Fractal Bitcoin, backed by Unisat, goes live on mainnet with a scaling solution built on Bitcoin's core codebase, led by core contributors Unisat and Block Space Force.

Fractal Bitcoin went live on mainnet as a Bitcoin scaling project developed by the UniSat team, with Block Space Force also involved in the launch. The project is built from Bitcoin Core code and is designed to extend Bitcoin into a faster, more scalable network while staying consistent with Bitcoin’s base architecture. The network’s mainnet launch was first announced for September 9, 2024, and Fractal was positioned as a proof-of-work chain with both merged mining and permissionless mining. Its design keeps it closely aligned with Bitcoin Core, but adds changes such as 30-second blocks and support for ecosystem features tied to inscriptions, Ordinals, and BRC-20 activity. The launch matters because it reflects ongoing demand for Bitcoin-native scaling and token activity outside the Bitcoin main chain. Fractal’s backers have framed it as infrastructure for faster transactions and a broader application ecosystem, including wallets, bridges, swaps, and indexing tools, while the project’s tokenomics and mining structure give it a distinct economic model from BTC.

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