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When I first heard from others that you could take Bitcoin to earn interest, many people felt uneasy: isn’t this just trying to get something for nothing—blowing up with your本金 (principal) targeted at me? @BabylonLabs_io
The old way really is full of pitfalls. You either have to send real Bitcoin to someone else for custody, or convert it into “vouchers” on other networks.
Once that intermediary runs off, or if the “bridge” connecting different networks is compromised by hackers, your coins are completely gone.
Bitcoin’s biggest advantage is that “the money only belongs to me,” and it doesn’t require trusting anyone. Back then, playing like this felt like it had lost its soul.
Recently, the Babylon ($BABY ) that everyone’s been discussing has a totally different idea: it lets you keep your coins in your own wallet and earn money while you stand there.
• Keep the keys yourself—never hand them to others: Your Bitcoin doesn’t need to be transferred to any company, and it doesn’t need to be converted into vouchers. Your private key (your absolute control) is always in your hands—it’s just locked onto the Bitcoin network through a smart set of “cryptographic smart locks.”
• Let Bitcoin be the “security chief”: How do you make money while the funds stay in your own pocket? Babylon turns Bitcoin into the most hardcore security in the crypto circle. Many other blockchain projects need security guarantees, and the Bitcoin locked in your wallet goes to “stand watch” and back them up. They get a sense of security, and then they pay you on schedule (interest).
• Original-style collateral to borrow money: They’re also developing a new feature. In the future, you can directly use your pure Bitcoin in the wallet as collateral to borrow USD stablecoins—no third-party institutions involved at all.
In plain terms: before, you took Bitcoin onto someone else’s turf and followed their rules; now, you let Bitcoin sit on the fishing platform and “sell” its security to other projects.
Beginner warning to avoid traps:
Even though this model is clever, it’s not money for free if you just blindly jump in. For one, the collateral-to-borrow feature mentioned earlier is still under testing and not officially live yet. And for another, if your Bitcoin is acting as the “security chief,” and something goes wrong with the system—or it doesn’t fulfill its verification responsibilities—there’s a risk of being “slashed” (cutting off a tiny portion of coins).
If you want to participate, it’s best to figure out first whether this “security fee” is really worth getting!
When I first heard from others that you could take Bitcoin to earn interest, many people felt uneasy: isn’t this just trying to get something for nothing—blowing up with your本金 (principal) targeted at me? @BabylonLabs_io
The old way really is full of pitfalls. You either have to send real Bitcoin to someone else for custody, or convert it into “vouchers” on other networks.
Once that intermediary runs off, or if the “bridge” connecting different networks is compromised by hackers, your coins are completely gone.
Bitcoin’s biggest advantage is that “the money only belongs to me,” and it doesn’t require trusting anyone. Back then, playing like this felt like it had lost its soul.
Recently, the Babylon ($BABY ) that everyone’s been discussing has a totally different idea: it lets you keep your coins in your own wallet and earn money while you stand there.
• Keep the keys yourself—never hand them to others: Your Bitcoin doesn’t need to be transferred to any company, and it doesn’t need to be converted into vouchers. Your private key (your absolute control) is always in your hands—it’s just locked onto the Bitcoin network through a smart set of “cryptographic smart locks.”
• Let Bitcoin be the “security chief”: How do you make money while the funds stay in your own pocket? Babylon turns Bitcoin into the most hardcore security in the crypto circle. Many other blockchain projects need security guarantees, and the Bitcoin locked in your wallet goes to “stand watch” and back them up. They get a sense of security, and then they pay you on schedule (interest).
• Original-style collateral to borrow money: They’re also developing a new feature. In the future, you can directly use your pure Bitcoin in the wallet as collateral to borrow USD stablecoins—no third-party institutions involved at all.
In plain terms: before, you took Bitcoin onto someone else’s turf and followed their rules; now, you let Bitcoin sit on the fishing platform and “sell” its security to other projects.
Beginner warning to avoid traps:
Even though this model is clever, it’s not money for free if you just blindly jump in. For one, the collateral-to-borrow feature mentioned earlier is still under testing and not officially live yet. And for another, if your Bitcoin is acting as the “security chief,” and something goes wrong with the system—or it doesn’t fulfill its verification responsibilities—there’s a risk of being “slashed” (cutting off a tiny portion of coins).
If you want to participate, it’s best to figure out first whether this “security fee” is really worth getting!