Corn

• Corn is an Ethereum Layer 2 where Bitcoin is used as the gas token rather than ETH.

• It is built on the Arbitrum Orbit stack and aims to make Bitcoin productive in DeFi.

• CORN is the network's ecosystem token, distinct from the Bitcoin used for gas.

• Bitcoin serves as the gas asset; CORN is used for ecosystem incentives and governance.

• Supply allocated across community, ecosystem and contributors.

Pros:

• Using Bitcoin as gas gives BTC holders a direct reason to use the chain.

• Built on an established rollup stack rather than novel infrastructure.

• Targets the largest idle asset pool in crypto.

Cons:

• Bitcoin must be bridged to the chain, which is the trust assumption the design cannot avoid.

• Competes with several other Bitcoin Layer 2 approaches, none dominant.

• Early ecosystem with limited applications.

• Exposure to Bitcoin DeFi through an EVM-compatible chain.

• Bitcoin as gas is a distinct design choice with real user pull.

• Weigh the bridging requirement, which is the core risk.

• Bitcoin as the native gas token of an EVM chain, so BTC holders transact in the asset they already hold.

• Bitcoin holders wanting DeFi must acquire a second asset for gas on whatever chain they use.

• Making Bitcoin the gas token removes that step, at the cost of requiring a bridge.

• Core contributor identities are partially public.

• Backed by ecosystem investors.

• No public ICO. Distributed through airdrop and ecosystem allocations.

• Bridged Bitcoin carries bridge and custody risk.

• Crowded Bitcoin Layer 2 field with no clear winner.

• Early ecosystem with limited applications.

• Dependency on the underlying rollup stack.