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![Diafect3 Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::1498771748770168835.png) Diafect 🥷 [@Diafect3](/creator/twitter/Diafect3) on x XXX followers
Created: 2025-07-24 13:29:06 UTC

Tbh Bitcoin was never meant to sit idle, yet for years, the idea of staking BTC felt like a contradiction how do you stake an asset that doesn’t have smart contracts?

.@Lombard_Finance, in collaboration with Babylon, removes that limitation.

Rather than wrapping BTC into synthetic tokens or locking it into third-party chains, Babylon introduces a novel approach: native Bitcoin staking through time-locked UTXOs, verifiable by Bitcoin’s own consensus rules. Lombard builds on this by becoming one of the first protocols to integrate Babylon staking at scale, turning your native BTC into a yield bearing asset without ever moving it from its home chain.

When you stake BTC via Lombard:

→  You retain custody and self-ownership. Your Bitcoin is time-locked on-chain, not bridged.
→ You get onchain proof of stake to back your LBTC minting.
→ Lombard verifies the time-locked BTC via Babylon’s protocol and reflects it transparently in the Lombard Ledger.
→ That LBTC is now staked Bitcoin... liquid, composable, and secure, ready for use across DeFi, vaults, or yield strategies.

And behind the scenes?

Babylon’s validator set ensures the staking process is decentralized and tamper-proof. Stakers are rewarded for securing PoS chains and protocols, while Lombard’s $LBTC acts as a proof-backed, restaked representation of BTC, giving you yield without compromise.

...This isn’t just about staking, It’s about giving Bitcoin a new role in crypto’s future as a programmable, productive asset that still stays true to its roots.

Lombard and Babylon are setting the blueprint for how Bitcoin evolves.

Welcome to BTC staking done right.
Gmbard 💚

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