Decentralized at Day One.
We're excited to announce our Founding Federation of 16 independent node operators, comprised of some of the most respected Bitcoin miners, custodians, validators and strategic partners.
Botanix, Fireblocks, Galaxy, Alchemy, XBTO, ANTPOOL Technologies Pte. Ltd., UTXO Management, Kiln, Chorus One, BlockPI, DAIC Capital, Pier Two, Stakin, Vertex Protocol, stakefish, HashKey Group
This means that starting now, no single party—not even Botanix—can unilaterally influence or censor the network.
All changes, upgrades, and operational execution will be coordinated across 16 independent entities, geographically spread around the world.
Why this matters:
- High availability and uptime
- Censorship-resistance through decentralization
These federation members are not just figureheads, they’re the ones running the Spiderchain: signing FROST multisigs, verifying chain state, operating the sequencer rotation.
The Founding Federation is just the beginning.
The network will soon migrate to a dynamic federation to support hundreds of nodes, with the eventual goal of allowing anyone in the world to run their own Botanix node, achieving permissionlessness.
Botanix isn’t just building on Bitcoin. It's building with Bitcoin’s principles at its core:
- Self-custody
- Open participation
- Global fault tolerance
Mainnet is coming. But the future is already decentralized.
Read more:
https://www.theblock.co/post/357020/antpool-fireblocks-galaxy-botanix-validator-federation-bitcoin-layer-2