{"id":551470,"date":"2026-02-04T15:52:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/bitcoin-native-usdt-protocol-joins-ctdg-dev-hub\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:52:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:52:53","slug":"bitcoin-native-usdt-protocol-joins-ctdg-dev-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/bitcoin-native-usdt-protocol-joins-ctdg-dev-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin-native USDT protocol joins CTDG Dev Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDIvMDE5YzI0N2EtMGUxYS03NjRmLWJiOGYtMWM2MjA0NDVkNzQxLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin-native USDT protocol joins CTDG Dev Hub\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An emerging protocol enabling native USDT transactions on Bitcoin becomes the latest participant of CTDG Dev Hub, a developer-centric technical hub by Cointelegraph focused on protocol design, implementation approaches, and network upgrade proposals.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin has long served a simple purpose: storing and transferring value. The blockchain\u2019s inherent limitations in scalability and programmability prevented use cases like high-frequency payments and smart contracts.<\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\">Launched in 2018, the <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/learn\/articles\/what-is-the-lightning-network-in-bitcoin-and-how-does-it-work\">layer-2 solution Lightning Network<\/a> introduced noticeable improvements in scalability. It takes some of the burden offchain by creating side channels between the sender and receiver.<\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\">The model settles transactions faster, with lower fees. Rendering Bitcoin feasible for daily use, the solution spurred the development of many payment apps on the blockchain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-native-usdt-protocol-joins-ctdg-dev-hub\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An emerging protocol enabling native USDT transactions on Bitcoin becomes the latest participant of CTDG Dev Hub, a developer-centric technical hub by Cointelegraph focused on protocol design, implementation approaches, and network upgrade proposals. Bitcoin has long served a simple purpose: storing and transferring value. The blockchain\u2019s inherent limitations in scalability and programmability prevented use cases [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":551471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-551470","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}