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Bitcoin Renaissance is a pioneering thought leadership summit that marks a new chapter in the evolution of the Bitcoin ecosystem.
The event kicked off with a major announcement by David Tse, co-founder of the Babylon Protocol, who officially unveiled the Babylon Genesis L1. (note: this event took place before the network launched)
The two-day event later featured a packed schedule with day one focusing on thought leadership across the broader Bitcoin ecosystem, bringing together key contributors shaping Bitcoin’s future. Day two centered on the Babylon world with talks from core contributors.
Babylon Genesis: The first Bitcoin Secured Network
David Tse, co-founder of Babylon Protocol, kicked off the event with a keynote speech focusing on Phase-2 of the Babylon Mainnet launch: Babylon Genesis
During his keynote, David Tse introduced Babylon Genesis as the “First Bitcoin Secured Network,” with a focus on three major facets of the L1:
- Bitcoin Secured: Built using the Cosmos SDK stack, with consensus powered by Bitcoin staking.
- Control Pane: Babylon Genesis enables BSNs to receive Bitcoin security and timestamping from Bitcoin.
- Liquidity Hub: Gathers liquidity from staked bitcoin and LSTs to distribute to the BSNs.
Babylon Genesis already has projects that are committed to building BSNs, like the Bob L2, TAC (an extension of the Telegram protocol), and the Corn L2. In addition, infrastructure projects that are now live on Babylon Genesis include SatLayer, a restaking platform, and AltLayer, a Rollup-as-a-Service for the Babylon Bitcoin staking protocol to integrate with existing rollup stacks.
Chris Spadafora, co-founder of Corn, noted in his keynote that “Babylon started to unlock Bitcoin for the use of decentralized finance [...] platforms like Corn further this unlock by enabling users to borrow dollars against Bitcoin staked through the Babylon Bitcoin staking protocol and facilitate self-repaying loans.”
Thought leadership from across the Bitcoin ecosystem
The first day showcased speakers from projects building on Bitcoin, and included representatives from Stacks, Thesis, Meso, Rootstock Labs, Botanix, and others.
Panels explored themes like Bitcoin staking, the future of smart contracts with BitVM, Layer 2 scaling solutions, institutional adoption, and regulatory trends shaping BTCFi. Panelists emphasized that as Bitcoin shifts from a store of value into a reward-bearing asset, it’s poised to attract both institutional and retail adoption at an unprecedented scale.
In the “Future of Bitcoin Scalability” panel, Sascha Goetz, founder of Rootstock Collective, said that "Seeing a lot of new creativity flowing into the sector with a bit of a more commercial and user-focused mindset might really, really help us fuel that [Bitcoin] renaissance."
Experts highlighted Bitcoin’s evolution from a store of value and medium of exchange into a thriving financial layer and touched on the importance of scaling solutions beyond Bitcoin’s Layer 1. Some noted that programmability on the base chain alone won’t be enough to support next-generation dapps.
In “The Future of Bitcoin Smart Contracts” panel, Orkun Kilic, co-founder of Citrea, noted that "[Projects] want to build programmability on Bitcoin or faster payments on Bitcoin or anything [they] want to build, [but] it's not possible on the L1."
The various panels and keynotes showcased the impact of Bitcoin’s trustless security in powering the next wave of blockchain innovation.
Tales from the Babylon world
The second day focused entirely on the Babylon ecosystem, which included specific collaborators—Tower, Fiamma, and Lombard among them—each building on Babylon’s trust-minimized solutions.
The panels “BTC for the Sovereign” and “BTCFi Leading the Revolution” highlighted Babylon’s vision of using native Bitcoin staking to secure PoS networks, with participants suggesting that this new primitive could unlock hundreds of billions of dollars in BTC liquidity.
In the “BSN Security + Liquidity” panel, Alexei, co-founder of BOB, mentioned that the user experience and security needs to be at the center of the Bitcoin Renaissance: "The goal here is good UX, easy access to Bitcoin [reward] opportunities, Bitcoin DeFi opportunities, and of course, make that as secure as possible."
Founders from these projects underscored the positive feedback loop behind Babylon’s crypto-economic security model: as total value locked (TVL) expands, so does the security for every participant, encouraging even more innovation and adoption.
Missed out?
If you missed the event, don't worry! You can catch up on the keynote speeches and panel discussions to learn about the latest developments in the Bitcoin and Babylon ecosystem.
Catch up on the Bitcoin Renaissance panels and keynotes on the Babylon Youtube Channel
