Alpen Labs

About Alpen Labs

Alpen Labs builds Strata, a ZK rollup on Bitcoin that enables EVM-compatible smart contracts and financial applications to settle directly on the Bitcoin base layer without wrapped tokens or custodians. The protocol uses a novel 1-of-N Bitcoin bridge architecture to reduce trust assumptions compared to traditional multisig bridges, and inherits Bitcoin's double-spend security for all transactions. Alpen targets developers building Bitcoin-native DeFi applications, including lending, borrowing, and stablecoin products, with a Bitcoin Dollar product in testnet. The team has contributed foundational research to the Bitcoin rollup space, including early technical whitepapers on validity rollups and ZK rollups on Bitcoin.

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