance Bitcon scaling solution on the market to address market demand for Bitcoin-centric applications in the near-term, while paving the way for a robust Bitcoin-native ecosystem that stands the test of time.

Phase 0

  • Establish relationships with key infrastructure providers
  • Extensive initial Bitcoin and Ethereum-focused R&D
  • zkBTC testnet launch

Phase 1

  • zkBTC mainnet v1 launch
  • Trustless integration with Ethereum
  • Integrate wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) as gas token
  • Tap into Polygon AggLayer (v2) for aggregated liquidity

Phase 2

  • zkBTC mainnet v2 upgrade
  • Introduce additional BTC versions as gas (subject to governance)
  • Implement BEIP-1559 BTC burning mechanism
  • Trustless native bridge development for BTC, Ordinals, BRC-20 & Runes

Phase 3

  • zkBTC mainnet v3 upgrade
  • Launch trustless bridge for native BTC
  • Launch trustless bridge for Ordinals, BRC-20 & Runes