A hundred flowers bloom, a quick overview of recent hot project developments in the Bitcoin ecosystem

Author: Golem, Planet Daily

Recently, the overall activity level of the Bitcoin ecosystem has risen, and many long-developed projects have entered the delivery or new milestone phase, such as RGB, sat 20, BRC 2.0, etc. Odaily Planet Daily will briefly outline the progress of related projects in this article for ecosystem players to explore wealth codes on their own.

RGB Protocol: The first token on the mainnet will reopen for claims on August 14

The RGB protocol went live on the Bitcoin mainnet on August 7, simultaneously issuing the first token RGB on the mainnet, with a total supply of 21 million tokens, adopting a fair claim model, but each claim requires a fee of about $4.

According to community estimates, it will take about 24 hours to complete the claims for RGB tokens. However, the actual situation is that as of now (after 5 days), the claim progress for RGB tokens is at 60%. The main reason may be that the event was too popular, leading to high website traffic and long claim queues. Bitlight Labs has repeatedly upgraded servers and paused claims to enhance defenses against bots.

According to the official announcement, Bitlight Labs has basically completed the defense measures against bot claims and plans to release Bitlight Wallet v 1.1.3 on August 14, 2025, at 17:00 and reopen RGB token claims. However, this time only 10% of the tokens will be available for claim testing. If the test results are satisfactory, the remaining progress of RGB tokens will be gradually reopened.

Although the launch of the RGB protocol on the mainnet did not meet user expectations and even faced a lot of FUD, from the claiming process, Bitlight Labs is still continuously developing improvements and actively combating bot claims, which has maintained a certain degree of fairness in claims and token distribution, preventing a large concentration of tokens in the hands of a few, which is beneficial for future community development.

Even though there is currently no official trading market, the distributed RGB tokens can be directly transferred through wallets. Currently, a single RGB (50 tokens) is priced at $10-13, achieving a 2-3 times return compared to the claiming cost. Therefore, after the reopening of claims on August 14, the competition for claims may further intensify. For more information about the RGB protocol and claiming tutorials, please refer to Odaily's previous articles. (Related reading: After waiting two years, is this what the RGB protocol's mainnet launch is?)

BRC 2.0 Upgrade: The first phase postponed to September 2

BRC 2.0 is an upgrade to the BRC 20 protocol launched by Best in Slot, aimed at enabling EVM-compatible smart contract functionality for all BRC 20 tokens. Best in Slot originally planned to conduct the first phase upgrade of BRC 2.0 at block height 909969 (around August 14) on the mainnet, enabling 6-character BRC 20 tokens and launching a launchpad. However, due to insufficient preparation, the upgrade has been postponed to block height 912,690, approximately on September 2.

Perhaps due to the postponement of the upgrade date, the overall market value of Pre-BRC 2.0 assets has also declined. The floor price of the first BRC 2.0 concept NFT Adderrels is currently 0.0076 BTC (about $900), down 60% from its peak. However, the Adderrels project team is still operational and has updated the details for staking NFTs to receive token airdrops, which will be distributed in three seasons, releasing 8%, 9%, and 10% of the total supply, respectively. The first quarter token airdrop will be distributed when BRC 2.0 goes live on September 2.

Another project claiming to be the first Pre-BRC 2.0 token minted on Ordinals, LIQUID, has shifted to a community CTO. Previously, the original LIQUID project team intended to sell the entire project, causing a wave of panic. Currently, LIQUID's price is 0.00006 BTC, close to the minting cost.

For more information about the BRC 2.0 upgrade, please refer to Odaily's previous articles. (Related reading: Countdown to the mainnet, BRC 2.0 upgrade ignites the BTC ecosystem, leading NFTs rise a hundredfold in a month | BTC ecosystem)

SAT 20 Protocol: SatoshiNet Mainnet Launch

The SAT 20 protocol is a BTC native asset issuance and circulation protocol developed over two years, with its core feature being asset binding to satoshis, allowing them to flow freely with satoshis. SatoshiNet (Satoshi Network) is a Bitcoin native Layer 2 built on the SAT 20 protocol, based on Lightning channels + parallel BTC networks. Its purpose is to expand the liquidity of native assets on the BTC mainnet, supporting various protocol assets such as Ordinals, Runes, OrdX, and BRC 20. The SatoshiNet mainnet officially launched on August 8, 2025.

The core of SatoshiNet lies in four contract capabilities: asset launch contracts (LaunchPool), asset transcendence contracts (Transcend), AMM trading contracts (Swap), and limit trading contracts (LimitOrder). These capabilities enable the Satoshi Network to have instant settlement, extremely low fees, and compatibility with Bitcoin assets.

Currently, SatoshiNet has deployed four transcendence contracts, namely BTC, pearl, and rarepizza (ordx assets), and DOG•GO•TO•THE•MOON (Runes assets). Ordx is the native asset issuance of the SAT 20 protocol, which is an enhanced version of the Ordinals protocol, with the issued assets referred to as satoshi assets (SAT 20 ASSETS), bound to satoshis and possessing their attributes. Pearl is the first token of the ORDX protocol and has become the governance token of the SatoshiNet network.

The publicly disclosed team members of the SAT 20 protocol include market operations and English region business development huige and technical director Jian Gangshan. SATSWAP is currently the first DEX on SatoshiNet, featuring token launches, trading markets, limit orders, and more.

Despite the SAT 20 protocol's two years of construction and the establishment of a solid community, it has not generated enough wealth effect to attract more attention.

Bitcoin Native Layer 2 Spark: Launchpad Launch

Spark claims to be a Bitcoin native L2 designed for payments and settlements but does not support smart contracts and has its own token issuance standard LRC 20. On August 11, one of the two node operators of the Spark protocol, Spark Browser sparkscan, conducted LRC 20 AMM functionality testing on Spark, but the testing did not go smoothly, and it is estimated that some time is still needed before the official launch of the DEX.

At the same time, on August 1, the Bitcoin ecosystem token launch platform Luminex announced a partnership with Spark to launch a Launchpad, which briefly excited ecosystem players, but it has not yet been launched. However, on August 11, another LRC 20 Launchpad utxo.fun went live alongside the AMM testing on Flashnet, but it still encountered serious issues, and the platform processed user refunds and temporarily prohibited the issuance of tokens.

Nevertheless, the leading token of LRC 20, FSPKS (ending in b 55 e), still has a floor price of $100, compared to the initial minting cost of $2, achieving a 50-fold return. For more information about the Spark protocol, you can read Odaily's previous articles. (Related reading: Detailed explanation of Spark and ecosystem: a16z support, PayPal co-founded new Bitcoin L2)

BitVM 2 Bitcoin Bridge Fiamma: Mainnet Launch

Fiamma is a Bitcoin wealth management platform, with its core product being the non-custodial super application Fiamma One, which allows users to earn BTC yield with one click, and the Fiamma Bridge built on BitVM 2. On August 6, Fiamma officially launched, allowing BTC to be transferred to 11 chains, including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Aptos, BNB Chain, and Base.

To encourage user participation, Fiamma launched a points task on August 8, where minting 0.00001 FIABTC earns 1 alpaca point, holding 0.00001 FIABTC earns 3 alpaca points monthly, and depositing FIABTC into DeFi protocols earns 12 alpaca points monthly. FIABTC is 1:1 natively pegged to BTC, utilizing BitVM 2 technology to achieve minimal trust, while combining Fiamma Bridge and Fiamma One, Fiamma aims to provide more on-chain yields while ensuring the safety of BTC holders' funds.