EVM will be added to the Babylon Genesis chain. Why so, and what’s there for you?
The next engine of crypto economy will be BTCFi, and the Babylon ecosystem aims to become the home to BTCFi. Whenever anyone wants to work with Bitcoin on-chain, they go to the Babylon ecosystem, including both the Babylon Genesis chain and the Bitcoin Supercharged Networks (BSNs). In particular, Babylon Genesis will be the trade center of BTCFi.
Ideally, Babylon Genesis should have a VM that is both Bitcoin-friendly and has abundant mature DeFi products handy. Most people’s first reaction is EVM. But Solidity, EVM’s smart contract language, has rather under-tested codes for Bitcoin, probably because DeFi has never needed to work with the native Bitcoin at scale outside of its wrapped versions (e.g., the wBTC ERC-20 token).
Therefore, Babylon Genesis will deploy two VMs:
- CosmWasm (already on mainnet), for secure and high-performance Bitcoin-facing smart contracts. This is because Wasm smart contract is written in Rust, a language that fully supports Bitcoin core libraries.
- EVM (to be added), for its abundant and mature DeFi products, huge user base, and strong developer community.
This way, Babylon Genesis achieves both Bitcoin safety and DeFi adoption to become the trade center for BTCFi.
Full-Interoperability
Thanks to advanced Cosmos modules (bank, tokenfactory, etc), the two VMs share the same token ledger rather than segregated ones. This way, dApps built on top of CosmWasm and EVM will be fully interoperable. For example, one can build a Wasm-based Bitcoin bridge to mint synthetic Bitcoin, which can then be used in EVM smart contracts for BTCFi.
Seamless User Experience
With the upgrade, Babylon Genesis will support both the existing BABY address (bbn1) and EVM address (0x).
- Users can directly use EVM wallets (such as Metamask) to create a
0xaddress on Babylon Genesis and start receiving/sending BABY, as well as interacting with EVM smart contracts on Babylon Genesis. - For users new to Babylon Genesis and BTCFi, they can simply create an EVM address and immediately unlock all the BTCFi products on Babylon Genesis.
- For existing BABY holders and BTC stakers who want to explore BTCFi, they can create an EVM address and migrate their assets (including BABY) from their BABY address to their EVM address.
- For other existing BABY holders and BTC stakers, they do not need to take any extra action. They can keep using their BABY address as normal to use BTCFi on Babylon Genesis.
The EVM rollout for Baylon Genesis is underway: the Devnet is already live and public testnet endpoints will follow as soon as the testnet comes online.
A full security audit by the Interchain Foundation is in progress and slated to finish by the end of July 2025. In parallel, we’re coordinating with major wallets and exchanges to confirm account-model compatibility.
The EVM integration has a targeted mainnet launch in the late-Q3 to early-Q4 2025 window.
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