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@babylonlabs_io builds rapidly. On all fronts. How?
We go from idea to PoC in hours - not weeks - with short-lived, burstable devnets.
Loop fast. Break faster. Ship world-class. Repeat. 🔁
In my free time I do voiceover :)
Do you have BTC staked on Babylon? Here’s your guide to check your status and extend staking for further rewards.
1. Visit staking.babylonlabs.io and connect your wallets
2. Check your staking status, if your stake is due to expire soon you can easily keep staking using the stake extension feature
3. Click ‘Staking Extension’ and renew your staking terms
4. Once staking transaction registration is done, stake BTC
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Native Bitcoin-backed borrowing is live on Public Testnet with @aave v4.
Powered by Babylon Trustless Bitcoin Vaults, users can post Bitcoin as collateral and borrow without giving up custody, wrapping, or bridging.
This is the latest step in building native Bitcoin-backed credit markets.
An oasis in 2026 DeFi.
Today we published a temp check on the @aave governance forum: Babylon Trustless BTC Vault Integration on Aave v4.
The temp check proposes two new Aave v4 Spokes to onboard native BTC as collateral via Trustless Bitcoin Vaults and seeks community input.
governance.aave.com/t/temp-c…
Technically brilliant and complex, as every Babylon system.
Public Testnet coming soon!
Trustless Bitcoin Vaults Private Alpha Testnet is live.
Alpha tests the deployment of the full TBV ecosystem in a live environment across Bitcoin Signet and Ethereum Sepolia.
Users can post BTC collateral and borrow against it through a dedicated @aave v4 spoke. BTC stays on Bitcoin while the borrowing logic runs on Ethereum.
Several partners are already testing and contributing in this phase.
After Alpha Testnet there will be a public Beta Testnet.
Big!
What happens when the world’s largest DeFi lending protocol meets trustless native Bitcoin collateral?
A new era of BTC lending and borrowing, without wrappers, bridges, or custodians.
Babylon and @aave are partnering to build the first native Bitcoin-backed Spoke on Aave V4.
Been grinding hard the past few weeks to make this happen, let's go!
Two months after the launch of the trustless Bitcoin vault whitepaper, @babylonlabs_io has built a PoC that allow native BTC to be used trustlessly as collateral to borrow on Ethereum for the first time. This morning, we will live report on our first end-to-end experiments on the Bitcoin and Ethereum mainnets.
A brand new Testnet is coming soon.
Make sure to unbond and withdraw your Signet BTC!
🚨 Testnet update
Testnet-5 will be sunset on Oct 9 and replaced with Testnet-6, keeping everything aligned with the upcoming Babylon Genesis release.
🟠 Please unbond and withdraw your Signet BTC from Testnet-5 before 10/9.
🟠 Instructions for joining Testnet-6 will be shared soon.
Thank you for your being active on our Testnets! Your contributions ensure that every feature is battle-tested before landing on Babylon Genesis.
You can try out BABY staking on our Testnet Staking Dashboard now!
staking.testnet.babylonlabs.…
Let us know what do you think of this new feature.
To get Testnet BABY funds, you can use one of the available faucets, like @Xangle_official: babylon-explorer.xangle.io/t…
Today, we successfully upgraded the Babylon Genesis Testnet! ↗️
The upgrade fixed a Babylon node 🐛that was preventing multi-staking delegations from getting verified by the Covenant Committee.
Big props to all Testnet Validators, Finality Providers and other software operators for the smooth execution.
P.S. You can check out the corresponding governance proposal using this beautiful Babylon network explorer created by @Xangle_official : babylon-explorer.xangle.io/t…
You wanted $BABY deflation? You got it!
Your turn now - time to cast your vote on the proposal.
🔥 The governance proposal for programmatic deflation of $BABY is live for voting!
The proposal analyzes different ways to use BSN rewards:
1️⃣ Share them with $BABY stakers
2️⃣ Burn $BABY via auctions (recommended option)
🗓️ Vote by Mon, Aug 11 @ 15:20 UTC
🗳️ babylon.explorers.guru/propo…
What’s the best way to transition to your dream life?
Take it slow, putting in 1-2 hours per day till you feel confident enough to jump?
Or pull the plug on your current life and go all in?
And the end user has to pay for the crawling traffic too..
Perplexity is repeatedly modifying their user agent and changing IPs and ASNs to hide their crawling activity, in direct conflict with explicit no-crawl preferences expressed by websites. cfl.re/4l7RV9b
What’s considered a good network downtime during a software upgrade?
Our best at @babylonlabs_io: 2 minutes, 39 seconds.