{"id":16802,"date":"2024-09-09T13:39:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T10:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/fractal-bitcoin-launches-mainnet-for-enhanced-scaling\/"},"modified":"2024-09-09T13:39:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T10:39:14","slug":"fractal-bitcoin-launches-mainnet-for-enhanced-scaling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/fractal-bitcoin-launches-mainnet-for-enhanced-scaling\/","title":{"rendered":"Fractal Bitcoin Launches Mainnet for Enhanced Scaling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The team behind Fractal Bitcoin, a scaling solution for the leading cryptocurrency, has launched its mainnet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">? The Fractal Mainnet is LIVE! ?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re thrilled to announce that Fractal\u2019s first block has been mined, marking the beginning of a new era for scaling Bitcoin natively. ? Fractal\u2019s genesis block carries the same message as Bitcoin&#8217;s: &#8220;The Times 03\/Jan\/2009 Chancellor on brink\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YtjGG47Z7a\">pic.twitter.com\/YtjGG47Z7a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fractal Bitcoin (@fractal_bitcoin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fractal_bitcoin\/status\/1832945367509504481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This second-layer protocol operates as a sidechain and utilizes the Bitcoin Core codebase without any &#8220;external constructs.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>According to the website, block confirmation on the network takes 30 seconds, with a 20-fold increase in each layer&#8217;s capacity achieved through recursive layering.<\/p>\n<p>The L2 solution supports existing Bitcoin infrastructure and enables the creation of decentralized applications within the ecosystem, thanks to dynamic scaling. The team claims that over 100 projects, including <span data-descr=\"decentralized applications\" class=\"old_tooltip\">dapps<\/span> in DeFi, NFT, gaming, and other sectors, are &#8220;already preparing to launch on Fractal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At block #21,000, assets on BRC-20, Runes, Ordinals protocols, as well as the decentralized exchange PizzaSwap, will become available on the network.<\/p>\n<p>The Fractal Bitcoin (FB) token is used for paying transaction fees, accessing nodes, and services. Following the integration of the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/add-the-cat-why-bitcoins-potential-op_cat-upgrade-matters\">OP_CAT<\/a> proposal, the project plans to launch a voting platform, allowing network asset holders to participate in governance.<\/p>\n<p>Fractal Bitcoin initially received support from wallet teams Unisat and OKX.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, ForkLog reported on the main Bitcoin scaling methods capable of bringing approximately $1.2 trillion in liquidity to DeFi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team behind Fractal Bitcoin, a scaling solution for the leading cryptocurrency, has launched its mainnet. ? The Fractal Mainnet is LIVE! ? We\u2019re thrilled to announce that Fractal\u2019s first block has been mined, marking the beginning of a new era for scaling Bitcoin natively. ? Fractal\u2019s genesis block carries the same message as Bitcoin&#8217;s: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,1179,277],"class_list":["post-16802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-layer-2-solutions","tag-scaling"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"14","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}