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Rootstock Brings EVM Smart Contracts to Bitcoin, Gas Paid in BTC
Rootstock (RSK) is an EVM-compatible sidechain secured by Bitcoin's merge-mining, live since 2018. It uses RBTC as gas, pegged 1:1 to Bitcoin, with 30-second blocks and a legacy gas-price model. Developers can connect Ethereum tooling with minor adjustments for Bitcoin-denominated fees and different address checksums.
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Rootstock offers a pragmatic path for Bitcoin smart contracts, but its slow blocks and probabilistic finality limit it to use cases that don't need fast settlement.
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