Zeus Network achieved a historic milestone by successfully validating the first Bitcoin transaction on Solana using its infrastructure.
According to a statement from Zeus, this innovation allows Bitcoin transactions to take advantage of Solana’s quick and affordable infrastructure by bridging the gap between two different blockchain ecosystems.
Solana and Bitcoin use different protocols; Solana combines proof-of-stake and proof-of-history, whereas Bitcoin uses proof-of-work.
Without changing the original Bitcoin protocol, Zeus Network’s infrastructure serves as a bridge, enabling Bitcoin to be tokenized and transacted on Solana.
The ZeusNode Operator and Zeus Program Library, two essential components of Zeus Network, were used to replicate the Bitcoin blockchain on Solana.
Bitcoin liquidity can enter Solana-based decentralized finance applications by verifying, locking, and tying Bitcoin transactions to the Solana ecosystem.
Future Zeus Integrations
According to their announcement, Zeus Network intends to develop this integration further. Its plan is to add more UTXO-based assets, including Litecoin, Dogecoin, and Kaspa, as well as onboarding 1% of Bitcoin liquidity onto Solana by the middle of 2025.
ZeusNode aims to manage about 2,250 BTC by that point. In order to entice developers to create apps on its infrastructure, the network also intends to make the Zeus Program Library open-source in early 2025.
This endeavor is anticipated to draw in decentralized application (dApp) development, improving ecosystem-wide cross-chain compatibility.
