BOB (Build on Bitcoin) BOB / BOB (Build on Bitcoin)

What Is BOB (Build On Bitcoin)?

BOB is building the Bank of Bitcoin, reimagining banking for the Bitcoin age. One platform for everything - swapping, saving, earning & borrowing - all on Bitcoin rails.

By fusing Bitcoin’s unmatched security with Ethereum’s versatility, BOB’s hybrid chain unlocks real utility for the world's most important asset. Swap BTC into any asset or deposit directly into DeFi on any chain with a single click, powered by Bitcoin intents. Save, lend and earn securely with new native Bitcoin vaults.

With 560K users and tier-1 DeFi and institutional partners such as Uniswap, Anchorage, and Fireblocks, this is your money working harder on the world’s strongest financial network. This is the Bank of Bitcoin.

BOB is the native token of the BOB hybrid chain, used for:

* Security - Staking and delegating to Hybrid Nodes to secure Bitcoin finality, BitVM bridge operators, and Gateway solvers.

* Governance - Voting on governance proposals or delegating votes to help direct the network's future

* Protocol Utility - Priority access to new BOB features and discounts for token holders.

BOB products include:

* Cross-chain Swaps to swap native BTC into any asset on any chain - and swap back to native BTC on Bitcoin.

* 1-click Earn - the best BTC yield strategies in one place, accessible with just 1 click.

* Multichain BTC DeFi - 1-click BTC deposits and withdrawals for 11+ major chains including Ethereum, Base, and BNB.

BOB's core technology includes:

* Unique Hybrid Chain Architecture - BOB's Layer-2 merges Bitcoin's proven security with Ethereum's smart contract capabilities, enabling a rich DeFi environment anchored to Bitcoin.

* BOB Gateway - A Bitcoin intents toolkit that provides frictionless cross-chain interoperability, allowing 1-click native BTC deposits and swaps through a simple API integration. The BOB Gateway SDK gives over 15,000 dapps across 11 chains access to native BTC.

* BitVM - the foundation for an institutional-grade, trust-minimized Bitcoin bridge. BOB co-founder Alexei Zamyatin co-authored the BitVM2 design, the technical basis for trust-minimized Bitcoin bridges and rollups.

How Many BOB Tokens Are There in Circulation?

BOB has a maximum fixed supply of 10,000,000,000 (10 billion) BOB tokens, minted on BOB's hybrid chain and represented as an ERC-20 token. At launch, the initial circulating supply of unlocked tokens was 22.20% of total supply.

The token distribution is structured as follows: