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ChainCatcher news, GOAT Network officially released its Post-TGE roadmap, covering the development directions for Q4 2025, 2026, and beyond, marking the project's transition from the launch phase to a dual acceleration period of infrastructure and ecosystem. Meanwhile, its zkVM Ziren v1.2.0 has also been launched, bringing stronger interoperability and developer experience to the Bitcoin zkRollup ecosystem.GOAT Network will focus on product delivery, ecosystem expansion, and long-term sustainable growth in Q4. Looking ahead to 2026, GOAT Network will continue to drive the activation of Bitcoin liquidity, turning dormant BTC into sustainable yield-bearing assets, and will collaborate deeply with ETFs, sovereign funds, and DAT to jointly build a decentralized, long-term Bitcoin Layer2 infrastructure.As GOAT's zkVM, Ziren in version 1.2 emphasizes enhancing interoperability and developer experience:• Supports Groth16 conversion, enhancing compatibility with mainstream verification systems;• Adds support for Go language guest programs, taking a key step towards achieving Linux ABI;• Supports Bitcoin Headerchain verification, strengthening technical integration with BitVM2;• Built-in CLI tools and lightweight validators make development and integration more efficient and flexible.These upgrades provide strong technical support for GOAT Network's ZK Rollup roadmap, further consolidating its leading position in the field of verifiable computing for Bitcoin.

According to ChainCatcher news, the GOAT Foundation has been officially established and will provide long-term support for the GOAT Network in areas such as resource allocation, infrastructure operation, R&D investment, and developer incentives, promoting continuous innovation within the Bitcoin ecosystem.The GOAT Network is the first Bitcoin-native zkRollup, building a sustainable revenue model through Gas fees, MEV, and miner rewards, avoiding reliance on inflationary tokens. The Foundation will act as a coordinator to ensure the smooth execution of ZK proof verification and role rotation mechanisms, making revenue distribution transparent and balanced.The upcoming native token $GOATED has a total supply of 1 billion, of which 39.42% is allocated for mining pool rewards (covering incentives for multiple roles such as Sequencer, Prover, Challenger, etc.), 7% for airdrops, 15% for treasury support for ecological incentives and liquidity, and the remaining portion is distributed to the team, advisors, and early investors. On the day of the TGE, 10.43% will be unlocked to ensure initial liquidity for the ecosystem, with the remaining portion following a cliff + linear unlocking schedule to ensure long-term stability.As the core credential of the network, $GOATED can be used for staking to enhance yields, incentivize developers and users, improve node ranking rights, and grant governance rights to holders, becoming a key driving force in the GOAT Network ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, the Bitcoin native ZK Rollup network GOAT Network has announced that it has accumulated 34 BTC and officially launched it as the Ecosystem Pilot Fund. GOAT Network stated that it is the first Bitcoin Layer 2 network to launch an ecological incentive mechanism based on native BTC.The fund aims to promote the sustainable implementation of Bitcoin native zkRollup application ecology, with funds primarily used to support protocol liquidity, community incentives, and developer contribution rewards. Currently, over 2 BTC have been used for liquidity pools and sustainable yield distribution mechanisms, which have been actually distributed to community participants.GOAT Network stated that this 34 BTC ecological pilot fund is just the starting point of the BTC native incentive system. Next, the project will launch a complete Ecosystem Development Fund, which will include open funding applications, milestone-based support, and incentive mechanisms for long-term contributors, injecting sustainable growth momentum into the Bitcoin ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, the Bitcoin Layer 2 network GOAT Network announced the official launch of the BitVM2 testnet Beta, and achieved the first real-time proving system running in a production environment, becoming the first Bitcoin zkRollup project to support instant withdrawal initiation and full-chain visual proof.According to reports, the system is based on a pipeline parallel architecture and a distributed GPU prover network, combined with ZKM's zkVM "Ziren", achieving three-stage parallel processing for block proof (2.6s), aggregate proof (2.7s), and Groth16 proof (approximately 10.4s), supporting real-time proving capability with a block time of 3.4 seconds, allowing users to initiate withdrawals without waiting.GOAT Network stated that all peg-out operations have been digitized, visualized, and verifiable on-chain, and are presented in real-time through a public UI page. The current system is fully open-source, does not rely on trust assumptions, and has built a complete closed loop from BTC deposit, on-chain interaction to withdrawal. The project team believes that this capability will redefine the technical standards of Bitcoin zkRollup and lay the foundation for the practical usability of BTCFi.

ChainCatcher news, the EVM-compatible zkRollup network Zircuit announced on platform X the launch of the Zircuit Liquidity Hub, which supports a one-stop access to tiered rewards such as staking yields, protocol tokens, points, and partner airdrops; projects participating in the Zircuit Liquidity Hub can enhance liquidity, visibility, adoption, and gain increasing community exposure.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Taiko ecosystem's Trailblazers incentive program Season 1, based on zkRollup, is now live on the Ethereum Layer 2 network, with a total allocation of 12 million TKO for this season.Among them, 10 million TAIKO will be allocated to users, and 2 million TAIKO will be allocated to dApps on Taiko, lasting for 3 months. Taiko stated that users can collect XP based on their on-chain ETH and ERC-20 token cross-chain activities, transaction volume, and number of transactions; for ecosystem partners, there will be a separate ranking that tracks independent active wallets, total transaction volume, Gas used, and TVL activities.In addition, there is a daily cap on the number of points for each category. Each season, each user's XP will reset, but users from the previous season will receive a small reward based on their XP from the last season. At the end of each season, all eligible users can claim rewards. The reward claiming period will last for 30 days.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the Ethereum Layer 2 network Taiko based on zkRollup has enabled permissionless ordering and proving.

ChainCatcher message, Taiko co-founder and CEO danielwang.eth of the Ethereum Layer 2 network based on zkrollup stated on social media, "To avoid unnecessary controversy, we will not disclose the detailed TKO genesis airdrop rules. Our goal is fairness, but we cannot satisfy everyone. Congratulations to those who received TKO, and our apologies to those who did not."

ChainCatcher news, the Ethereum Layer 2 network Taiko based on zkRollup has launched an airdrop query page.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, OKX Ventures announced additional investment in the Ethereum Layer 2 network Taiko. Taiko is a decentralized Type-1 ZK-EVM. Since 2022, Taiko has been at the forefront of innovation, successfully conducting six testnets, with over 1,100,000 unique wallets, more than 30,000 proposers, and over 14,000 validators. There are more than 850,000 active community members on Discord, supporting over 100 real-time applications. Taiko plays a key role in scaling Ethereum and building a decentralized, permissionless, and secure Layer 2 architecture.Dora, the founder of OKX Ventures, stated that it is an honor to participate in the A round financing of the Ethereum Layer 2 network based on zkRollup—Taiko. So far, we have participated in two rounds of financing for Taiko and congratulate Taiko on its growth over the past year. Taiko continues to adhere to its original goal of building a fully decentralized network with decentralized sequencers and validators, allowing developers to leverage the powerful capabilities of Ethereum L1 without any modifications to existing dApps when deploying to the Taiko network. Taiko will launch its mainnet in the first half of 2024, entering the next milestone and ushering in explosive growth for its ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, the Ethereum Layer 2 network Taiko based on zkRollup has announced the completion of a $15 million Series A funding round, led by Lightspeed Faction, Hashed, Generative Ventures, and Token Bay Capital, with participation from Wintermute Ventures, Presto Labs, Flow Traders, Amber Group, OKX Ventures, GSR, and WW Ventures. According to the crypto data platform RootData, Taiko has raised a total of $37 million through three funding rounds.Since 2022, Taiko has launched six testnets and has over 1.1 million unique wallets. Its Alpha-6 testnet Katla was launched in January this year and has executed over 13 million transactions. Taiko plans to introduce new technology to address the liquidity fragmentation issue and will launch the second phase of its developer incentive program in December 2023. At the same time, Taiko has also committed to allocating 1% of its token supply to the Ethereum core development organization Protocol Guild.