A habit I’ve picked up over the years is checking my Bitcoin wallet every now and then, not because I want to trade, but because it reminds me to stay patient. The strange part is that whenever I looked into using that Bitcoin, the first step almost always involved changing it into something else or trusting another system. That never felt like progress to me. If Bitcoin is valuable because of its simplicity and ownership, why should using it mean moving away from those principles?
That question led me to learn more about the infrastructure being built around native Bitcoin. I don’t think the future is about convincing people to use more products. It’s about building products that respect why people chose Bitcoin in the first place. Utility shouldn’t come at the cost of control.
That’s why I found Trustless Bitcoin Vaults (TBV) from @BabylonLabs_io interesting. TBV allows native Bitcoin to be used as collateral without wrapping, bridging, or relying on intermediaries. The first public testnet use case enables native Bitcoin-backed borrowing with Aave v4, letting users borrow supported assets like USDC and USDT while keeping BTC native. The public testnet is live, and Babylon is encouraging everyone to test the experience and submit feedback to help shape the product before wider adoption. I’m planning to explore it myself because I’d rather see Bitcoin become more useful without asking users to compromise on what made them trust it in the first place. @BabylonLabs_io io $BABY #baby