Botanix Labs has launched Botanix on testnet as a federated sidechain built on Bitcoin with a 16-node founding federation.
The federation ensures decentralized control, with Botanix Labs transferring governance and consensus to the node operators.
Botanix aims to support hundreds of nodes in the future for a fully permissionless network, emphasizing resilience and uncensorable transaction processing.
The founding Botanix federation includes entities like XBTO, Fireblocks, and UTXO Management, with the mainnet launch scheduled for later this quarter.