APOLLO Testent: Experience Native $BTC Staking and $zBTC Yield Earning on Solana

Zeus Network
3 min readMar 29, 2024

Zeus Network aims to build a bridgeless communication layer to connect diverse blockchain ecosystems. Our first mission will be bringing the largest liquidity — Bitcoin into the ecosystem we all love — Solana.

By harnessing Bitcoin’s liquidity and Solana’s user-friendly interface akin to Web2, Zeus Network empowers APOLLO, the first dApp built on Zeus Network, to revolutionize the entire Web3 ecosystem.

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$BTC <> APOLLO <> $zBTC → Solana

Over 1 trillion dollars’ worth of $BTC has remained idle, yielding no returns for over 10 years.

Previous attempts by other projects to leverage this liquidity have met with limited success. However, with technical advancements on Bitcoin’s side and the robust Solana ecosystem cultivated by the ZEUS Team, APOLLO presents a promising opportunity to unlock the dormant potential of Bitcoin liquidity on Solana.

Zeus Network’s primary objective is to bring Bitcoin liquidity into Solana, the first step in achieving this vision. APOLLO facilitates native $BTC staking and offers a 1:1 two-way pegged $zBTC, empowering liquidity providers to engage with decentralized applications on Solana.

APOLLO Alpha Testing

During this testing phase, users can connect their Phantom wallet to claim $tBTC (Testing BTC with 0 value, which will be providing $zBTC on mainnet) and deposit it on APOLLO to experience a seamless $BTC staking process.

1. Go to APOLLO Testnet

2. Connect Solana wallet

What about Bitcoin Wallet Connect?

  • During the Alpha testing phase, our primary focus will be on enabling Solana wallet connect to ensure users enjoy a seamless experience. A temporary Bitcoin address will generated for users on the APOLLO testnet. Bitcoin wallet connect will become available once the mainnet goes live.

3. Sign and confirm Solana wallet connect

  • This process will not cost any fees.

4. Claim $tBTC

  • $tBTC is a testing BTC without any value.
  • You can only claim $tBTC once per 24 hours.

5. Deposit $tBTC

  • You can only deposit the full amount of $tBTC in your wallet per transaction on testnet.
  • It might take a few minutes to see the deposited amount update.

$zBTC → Solana ecosystem

This integration allows $zBTC to utilize lending and borrowing on platforms like Solend, marginfi, Kamino Finance, etc… making BTC yield earning a reality.

Moving forward, we aim to utilize the Zeus Consensus and Solana Virtual Machine to overcome the constraints of Bitcoin, facilitating token swapping, wallet integration, BTC Layer 2 integration, and more to come on Zeus Network.

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