Bitcoin Layers
Bitcoin Layers tracks Bitcoin layer-2s and sidechains, rating their trust assumptions and security.
- Category
- Research & Fundamentals
- Used for
About Bitcoin Layers
Bitcoin Layers is an open-source platform designed to analyze Bitcoin Layer 2 networks, wrapped Bitcoin tokens, and related protocols. It provides documentation and evaluations on the technical tradeoffs across various systems.
The platform categorizes projects according to their technical implementations, offering reviews, risk summaries, analytics, and research documentation.
Key features
- The platform analyzes trade-offs across different Bitcoin networks, sidesystems, and wrappers.
- It provides risk summaries and evaluation reviews for various Bitcoin-adjacent protocols.
- It features data tracking total BTC supply supporting native protocols and sidesystems.
- It publishes research and insights directly from its research and development team.
What it is used for
- Compare technical frameworks and trust assumptions across Bitcoin layers.
- Review standards and methodologies applied to Bitcoin Layer 2 systems.
- Access analytics and glossary information regarding Bitcoin-adjacent networks.
What it does
Used for
Who it is for
Kind of tool
- Research Platform
Platforms
- Web
Things to know
- The project operates as an open-source platform published under an MIT license.
Official channels
Follow these, not look-alikes: each is linked from Bitcoin Layers’s own website or confirmed by its team.
- X (opens in a new tab)Verified from bitcoinlayers.org, checked November 8, 2026
Verification and freshness
- Not verified yet.
- Last updated on November 8, 2026.
