Sovryn has launched a hackathon to bulk out its platform.Decentralized finance and Bitcoin are like chalk and cheese. Unlike Ethereum, the blockchain home to all the major DeFi protocols, Bitcoin doesn’t support smart contracts. In 2020, DeFi protocol Sovryn came out with a way to link DeFi to the Bitcoin blockchain. It’s built on the Rootstock (RSK) platform, a permissionless Bitcoin sidechain that supports smart contracts.
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