The Hermes upgrade is coming to Core, delivering faster transactions, near-instant finality, and dramatically improved performance across the ecosystem. Transactions and operations become more efficient, all powered by CORE, the native gas token fueling the fastest Bitcoin-secured rails in existence.
For Bitcoin products built on Core (lending protocols, DEXs, on-chain asset managers), this speed translates directly into revenue acceleration. Faster operations mean more transactions, more fee generation, and more capital to reinvest back into the ecosystem.
The upgrade also includes enhanced validator performance and efficiency improvements that strengthen Core's infrastructure foundation.
Satoshi Plus: Bitcoin-Powered Security Meets High Performance
Core's Satoshi Plus consensus combines Bitcoin miners, Bitcoin holders, and CORE token holders to elect a high-performance validator set. This model leverages 90% of Bitcoin's hashrate alongside decentralized stakeholder participation, delivering Bitcoin-powered security with the transaction speed required for sophisticated DeFi applications.
The result: Bitcoin's proven security properties combined with EVM compatibility and high-speed block production. Bitcoin holders can access sophisticated financial tools while maintaining connection to Bitcoin's security foundation.
Hermes: The Next Evolution
Hermes transforms Core into the clear home for Bitcoin products. Block times accelerate and transaction processing reaches new levels of efficiency.
Holding CORE tokens as the gas token for BTCFi becomes table stakes for building and using Bitcoin DeFi products. Hermes establishes Core as the most advanced Bitcoin-powered settlement layer, designed specifically to scale lending markets, DEXs, and the full spectrum of Bitcoin financial products.
Revenue Acceleration for Bitcoin Products
Hermes accelerates product usage and revenue generation across BTCFi. Faster operations mean protocols can process more transactions, generate more fees, and reinvest more capital back into ecosystem growth.
Lending platforms can benefit from faster liquidation execution and more efficient collateral management, driving higher utilization rates and greater interest income.
Decentralized exchanges can experience reduced slippage, more frequent fee distributions for LPs, and tighter spreads that deepen liquidity pools.
On-chain asset managers can execute strategies with precision previously impossible on Bitcoin-powered infrastructure.
Every protocol that builds on Core gains access to infrastructure that accelerates their business model.
The common thread: Every protocol that builds on Core gains access to infrastructure that accelerates their business model.
Bitcoin Transactions at Maximum Velocity
Hermes positions Core as the definitive platform for Bitcoin-powered payments and near-instant settlement. Bitcoin neobanks require transaction speeds that feel instant. Core with Hermes delivers this performance while maintaining connection to Bitcoin.
Remittance services can settle cross-border Bitcoin transactions in seconds. Point-of-sale systems can confirm payments instantly. Bitcoin-backed stablecoins can move with the speed of traditional payment rails while maintaining connection to Bitcoin's security foundation.
For builders creating Bitcoin payment products, merchant solutions, or neobanking services, Core provides the performance foundation they need.
CORE: The Performance Catalyst
The Hermes upgrade crystallizes CORE's role as the performance catalyst for Bitcoin DeFi. Holding CORE means accessing the fastest Bitcoin-powered infrastructure available.
For Bitcoin holders participating in Dual Staking, CORE already unlocks higher yields. With Hermes, those same holdings enable seamless interactions across the entire Core ecosystem.
This creates powerful alignment: increased activity drives more protocol revenue, generates more gas fees, strengthens CORE's value, and makes the entire ecosystem more attractive.
High-Speed, Low-Cost Bitcoin DeFi
With Hermes, Core delivers infrastructure that meets the moment. Bitcoin-powered security. EVM compatibility. Near-instant finality. All fueled by CORE.
Builders gain the performance foundation to scale their products. Users gain Bitcoin DeFi that feels as responsive as centralized platforms. Institutions gain the speed required for serious capital deployment.
Security by Bitcoin. Speed by CORE.