The moment has arrived; Ika Mainnet is now live!

For the first time in blockchain history, smart contracts on Sui can control native Bitcoin, Solana, Ethereum, and any native asset on any chain without bridges, wrapping, or requiring to trust intermediary 3rd parties. This is the Universal Coordination Layer that makes every blockchain accessible from a single protocol, a culmination of years of cryptography research to realize the mission of interoperability we’ve promised since founding Ika, without compromising on speed, scalability, decentralization or security.

Why This Changes Everything

Today's blockchain ecosystem operates like isolated islands connected by rickety bridges. DeFi protocols are trapped in single ecosystems. Bitcoin sits idle because it can't participate natively. Institutions avoid crypto because custody across chains requires trust.

Ika created a new blockchain primitive - say hello to the dWallet. A decentralized, programmable and transferable signing mechanism with an address on any network, that requires both the user and the Ika Network to generate a signature, and that can be governed by a Sui smart contract.

dApps changed Web3 with smart contract functionality, and dWallets are going to do the same for custody, interoperability and a slew of novel use cases uniquely enabled by this new primitive.

Ika dissolves boundaries for:

• Developers: Build once, operate everywhere. Your Sui smart contract gains superpowers: controlling Bitcoin for collateral, managing Ethereum positions, coordinating Solana assets. Native execution.
• Institutions: Manage billions across any blockchain with cryptographic guarantees. No derivative risk, no bridge exposure, just cryptographic certainty.
• Everyone: Your assets work everywhere without leaving their native chains. No bridge anxiety, no wrapped token confusion, no choosing between security and functionality.

The Future We're Delivering

Ika powers a new multi-chain paradigm - without requiring users' trust:

• Imagine taking a loan against Bitcoin collateral on Sui without ever wrapping your BTC.
• Picture a DAO managing treasuries across 10 chains with one governance vote. 
• Envision institutional grade MPC that maintains native asset security while operating seamlessly across every blockchain. 

These aren't distant possibilities - they're now possible with Ika mainnet.

Ika represents a fundamental shift in how blockchains work together. While bridges create honeypots holding billions in TVL, and wrapped tokens introduce layers of trust, Ika enables direct cryptographic control. Your assets stay native, your security stays absolute, and you have more possibilities than ever before.

The Cryptographic Breakthrough

At the heart of Ika is 2PC-MPC, a threshold signature cryptographic protocol many thought impossible to create. Traditional MPC protocols used in Web3 were designed for centralized custody platforms such as Fireblocks. When these protocols are implemented within a network they struggle with latency, throughput, and decentralization. Most importantly, they require users to give up full control over the assets, removing the fundamental zero-trust security of blockchain.

2PC-MPC introduced cryptography breakthroughs to solve speed, scalability, decentralization and zero-trust security. This novel cryptography research allows Ika to launch today with over a 100 operators able to generate many signatures per second with sub-second latency - all while maintaining cryptographic guarantees requiring user consent, thus ensuring zero-trust security.

The result?

A coordination layer that scales linearly with demand and makes cross-chain operations as simple and secure as single-chain transactions

The Coordination Economy

The IKA token isn't just utility - it's the security backbone of the entire network. Through a permissionless proof-of-stake consensus, operators stake IKA to participate in signature generation. This creates an economic fortress around the cryptographic one.

Every signature requires IKA for fees, preventing spam while rewarding operators for reliable operation. On top of that, IKA is also the means for decentralized governance of the Ika network. You can read more about IKA here: [link to tokenomics post].

The Builders Racing to Launch

Native is building Bitcoin liquidity protocols - native BTC lending, trading, and yield generation. Your sats will finally play in DeFi while staying on Bitcoin.

Human Tech is creating an ambitious “Wallet-as-a-Protocol” solution where chain boundaries disappear - one interface controlling assets everywhere.

Rhei Finance is building native zero-trust multi-chain DeFi solutions, focusing on institutional users and use cases.

Aeon is developing novel zero-trust custody solutions focusing on ai agents, the bright future of DeFAI economy - with the security of decentralized MPC guardrails.

Nativerse is architecting the impossible - stablecoins backed by native Bitcoin. Not wrapped BTC, not synthetic BTC, actual Bitcoin securing actual stablecoins.

Ekko is building a seamless AI chatbot interface powered by Ika, providing the most secure and decentralized solution while keeping everything super simple and intuitive for the user. 

Legacy Link is building a full estate management solution where digital assets can be securely and seamlessly transferred to the rightful heirs.

Full Sail is building an efficient AMM taking advantage of Sui's scalable, performant transactions and Ika's groundbreaking interoperability. 

These teams and many others are building production systems that prove it is no longer impossible to operate across multiple chains without compromising on security and usability.

Join the Coordination Era

The Universal Coordination Layer is live, with many operators worldwide already securing the network. Developers from major protocols are building the first wave of native cross-chain applications. The community is growing by the hour.

Ready to build? Deploy your first multi-chain application today on Sui.

Want to secure the network? Join our global operator community and help secure the future of coordination.

Just want to explore? Join our rapidly growing, enthusiastic and extremely active community.

A World Beyond Bridges

We're entering an era where blockchain boundaries become irrelevant. Where Bitcoin participates in any protocol. Where smart contracts aren't limited by their native chain. Where security doesn't require sacrificing functionality.

With Ika mainnet now live, we're not just launching a protocol. We're retiring an entire generation of infrastructure built on compromise. Legacy bridges become museum pieces, as native coordination takes over.

Welcome to the coordination era. Welcome to Ika.

All your chains are belong to Sui 🦑

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