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A layer 2 sidechain for tokenization that opens Bitcoin to DeFi using Atomic Swaps. 
Truly trustless finance via direct token interoperability without polluting the Bitcoin network.

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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.

ZK Layer 3
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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Forge the Future: Develop on Mintlayer

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

Mojito Wallet

Your Gateway to Mintlayer, Bitcoin, and Beyond

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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Technology
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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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The Hard Part of Tokenized Credit: Custody, Default, and the Audit Trail

A token can move in milliseconds. A defaulted loan still takes years in court. Tokenization changes the first and not the second, and the parts it does touch, custody and the audit trail, are where the real engineering questions sit.

July 8, 2026

Tokenized Private Credit: Who Is Actually On-Chain

Private credit is the largest non-Treasury segment of the tokenized real-world asset market. But most of the headline figure is recorded on-chain, not distributed on-chain, and the difference decides what the token is actually worth.

July 6, 2026

Issuing Stablecoins on Bitcoin Rails: A Settlement-First Approach

If redemption at par is the obligation, supply integrity is the requirement. That points toward issuing and settling stablecoins where supply is natively auditable and the bridge is removed from the trust path.

July 3, 2026

Mintlayer Development Update - June

This month, development focused on strengthening the Core protocol, improving developer resources, shipping a refreshed Mojito Wallet experience, and addressing SDK reliability.

July 2, 2026

Why Settlement Finality Matters for Regulated Stablecoins

GENIUS and MiCA both require one-to-one reserves and redemption at par. Neither obligation is satisfied if the token a user holds is a synthetic copy that can desynchronize from the reserves backing it.

July 1, 2026
20 Billion Stablecoin Market Has a Settlement Problem

Stablecoins have become systemically important payment infrastructure. The asset itself is increasingly well regulated. The layer where stablecoins move between chains is where the risk now concentrates.

June 29, 2026

Lightning at Ten: The Tech Worked, the UX Didn't, the Market Moved On

A decade in, the Lightning Network proved the technology works — but poor user experience and complexity kept it from mainstream payments. The market chose custodial wallets and stablecoins over sovereign peer-to-peer money.

June 25, 2026

Accountability Is the Infrastructure Problem of the AI Era

Every technology that scaled to institutional use required accountability infrastructure. AI is no different. The question is what that infrastructure looks like and who builds it.

June 22, 2026

Stock to Flow Hits the Mac: How AI Ate Your RAM

Apple quietly slashed the Mac Studio's maximum memory from 512GB to 96GB in fourteen months. Through the lens of stock-to-flow economics, here's how AI training rewrote the DRAM market — and why the squeeze won't resolve before 2027.

June 22, 2026

When AI Agents Spend Money: Who Is Accountable for Autonomous Transactions?

AI agents are already booking, purchasing, and invoicing on behalf of organizations. The accountability question for autonomous financial transactions is not hypothetical.

June 18, 2026

Provenance by Design: How to Build AI Systems You Can Actually Audit

Accountability is not a feature you add after the fact. The architectural decisions made during development determine whether an AI system can be audited at all.

June 15, 2026

The Energy Cost of Breaking Bitcoin: What a Quantum Attack Would Actually Require

Everyone debates whether quantum computers can break Bitcoin. Nobody runs the numbers on what it would actually cost in qubits, hardware, and gigawatts to do it. The answer reframes the threat entirely.

June 12, 2026

Who Owns the Output? AI-Generated Content and the Attribution Problem

Copyright law is settling around AI-generated content faster than most assume. The practical problem is not who the law says owns it — it is proving when it was made and by whom.

June 11, 2026

The EU AI Act Is in Force: What It Actually Requires From Your Organization

The EU AI Act is not a framework in progress. It is law. Here is what high-risk AI system operators must have in place, and what audit trail requirements mean in practice.

June 8, 2026

The AI Accountability Gap: Why Nobody Knows Who Is Responsible

AI is producing decisions, content, and transactions with real consequences. The infrastructure to establish who is responsible and when does not yet exist at scale.

June 5, 2026