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A layer 2 sidechain for tokenization that opens Bitcoin to DeFi using Atomic Swaps. 
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Inspired by Bitcoin but, engineered for the future. Mintlayer's architecture blends time-tested principles with cutting-edge innovation.

Bitcoin-Inspired
Architecture

Combining Bitcoin's wisdom with blockchain innovation, we've created a powerful tech stack. UTXOs, Atomic Swaps, ZK-rollups, and simplified smart contracts unite for ultimate security and performance.

RWA Tokenization Ecosystem

Get ready for a simple RWA SaaS platform for institutions to deploy tokenized RWA with a simple template. The platform will also assist with built in compliance services.

Native Cross-Chain Swaps

Our Native Cross-Chain Swaps (i.e., Atomic Swaps) enable secure, trustless exchanges across blockchains. Being peer-to-peer, they eliminate intermediaries, wrapped tokens, and counterparty risk, ensuring a secure trustless exchange of assets.

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Scaling Solution

We're developing the ZK Thunder Network, a high-speed, EVM-compatible Layer 3 solution on Mintlayer. This upcoming technology combines our Layer 2 security with EVM compatibility and ZK scalability, aiming to significantly enhance Bitcoin's functionality.

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Navigate, view, and verify transactions and blocks on the Mintlayer network with our intuitive and comprehensive block explorer.

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Access our open-source code and full node software to develop, contribute, and innovate within the Mintlayer ecosystem, expanding Bitcoin's capabilities.

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Start your journey into the Mintlayer Ecosystem.

Securely store your BTC, ML Coins and MLS-01 tokens with Mojito Wallet.  Easily access your fund from mobile app or browser extension.

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Mintlayer's tech stack is a unique blend of proven principles mixed with new-age blockchain innovation.

Delivering scalability

Transaction batching shrinks TX size by up to 70%, reducing fees and network congestion. Plus, Lightning Network compatibility is already available, and our very own ZK Thunder, an EVM-compatible L3 execution layer, is coming soon.

Enhancing decentralization

P2P Native Cross-Chain Swaps (Atomic Swaps) eliminate the need for CEXs and liquidity pools. Low hardware requirements promote inclusivity, allowing anyone to run a full node, even on a Raspberry Pi, thus fostering true decentralization.

Security & reliability

Mintlayer prioritizes security with Non-Turing complete smart contracts, limiting complexity and easing audits. Its UTXO model, despite slightly slower block times, enhances overall reliability.

Increasing interoperability

Enhancing blockchain interoperability through Atomic Swaps, enabling secure, trustless exchanges across networks. This technology allows direct peer-to-peer transactions, eliminating intermediaries and easing cross-chain interactions.

Sustainability in mind

The significant reduction in computational demands compared to most other blockchain allows even a low-power device like a Raspberry PI, consuming just 1 to 5 Watts, to efficiently run a Mintlayer node.

Reducing frictions

Mintlayer's native cross-chain swaps, known as Atomic Swaps, significantly reduce frictions in the DeFi space. By enabling the use of native Bitcoin within DeFi applications, they eliminate the need for wrapped tokens or third-party intermediaries.

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Blog

The latest news from our hub.

Your Eyes Are No Longer an Authentication Factor

A fake livestream of Nvidia's CEO outdrew his real keynote five to one. North Korean operatives ran fake Zoom meetings with AI avatars to rob crypto executives. Seeing and speaking are no longer proof of anything.

November 2, 2026

The Attacker Also Has an AI

AI agents already reproduce real DeFi exploits, escaped their own test sandbox to do it, and found a proof forgery that put an entire chain's value at risk. Defense budgets now compete against machine-speed attack development.

October 29, 2026

Agents with Wallets: Prompt Injection Is Theft

An AI agent read a malicious instruction hidden in an NFT and moved someone's funds. When software that can be talked into anything holds the keys, the design of the wallet is the vulnerability — not the words.

October 26, 2026

When AI Writes the Money Code

A misconfigured oracle co-authored by an AI model cost Moonwell

.78 million in February. The code compiled, passed review, and went through governance. What failed was everything around the machine that wrote it.

October 25, 2026

Real Estate Tokenization: The Token Is Not the Deed

Dubai's land registry now settles property tokens on a ledger. Tokenized real estate is still five different products, and they differ on the only question that matters: what the token legally points at.

October 2, 2026

Mintlayer Development Update - September

This month, development focused on strengthening the security and reliability of Mintlayer tools, hardening the infrastructure that supports them, and preparing the foundation for upcoming products.

September 30, 2026

Mintlayer $ML Migration Update: Final Deadline Confirmed, New Bridge and ERC20 Coming Next

The final deadline for migrating the original ERC20 $ML token is confirmed for 1 November 2026 and will not be extended. In parallel, a new permanent bridge and a new ERC20 representation of $ML are on the way.

September 21, 2026

Your Address Checks Itself

One typo in a bech32 address gets caught, located, and corrected before signing. On 0x chains, almost any lowercase string is a valid address. Security at Mintlayer starts at the format level.

September 14, 2026

An Append-Only Attestation Layer for AI Decisions

Proofs and attestations only become evidence when they live somewhere an auditor can find them, with a timestamp nobody disputes and no way for the operator to revise the collection. Bitcoin-anchored infrastructure provides exactly that.

September 4, 2026

How Verifiable Inference Works: zkML, Hardware Attestation, and Committed Configuration

Proving an AI output came from the claimed model under the claimed policy splits into two problems: proving the math and proving the environment. Both now have working tools, with published results.

September 2, 2026

Mintlayer Development Update - August

This month, the Mintlayer Core received important updates alongside continued development of the Mojito Browser Extension Wallet and JavaScript SDK, bringing improvements to security, reliability, usability, and developer experience.

August 31, 2026

The Inference Audit Gap: Who Checks the Model Behind the Answer?

When an AI system makes a costly decision, the only evidence of which model produced it, under what policy, is the operator's word. That gap now has incidents, case law, and a regulatory timetable attached to it.

August 31, 2026

The 2% Inflation Target Was Improvised on Television in 1988

Every central bank targets 2% inflation because one minister improvised a number on TV in 1988. A century of deflation data never supported the fear.

August 23, 2026

When Sovereign AI Meets Sovereign Money

Two sovereignty races are running at once: one for compute, one for settlement. They are usually analysed separately, but they are converging on the same requirement — a record of what happened that outlives the institution that produced it.

August 20, 2026

Hackers Drained BTCPay's Hot Node

Attackers stole LND macaroon credentials via BTCPay Server and drained merchant Lightning channels. Bitcoin held. The hot node was the wallet.

August 18, 2026