Mintlayer
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What is Mintlayer?
Overview
Mintlayer is a layer 2 solution built on Bitcoin that enables a DeFi ecosystem with smart contracts, atomic swaps, NFTs, and decentralized applications. The protocol allows users to swap native Bitcoin directly for other tokenized assets without intermediaries, peg mechanisms, or counterparty risk. It integrates with the Lightning Network to support financial use cases on the Bitcoin blockchain.
How it works
Mintlayer uses Proof of Stake consensus and Turing-incomplete smart contracts to reduce failure risk and on-chain congestion. The protocol supports multi-token transfers in a single transaction, flexible fee payment in any token rather than a single standard, and access control mechanisms for compliance with security tokens. Lightning Network integration enables high transaction throughput.
Token and supply
ML is the native token of the Mintlayer protocol. It has a maximum supply of 600 million tokens and a total supply of 400 million tokens.
Where to trade ML
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ML funding rates
Live perpetual funding on every connected exchange. Positive = longs pay shorts.
Contracts & chains
Exact contract or mint per network — the identity layer used for DEX routing.
On-chain routes
Networks with a connected DEX routing adapter.