Road to Launch Space Highlights

Here’s what went down on yesterday’s X Space from nodes to liquidity, Kaido Season 2, audits & the road to launch.

Let's dive in⤵️⤵️ PortalOS Nodes vs Lite Nodes

PortalOS Nodes = the “engines” (validators, liquidity, swaps, Notary Chain).

Only 42 slots per epoch → staked in $PTB.

Lite Nodes = the “eyes & ears” (verification, cross-checking, relaying).

Anyone can run one, low hardware, paid in $PTB
Both matter.

One secures, the other decentralizes.

🚨 Road to Launch Milestone Complete 🚨

Portal has completed two independent audits by GreySwan Security covering Core Network contracts and Solana HTLCs.

This isn’t just about safety. It’s about proving the strength of our architecture.

🧵⤵️ Grey Swan went line-by-line across:

✅ Core Ethereum bridging & settlement contracts
✅ Solana Hashed Timelock Contracts (HTLC)

Together, these power atomic, cross-chain swaps across BTC, ETH, SOL, and more.

This is the future of decentralized trading across chains.

Tokenomics update!

$PTB is the utility token of Portal to Bitcoin, powering our network of validators, litenodes, and liquidity providers while driving sustainable cross-chain swaps.

And we have significantly increased the Community incentives along with some other!

Now, let’s explore the updates👇 Firstly lets do a quick refersh on the demand drivers, rewards and utility of $PTB!

Our incentives, rewards and emissions for LPs, Validators and Litenodes remain the same.

Demand Drivers

Portal’s model balances emissions with built-in demand:

- Validator bidding wars keep $PTB in active use monthly
- Buyback & Burn: 100% of swap fees are used to purchase $PTB on the open market and burn it.
- $PTB used as gas on the Portal Notary Chain

The goal: burn more than we emit as network usage grows.

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Built for supreme usability and security, 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 is much more than just a wallet...

Let's discover why it's the 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 🧵⤵️ ⓵ 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁

🤖 𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗔: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴

Everyone’s chasing the next big thing in crypto: AI tools… but most are just fluff. Meanwhile, @finance_rafa is already live and quietly redesigning how smart investors manage risk, spot alpha, and make decisions.

Let’s break down what RAFA really does, and why it’s built different 🧵⤵️ 🧮 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

RAFA doesn’t just spit out a risk score. It constantly monitors your exposure to:

🔸 Volatility
🔸 Sector concentration
🔸 Market regime shifts
🔸 Asset correlations

It then helps you actively manage that risk in real time. It’s like having a quant team on standby.

🎙️ 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝗽. 4 | 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽 💫

We just wrapped another live episode of our Road to Launch Alpha Spaces, where we talked about 𝗛𝗧𝗟𝗖𝘀, 𝗹𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀, our 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗧𝗚𝗘, and much more.

And as usual, some 𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮 nuggets were dropped! 👀

Missed it? Worry not, we've got you covered 🧵⤵️ 🌍 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼 & 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁

Markets may swing with ETF news and tariffs, but the long game is clear: institutions are coming.

And Portal is uniquely positioned as the gateway for Bitcoin into real DeFi.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲 $𝗕𝗧𝗖 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗙𝗶 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗿𝗮𝗽 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘂𝗺?

Think again, because Portal lets you stay self-custodied at all times, and still trade or interact with DeFi apps across chains.

Wanna know how? Here’s the ELI5 version 🧵⤵️ Wrapped $BTC (like wBTC or soBTC) means handing your Bitcoin over to someone else.

They lock it in a vault, they mint a synthetic copy, and you’re left hoping they don’t get hacked, go insolvent, or disappear altogether (it’s happened way too many times in the past, and we know better not to do this).

That’s not decentralised, it’s playing with IOUs!

Another day, another thread! The second in a week-long daily series designed to ELI5 Portal's most important tech concepts and vision:

𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗕𝗧𝗖 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗧𝗛 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻𝘀?

Yes, and it’s not sci-fi! It’s called an HTLC.

Here’s how atomic swaps work 🧵⤵️ First: HTLC stands for 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲-𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁.

It sounds intimidating, but it’s based on two simple ingredients:

🔏 A secret (hash)
⏳ A countdown (timelock)

And together, they make trustless trades possible.

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