# Babylon Labs

> Making Bitcoin Productive

Babylon Labs develops Bitcoin staking protocols that enable Bitcoin holders to secure Proof-of-Stake networks without wrapping or bridging.

Babylon Labs develops Bitcoin staking protocols that enable Bitcoin holders to secure Proof-of-Stake networks while maintaining self-custody. With it, users can stake Bitcoin directly on the Bitcoin blockchain, earn rewards from PoS chains, and participate in multi-staking across multiple networks. Babylon Labs bridges Bitcoin's security with the efficiency of Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanisms.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Infrastructure
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2022-01-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/babylon_labs

## Products

- [Babylon Bitcoin Staking Protocol](https://thegrid.id/profiles/babylon_labs): Babylon Bitcoin Staking Protocol implements native Bitcoin staking through shared-security architecture, enabling BTC holders to stake directly on Bitcoin without intermediaries. The protocol creates time-locked Bitcoin transactions while maintaining self-custody and provides slashable economic security guarantees to Bitcoin Supercharged Networks through cryptographic primitives. (Staking Service, Live, Main Product)
- [Babylon Genesis](https://thegrid.id/profiles/babylon_labs): Babylon Genesis is a Cosmos SDK-based L1 blockchain that serves as the first Bitcoin Supercharged Network, utilizing both Bitcoin and BABY token staking through dual consensus mechanisms. The protocol implements CometBFT consensus with IBC compatibility and CosmWasm smart contract support while functioning as the control plane for Bitcoin security orchestration to other BSNs. (L1, Live)

## Assets

- [BABY (BABY)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/babylon_labs): BABY is the native token of Babylon Genesis. It is used for paying transaction fees, governance participation, and staking to secure the network. The network implements a dual-staking consensus mechanism where both Bitcoin holders and BABY token holders can stake to secure the chain, with BTC stakers delegating to Finality Providers and BABY stakers delegating to CometBFT validators. (Native)

## Links

- [Main](https://babylonlabs.io)
- [Documentation](https://docs.babylonlabs.io)
- [Blog](https://babylonlabs.io/blog)
- [Media Kit/branding](https://babylonlabs.io/media)
- [Forum](https://forum.babylon.foundation)
- [Terms of Service](https://babylonlabs.io/terms-of-use)
- [Privacy policy](https://babylonlabs.io/privacy-policy)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/babylonlabs_io)
- [Discord](https://discord.gg/babylonglobal)
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/babylon-labs-official)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/babylonlabs-io)

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