{"id":571103,"date":"2026-03-19T13:53:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/op_net-launches-bitcoin-defi-push-without-bridges-or-wrapped-btc\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:53:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:53:54","slug":"op_net-launches-bitcoin-defi-push-without-bridges-or-wrapped-btc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/op_net-launches-bitcoin-defi-push-without-bridges-or-wrapped-btc\/","title":{"rendered":"OP_NET launches Bitcoin DeFi push without bridges or wrapped BTC"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OP_NET<\/p>\n

OP_NET has launched a \u201cSlowFi\u201d DeFi stack that runs smart contracts directly in standard Bitcoin transactions with BTC as the only gas asset, avoiding bridges and wrapped BTC.<\/p>\n

OP_NET said it is launching a \u201cSlowFi\u201d decentralized finance (DeFi) stack on Bitcoin that uses standard Bitcoin transactions and native BTC fees rather than bridges, wrapped assets or a separate gas token.<\/p>\n

According to a Thursday release shared with Cointelegraph, the project is part of a broader push to bring trading and yield-style activity directly onto Bitcoin\u2019s base layer instead of routing it through sidechains, bridges or adjacent networks. OP_NET is betting some users will accept slower and more expensive transactions in exchange for staying fully on Bitcoin.<\/p>\n

According to OP_NET co-founder Frederic Fosco, who goes by Danny Plainview, applications run through standard Bitcoin (BTC<\/a>) transactions using Taproot-based spends, while the platform\u2019s NativeSwap model is designed to support token swaps without wrapped BTC or a separate gas asset. Plainview told Cointelegraph that every transaction on OP_NET is \u201cjust a Bitcoin transaction with BTC as the only gas asset.\u201d<\/p>\n

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OP_NET has launched a \u201cSlowFi\u201d DeFi stack that runs smart contracts directly in standard Bitcoin transactions with BTC as the only gas asset, avoiding bridges and wrapped BTC. OP_NET said it is launching a \u201cSlowFi\u201d decentralized finance (DeFi) stack on Bitcoin that uses standard Bitcoin transactions and native BTC fees rather than bridges, wrapped assets […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":571104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-571103","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\/571103","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=571103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}