📢@PortaltoBitcoin just completed an audit with Grey Swan: 15 findings in core contracts, 7 in Solana HTLC → all critical & high-risk fixed. Upgrades: Safer delegation, Dynamic timelocks, Safe math, Optimized access control. Critical resolution <72h, high-risk patch in a few days. Portal is not just a DEX → but a cross-chain execution layer with: Native BTC (Lightning) HTLC swaps Cosmos consensus + EVM Decentralized validator orientation Result: one of the most comprehensive audited cross-chain systems in DeFi, security-first, future-proof. I used to think @Lombard_Finance was like other LST protocols. But looking closer, I realized they are playing on a completely different field. LST is just a byproduct, a tool to absorb liquidity. Lombard's core is the infrastructure to push BTC to multiple chains, similar to what WBTC or cbBTC are doing - and in fact, this is their real competitor. From that perspective, Lombard is more like a stablecoin issuer than an LST protocol. Circle or Tether issue USD onchain, Lombard does the same with Bitcoin. This is clearly shown by katana $BTCK - a completely new product based on Lombard's infrastructure. It proves that Lombard is not simply an LST, but a BTC infra protocol - a separate category. And the interesting thing is: going in this direction, Lombard has almost no growth limit. Listen to Balajis on @a16z say something quite true: “AI doesn’t work from start to finish. It only works from middle to middle. You have to prompt it and then verify it yourself.” This is actually the biggest bottleneck of AI: output validation. And that’s also why I find @Mira_Network interesting they’re turning verification into something that can be done automatically, with code, instead of relying on humans. If AI can be “closed-loop” with programmable validation, the game will be different.