GOAT Network, the Bitcoin-native zkRollup offering sustainable BTC yield, has announced that it has gradually accumulated 34 BTC over the past year as a long-term strategic reserve to support its ecosystem. Today the project officially disclosed this reserve for the first time, while formally launching its Ecosystem Pilot Fund.
GOAT Network’s BTC Pilot Fund fund is designed to accelerate the sustainable development of Bitcoin-native zkRollup applications on the network. That BTC will be primarily used to support protocol liquidity, community incentives, and developer contributions.
The move by GOAT Network marks the first time a Bitcoin Layer 2 network has committed its own BTC treasury to ecosystem incentives. While other Bitcoin ecosystem projects have at times emitted their own tokens, they have not delivered native BTC yield — a must for the largest and most successful liquidity providers. Committing its own BTC treasury demonstrates a commitment to sustainable ecosystem building that’s unique in the Bitcoin Layer 2 space.
To date, more than 2 BTC from the fund has already been deployed toward community user rewards. That’s in addition to BTC deployed into liquidity pools, and community user rewards derived from onchain gas fee revenue.
With GOAT Network just a few months into its alpha mainnet stage, the network expects to see accelerating growth, as it builds its list of ecosystem partners, adopts full Bitcoin-native security via BitVM technology, and expands its list of BTC yield offerings.
GOAT Network emphasized that this 34 BTC Pilot Fund is only the beginning of its BTC-native incentive framework. A full-scale Ecosystem Development Fund is in the works, featuring open grant applications, milestone-based support, and long-term builder rewards—powering sustainable innovation across the Bitcoin ecosystem. The GOAT Network Ecosystem Development Fund will go live in Q4 2025, at a starting value in the tens of millions.
“Our strategic reserve represents a war chest to support ecosystem growth, and follows the recent launch of our BTC Yield Dashboard, the world’s first suite of sustainable, chain-level Bitcoin yield products,” said Kevin Liu, Core Contributor for GOAT Network. “By tying yield generation directly to Bitcoin and locking in long-term reserves, we are playing the long game – infrastructure-first, rather than chasing short-term hype.”
The timing of GOAT Network’s 34 BTC Ecosystem Pilot Fund is critical because the Bitcoin economy is entering a new phase. With ETFs launched and institutions accumulating BTC, the next major question is how to generate sustainable yield on these holdings. Right now, there is no native, institutional-grade solution for this—most networks incentivize with their own tokens, which are volatile and inflationary—rather than providing incentives paid in BTC.
By committing native BTC (rather than its own token) to bootstrap ecosystem incentives, GOAT Network is demonstrating real skin in the game, while creating a sustainable framework for liquidity providers. This not only aligns with Bitcoin’s ethos, but also positions GOAT as the most natural pathway for institutions and digital asset treasuries to deploy capital securely, earn yield, and contribute to network growth.
“It’s inspiring to see GOAT lead with conviction by committing its BTC treasury to ecosystem growth,” said Jason, Ecosystem Lead for Avalon Finance, one of the top BTCFi dApps on GOAT Network. “This move sets a new standard for how networks can support builders and communities while staying true to Bitcoin’s ethos.”
As for “why now”, the answer is clear: as block rewards diminish with halvings, the Bitcoin network needs more transactional activity and more use cases. Bitcoin Layer 2s will drive this next wave of adoption, and GOAT is leading by putting actual BTC to work today.
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