Asphere’s Complete Development Suite for Bitcoin

Bitcoin keeps surprising us.

After ETF approval, new all-time highs, and a variety of technical advances in the past year, Bitcoin is solidifying its position as a key player in the future of finance. Consequently, we discovered that Bitcoin has been responsible for a large portion of blockchain development this year.

As the demand for Bitcoin rises, the demand for innovative protocols that upgrade its functionality rises along with it. Let this article be your guide to the orange wave of Bitcoin Summer and how you can use our services to help you build on the blockchain that started it all.

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Bitcoin Development Soaring

Bitcoin's initial purpose of disrupting traditional finance with peer-to-peer payments was groundbreaking.  However, its limited transaction capacity and functionality restricted its broader impact. This is where the recent surge in Ordinals, Inscriptions, BRC-20 tokens, Bitcoin staking, and L2 scaling solutions comes in. These innovations address Bitcoin's limitations and unlock its potential as a foundational technology. As more developers become interested in unlocking these new use cases for the Bitcoin network with Layer 2 chains, we have seen a spike in the number of RPC requests to the networks in the next section through our service.

Ankr & Asphere Supporting the Bitcoin Scaling Community

By using our Web3 API service, users can interact with and build on a variety of Bitcoin scaling solutions. We are proud to support RPC connections to several Bitcoin ecosystem chains with many more on the way. Check out our current connections below.

• B²: B Squared is a Bitcoin Layer 2 solution that allows zero-knowledge rollups to use Bitcoin as a settlement layer via B² Hub. It can act uniquely as a data availability layer for other Bitcoin Layer 2s, improving overall network security and efficiency.

Free B² RPC endpoint →

• Babylon: The Babylon Protocol is a trustless Bitcoin staking solution that allows users to earn rewards by locking up their BTC without relinquishing control to support PoS chains, expanding Bitcoin's utility within the broader blockchain ecosystem.

Learn more about our collaboration with Babylon.

• Bitlayer: The Bitlayer Bitcoin Layer 2 solution offers Bitcoin-equivalent security and Turing completeness as the first L2 built on BitVM, aiming to be the computation layer of Bitcoin.

Free Bitlayer RPC endpoint →

• Core: Core is a Layer 1 blockchain combining Bitcoin's security with Ethereum's smart contract functionality via a unique consensus mechanism, aiming to host decentralized applications on a Bitcoin-secured foundation.

Free Core RPC endpoint →

• Rollux: Rollux is a Layer 2 scaling solution utilizing Syscoin's merge-mining for security, enabling high-throughput, low-latency transactions, and EVM-compatible smart contracts on a Bitcoin-anchored network, expanding its utility and application potential.

Free Rollux RPC Endpoint →

• Syscoin: Syscoin is a modular L1 network leveraging Bitcoin's PoW security for its UTXO-based chain while simultaneously providing EVM compatibility and Rollux, an optimistic rollup, to offer smart contract functionality and scalability within the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Free Syscoin RPC Endpoint →

Access Every Tool You Need To Build

Ankr and Asphere offer every service and tool developers need to bring projects to market, be they Bitcoin-related or not. Our selection of products includes:

Web3 API: Our API service boasts RPC connections to 60+ blockchains, including several tailored to the Bitcoin ecosystem. Start calling chains for free and upgrade to a Premium plan as traffic to your project scales!

RaaS: Asphere’s Rollup as a Service offers an end-to-end engineering solution for creating new Layer 2 chains and bringing them to market with complete customization, operations, and maintenance by our expert team.

Staking: As the original pioneers of liquid staking, Ankr ****supports liquid staking on 6+ chains ****and delegated staking for the ANKR token with industry-leading security and reliability. Integrate staking solutions for your wallet or dApp or stake securely as a user via the staking platform.

AI x Blockchain: The Neura Mainnet will be live in Q4 this year, giving developers the chance to build innovative AI applications with crowdsourced funding, decentralized GPU, Bitcoin security, and more.

Ankr Verify: Ankr Verify offers a seamless identity solution for every blockchain for trustless, zero-knowledge user verification and flexible permissions for every ecosystem dApp.

Final Thoughts

Ankr and Asphere are at the forefront of the Bitcoin development movement, providing builders with the essential resources to create new functionality on the O.G. chain. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just getting started, our platform offers the tools, support, and community you need to be a part of Bitcoin's exciting future. Join us in shaping the next chapter of the Bitcoin revolution.

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