About this episode
Charlie Hu is the CEO and Co-Founder of Bitlayer, a Bitcoin Layer 2 platform that unlocks billions in idle BTC through programmable, scalable infrastructure. By combining ZK-STARKs with Bitcoin Verifiable Incentives (BVI), Bitlayer offers a cost-effective, trust-minimized solution that supports 200+ projects and over 28 million transactions.
Bitcoin is about to level up. In this exclusive interview with News Lead David Sencil (@_dsencil), Charlie Hu reveals how Bitlayer is pioneering next-generation bridges and Layer 2 architecture to transform the Bitcoin landscape. With $750M in TVL and institutional partnerships with Franklin Templeton, Bitlayer goes beyond building tech—it's scaling Bitcoin without protocol upgrades. Sencil explores how this breakthrough could become Bitcoin's most significant advancement since Taproot.
Bitlayer website: https://www.bitlayer.org/
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Hosted by Bitcoin.com News Media
Jun 28, 2025