Botanix: Building Ethereum on Bitcoin

Our guest today is Willem Schroé, founder of Botanix, the first fully decentralized Layer 2 EVM network on Bitcoin. In this episode, we discuss why Botanix chose Bitcoin as their base layer, the security and decentralization perks of this approach, and dive into their innovative Spiderchain technology. Willem also gives us a breakdown on what users can expect on Botanix as well as shed light on their risk mitigation measures. Resources: Botanix website⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ Whitepaper ⁠⁠⁠Blog⁠⁠ ----- Degen Responsibly is a series of talks by Exponential DeFi and a guest protocol. In these conversations we explore some of the latest and greatest projects in DeFi, what makes them unique, as well as talk about the risks and what to watch out for. Our goal is to help investors make better informed decisions and help them save time as they do their own research. ----- Learn more about us at exponential.fi and follow us @exponentialdefi. Interested in learning more about DeFi? Check out our past blogs at exponential.fi/blog. ----- Information provided here is presented for educational purposes only and does not consider financial advise or any offer or solicitation to buy any of the tokens or invest in any of the pools mentioned throughout the podcast.