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<div class="article__contents"> <p>Contents</p> <ul class="article__contents-list"><li class="article__contents-item"><a target="_blank" class="article__contents-link link-pseudo" href="#h20" rel="noopener">RIF Flyover protocol goes live, advances Rootstock-to-Bitcoin bridge</a></li><li class="article__contents-item"><a target="_blank" class="article__contents-link link-pseudo" href="#h31" rel="noopener">RBTC token brings additional utility to Bitcoin's L2 ecosystem</a></li></ul></div><p>IOVLabs, a company centered on bringing Bitcoin (BTC) to the programmable finance ecosystem, shares an important replace to its technical design. The brand new improvement, RIF Flyover, advances transfers of Bitcoins (BTC) and makes them much more appropriate for DeFi operations.</p> <h2 id="h20">RIF Flyover protocol goes reside, advances Rootstock-to-Bitcoin bridge</h2> <p>Based on the official announcement shared by IOVLabs, its brand-new "compensation protocol," RIF Flyover, has been launched to optimize <a target="_blank" href="https://rootstock.io/" rel="noopener">Rootstock Infrastructure Framework</a> platform's design. RIF Flyover is an open-source instrument designed to maneuver Bitcoins (BTC) from Bitcoin mainnet and Rootstock (RSK) sidechain.</p> <amp-image-lightbox id="lightbox3126" layout="nodisplay" class="i-amphtml-layout-nodisplay" hidden="hidden" i-amphtml-layout="nodisplay"/><amp-img on="tap:lightbox3126" alt="article image" role="button" tabindex="0" class="img i-amphtml-layout-intrinsic i-amphtml-layout-size-defined" src="https://u.today/sites/default/files/styles/736/public/inline-images/31173_1.png" layout="intrinsic" width="1200" height="675" i-amphtml-layout="intrinsic"><i-amphtml-sizer slot="i-amphtml-svc" class="i-amphtml-sizer"><img alt="" aria-hidden="true" class="i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer" role="presentation" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjY3NSIgd2lkdGg9IjEyMDAiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIi8+"/></i-amphtml-sizer></amp-img><figcaption><em>Picture by <a target="_blank" href="https://rootstock.io/" rel="noopener">Rootstock</a></em></figcaption> <p>In contrast to conventional cross-chain strategies, RIF Flyover is 100% noncustodial: shoppers' funds are by no means managed by a third-party entity. Whereas beforehand, the funds transferred between Bitcoin (BTC) and associated methods took hours, with RIF Flyover, they solely take minutes.</p> <p>To introduce the event to a worldwide Web3 ecosystem, the Affiliation for Cryptologic Analysis revealed a thesis on the Flyover protocol ready by IOVLabs' Analysis and Innovation Crew.</p> <p>Sergio Demain Lerner, co-founder and chief scientist at IOVLabs, careworn the essential significance of this launch for your complete DeFi-on-Bitcoin ecosystem:</p> <blockquote>We're excited to launch the RIF Flyover protocol to the Rootstock group. The protocol considerably reduces the period of time required to switch bitcoins between the Bitcoin and the Rootstock chain with out compromising safety. That is achieved by guaranteeing that the funds are by no means in custody of a 3rd occasion through the switch. </blockquote> <p>As coated by U.At this time beforehand, in 2022, RIF <a target="_blank" href="https://u.today/iovlabs-introduces-everyday-defi-initiative-to-bring-next-billion-users-into-web3" rel="noopener">announced</a> the "DeFi for Everybody" initiative to be able to carry the following billion customers to the decentralized finance ecosystem.</p> <h2 id="h31">RBTC token brings further utility to Bitcoin's L2 ecosystem</h2> <p>As soon as transferred to Rootstock (RSK), Bitcoin (BTC) begins current as RBTC, a Bitcoin-pegged asset for DeFi. RBTC could be built-in in varied use instances, similar to decentralized exchanges (DEXes), remittances and on the spot transfers, lending protocols on Bitcoin (BTC) and so forth.</p> <p>With RBTC, liquidity suppliers can generate yield in Bitcoin-pegged belongings, which is essentially the most handy and steady alternative for earnings in trendy DeFi.</p> <p>To begin working with RIF, potential liquidity suppliers have to register via a Liquidity Bridge Contract and deposit collateral into a sensible contract.</p>
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