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
