Fractal Bitcoin is an innovative Bitcoin expansion solution recently launched by the UniSat team. Its core concept is to significantly improve the performance and functionality of the Bitcoin network without changing the Bitcoin mainnet protocol. To achieve this goal, Fractal Bitcoin introduces the concept of “fractals”. In geometry, a fractal refers to a pattern that replicates and imitates a shape that is similar to the original shape, thereby retaining its key properties. Drawing on this idea, the UniSat team proposed encapsulating the core Bitcoin code to create an embeddable network extension layer. This extended network is recursively linked to the main Bitcoin network to allow each application to run independently while ultimately feeding back into the main network.
Key Features:
⦁ Sidechain structure: Fractal runs in parallel with the Bitcoin mainnet as an independent sidechain, connected to the mainnet through special nodes.
⦁ Fractal expansion: Drawing on the concept of fractals in geometry, Fractal creates an infinitely recursive network structure. Each "fractal" layer can independently process a large number of transactions and eventually merge the results back to the main network.
⦁ Dynamic Capacity Scaling: Fractal acts as a “dynamic blockspace load balancer” that automatically adjusts network capacity based on demand.
⦁ Innovative mining mechanism: Adopting "rhythm mining", two-thirds of the blocks are mined on Fractal, providing support for its native token FB.
⦁ Enhancements: Activated OP_CAT opcode to support more advanced applications such as zero-knowledge rollups.
⦁ Ecosystem expansion: Plans to introduce the Bitcoin Virtual Machine (BVM) to support easy migration of smart contracts on Ethereum to Fractal.
However, Fractal has also faced some controversy. For example, 50% of FB tokens were pre-mined and distributed to early participants, which caused concerns among some members of the Bitcoin community. In addition, some people pointed out that Fractal's code may have borrowed heavily from other projects.
FB logged into Sesame Open Gate Exchange today, and OK web3 wallet has already supported it.
It has to be said that the Bitcoin community is still alive. After so many years of operation and the gathering of bigwigs, it has indeed accumulated a lot of experience in the field of encryption in terms of technical development.
I have been following FB for a while, because I am not particularly interested in mining, mainly in the crypto market, the emergence of new things requires continuous learning. So this is also a barrier for most people to participate in this market.
Just like the early ORDI casting, the early stage was for the survival of the Mao party. Later, the inscription track became popular. The secondary market was slow to respond for nearly half a year. FB mining, some new projects were born in the meantime. Because it is pure primary and quickly to secondary, the increase will be more exaggerated.
The current market lacks new narratives, and the emergence of FB will bring new wealth-creating effects. The heat will rise again.
In addition, today UTXO Stack announced its official transformation into the Lightning Network staking layer, providing better liquidity and a better profit model for the Lightning Network through a decentralized staking protocol.
At the same time, UTXO Stack plans to launch a token incentive mechanism to encourage staking CKB and BTC to enhance the liquidity of the state channel. This transformation will promote the Lightning Network to the public by providing liquidity incentives and build a more scalable Bitcoin ecosystem.
CKB surged today!
The Bitcoin protocol has not seen much action in the past because it has been relatively conservative. As the concept of staking begins to bear fruit in Ethereum, the entire crypto market is engaged in staking. As a globally scarce asset, Bitcoin staking will become more popular in the future!
Then BB, STX in the Bitcoin staking track, and IDO platforms BAKE and AUCTION will all have opportunities!
What I want to say is that Bitcoin has no lack of consensus, and the crypto market has no lack of opportunities! Don’t lose interest because of the market’s rest, there will always be opportunities for you to get rich!
Encryption is great, WEB 3 will win!
(The crypto industry is highly volatile, this is just a sharing of opinions, not investment advice)
