MerlinStarter Launch: Solidifying Merlin Chain's Position as the Leading BTC Ecosystem
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MerlinStarter Launch: Solidifying Merlin Chain's Position as the Leading BTC Ecosystem
MerlinStarter is activating not just the MerlinChain ecosystem, but the entire Bitcoin ecosystem and its assets.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsAuthor: TechFlow
Bitcoin has entered a bull run era, with inscriptions, runes, and Layer 2 ecosystems each experiencing explosive growth. Riding this wave, Merlin Chain's TVL has surpassed $3 billion, marking Bitcoin’s first emergence as an asset issuance platform.
Merlin Chain is a ZKRollup-based Bitcoin Layer 2 network that supports native Bitcoin assets. Bitcoin accounts for over 50% of the TVL on Merlin Chain. Built using the Polygon CDK framework, Merlin Chain sends transaction data to the Bitcoin network via oracles, thereby inheriting Bitcoin's security.
Clearly, Merlin Chain’s success stems from its inheritance of Bitcoin’s value. In an era where various BTC L2s are fiercely competing, securing Merlin Chain’s leading position becomes the starting point for MerlinStarter.
Currently, the MerlinStarter launchpad has seen interaction from over 1 million Merlin Chain addresses.
As the name suggests, MerlinStarter aims to become the premier launchpad within the Merlin Chain and broader Bitcoin ecosystem, consistently delivering high-quality projects to the Bitcoin ecosystem through principles of Fair Launch and Community First, growing both the Bitcoin and Merlin ecosystems.
MerlinStarter’s goal can be distilled into one mission: solidifying Merlin Chain’s ecological advantage and establishing it as the number one BTC ecosystem. As Merlin Chain’s native launch platform and BTC L2 accelerator, MerlinStarter will lead the charge in ecosystem development.
In a Competitive Sea, MerlinStarter Begins as a Launcher
Following Merlin Chain’s principle of transparency, MerlinStarter has openly announced an upcoming token airdrop. Star Points serve as the eligibility凭证 for future MerlinStarter token airdrops. During token distribution, users can redeem points for tokens. Additionally, Star Points grant early access to whitelist spots for Launchpad project airdrops and priority access to project tokens.
A simple yet highly effective method for rapid user acquisition—akin to its sibling ZKFair—providing retail investors quick and accessible pathways to participate and profit within limited timeframes.
This also quickly clarifies MerlinStarter’s role within Merlin Chain: MerlinStarter is Merlin Chain’s native ecosystem accelerator, directly bridging projects with both Merlin Chain and Bitcoin.
Due to Bitcoin’s unique UTXO mechanism, its ecosystem cannot directly use Bitcoin as a platform for complex interactions. Thus, Merlin Chain acts as an intermediary, breaking down barriers between developers and Bitcoin. MerlinStarter goes further, serving primarily as an IDO launchpad and BTC L2 accelerator.
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IDO Launchpad: Focused on fostering innovation within the Merlin Chain ecosystem by precisely targeting traffic sources including major Bitcoin asset types such as BRC-20, BRC-420, ERC-20, ERC-404, Bitmap, and Atomicals.
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BTC L2 Accelerator: Merlin Chain’s flagship program, where selected projects receive not only financial support but also technical assistance, traffic generation strategies, marketing expertise, HR support, and tokenomics design services.
Under this influence, MerlinStarter has built a vast ecosystem of collaborative partners, including BTC-native DeFi protocols like Mineral, and facilitating token launches for DEX protocols such as MerlinSwap on Merlin Chain.
MerlinStarter offers more than just project launching—it envisions seamless interoperability of assets across Merlin Chain, accelerating capital efficiency through standardized formats, even integrating the entire Bitcoin ecosystem within Merlin Chain, enabling billions worldwide to experience the financial freedom and revolutionary journey brought by Bitcoin.
Specifically, MerlinStarter’s Launchpad is divided into public and private launchers, with projects able to configure modules such as oversubscription, weighted allocation, first-come-first-served, and airdrops.
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Public Launchpad: Primarily uses oversubscription, allocating tokens based on fundraising proportion via weighted distribution or random lottery. Overraised funds are refunded automatically via smart contracts.
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Private Launchpad: Operates through whitelists, which MerlinStarter divides into two types: Alpha and Beta whitelists.
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Alpha whitelist ensures exclusivity, allowing each qualified user to subscribe to project tokens within a fixed quota during a specified timeframe.
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Beta whitelist operates on a first-come-first-served basis. The number of Beta whitelist allocations exceeds available purchase quotas; users whose transactions are confirmed first on-chain complete the token purchase.
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It's evident that MerlinStarter’s mechanisms are designed to accelerate project development, at a time when the Bitcoin ecosystem is still in exploration.
Prior to MerlinStarter, BTC ecosystem development was chaotic and unstructured. Now, MerlinStarter aims to introduce the industry-standard Launchpad model, leveraging the most dynamic and promising Merlin Chain to truly empower diverse Bitcoin asset protocols, fueling their growth into the next bull market.
MerlinStarter’s Three Pillars: A One-Stop Project Launch Platform
After introducing the basics of MerlinStarter, it's important to examine its functional components. Beyond being an IDO platform and accelerator, MerlinStarter primarily offers three core functions:
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Star Launchpad: Serves as the IDO accelerator, aiming to become the primary asset launcher on Merlin Chain;
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StarDrop: A native Merlin Chain market solution providing comprehensive, end-to-end market services for early-stage projects, distributing them to over 100,000 real users;
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Star Accelerator: Functions as the BTC L2 accelerator, offering the industry’s most mature incubation services to selected projects.
MerlinStarter not only aims to provide initial funding for crypto projects but also strives to deliver multifaceted value to its users and participants.
Star Launchpad: The Project Launching Platform
Star Launchpad is a key component of the MerlinStarter ecosystem. As an IDO platform, its core function is to help emerging projects successfully launch on Merlin Chain.
It provides not only funding but also a platform for early exposure and attention, attracting early investors and community interest.
As the main asset launch platform on Merlin Chain, Star Launchpad introduces new projects to investors through a curated channel, helping them achieve their first public fundraising.
StarDrop: A Complete End-to-End Market Solution
Complementing Star Launchpad is StarDrop, a market solution tailored for Merlin Chain. StarDrop ensures projects receive full support in market positioning and market entry.
By pushing new projects to over 100,000 real users, StarDrop helps build early reputation, guiding them through the initial market adoption phase.
StarDrop aims to shorten the timeline from concept to execution and from development to success, offering support in marketing, social media strategy, and user engagement.
Star Accelerator: Delivering the Industry’s Most Mature Incubation Services
Beyond initial funding and market solutions, another critical component of MerlinStarter is the Star Accelerator.
This component serves as the BTC L2 accelerator, focusing on comprehensive incubation for projects selected by MerlinStarter.
From technical consulting, business model development, compliance guidance, to network expansion and partnership building, Star Accelerator provides not only essential funding and resources but also industry connections and networking opportunities, helping projects break through within the Bitcoin ecosystem and stand out in a competitive market.
In essence, these three components of MerlinStarter work together—from initial fundraising (Star Launchpad), market promotion (StarDrop), to long-term development and incubation (Star Accelerator)—to help projects succeed. For retail participants, this isn’t just about joining early-stage projects; it’s a deep involvement in the transformation and growth of the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Advancing Ecosystem and Market Together, Strengthening MerlinChain’s Edge
MerlinStarter helps Merlin Chain seize the advantage in BTC L2 competition, while Merlin Chain empowers projects launched on MerlinStarter. This symbiotic relationship effectively promotes the prosperity of the broader Bitcoin ecosystem.
Within Merlin Chain’s ecosystem map, projects are numerous but fragmented. MerlinStarter organizes and standardizes them into effective actors, selectively promoting top-tier projects onto Merlin Chain with guidance and ongoing support.
In MerlinStarter’s development, an effective empowerment and conversion pipeline has already formed, ultimately materializing a project’s intrinsic value into tangible tokens.
MerlinStarter has already partnered with over 100 Bitcoin projects, 300+ KOLs, and numerous media outlets and communities. Its Twitter account has amassed over 100,000 followers, with individual posts reaching over a million impressions.
Talk is cheap, Show me the coins.
RWA is gaining momentum—Ondo leads the rally, MakerDAO steadily advances toward its Endgame roadmap—and now the BTC ecosystem welcomes Minera, the first native BTC DeFi project on Merlin Chain issuing RWA inscriptions via BRC420. It harnesses the positive externalities of Bitcoin mining to create a sustainable yield-generating DeFi model.
Specifically, $MNER is Mineral’s treasury token on BRC-20 Layer 2, backed by real-world assets (RWA), primarily in the form of Bitcoin hash rate.
Over time, the Minera treasury will benefit from steady net gains from BTC mining and other RWAs, cross-project collaboration revenues, and increased net profits from newly acquired RWAs.
MerlinStarter will collaborate with Mineral on a token airdrop, distributing 40,000 $MNER tokens, with all Gas Fees fully reimbursed by the project team—consistent with Merlin Chain’s established approach.
Next is continued exploration of DEX on-chain trading: MerlinSwap has officially partnered with MerlinStarter to jointly distribute significant airdrops. MerlinSwap is a disruptive DEX platform, while MerlinStarter is a native launchpad dedicated to the Bitcoin Layer 2 ecosystem. Notably, MerlinSwap ranks first among Bitcoin DEXs in TVL, trading volume, and DAU.
Built on the powerful Merlin Chain and utilizing the DL-AMM liquidity algorithm, MerlinSwap enables fast and efficient asset swaps, maximizing capital efficiency and optimizing returns. It also offers a familiar, CEX-like interface, greatly enhancing usability of on-chain products and accelerating the transition of off-chain users to BTC DeFi.
Additionally, MerlinSwap introduces breakthrough technologies such as limit orders and superior gas efficiency, giving users greater control and profitability during trading. It will issue $MP as its governance token. To accelerate adoption, MerlinStarter will allocate 0.2% of its token supply—42 million $MP tokens—for an exclusive airdrop, selecting 5,000 winners.
More importantly, MerlinSwap will be MerlinStarter’s first IDO project, testing MerlinStarter’s influence within the Merlin community.
Moreover, hidden rewards remain to be claimed. The Magic Book campaign is ongoing: users can earn token airdrops and whitelist spots for upcoming IDO projects. Simply participate in whitelist activities on Twitter, then join the #Merlin’sSpellbook# topic in the TG community. Starting at 9 PM nightly, two questions are posted; the first five correct answers each night win a whitelist spot, totaling 10 whitelist spots distributed nightly.
Conclusion
Overall, MerlinStarter aims to drive the growth of Merlin Chain and the broader Bitcoin ecosystem, designed as a launchpad and accelerator dedicated to launching and developing innovative projects.
During its first IDO, it achieved its fundraising target within one minute—surpassing $230 million with over 20,000 participating addresses, achieving an oversubscription rate of 185x—fully demonstrating MerlinStarter’s strong appeal.
The surge in BTC L2s has ignited fierce competition across the BTC ecosystem, yet development remains chaotic. To attract more capital and developers, market leadership is needed—launchpads arrive precisely at the right moment.
Guided by airdrops and community-first principles, MerlinStarter collaborates closely with Bitcoin Layer 2 solutions to optimize asset circulation and strengthen Merlin Chain’s position as the leading BTC ecosystem.
After rapid advancement, MerlinStarter has built a vast network of partnerships, offering market solutions, technical support, and funding to its launched projects. By sequentially connecting BTC Ecosystem <> MerlinChain Ecosystem <> MerlinStarter Ecosystem, it establishes a development model where MerlinStarter thrives through Merlin Chain, acting as a bridge for the entire BTC ecosystem, activating not just MerlinChain but the broader Bitcoin ecosystem and its assets.
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