What is Rootstock Infrastructure Framework?

RIF is designed to scale and accelerate the adoption of Rootstock, Bitcoin’s DeFi Layer through community incentives, infrastructure and interoperability. RIF is the easiest way for anyone to shape and share in the success of Bitcoin DeFi.

RIF powers community rewards, governance and grants, on RootstockCollective, the home of the community on Rootstock. RIF underpins key infrastructure powering Bitcoin DeFi on Rootstock including USDRIF, a censorship resistant stablecoin and RNS for simplifying wallet addresses as well as suite of Developer tools. RIF gives the wider world of Web3 exposure to the success of Bitcoin DeFi on Rootstock through availability on the top exchanges, leading chains and largest Dapps.

What makes Rootstock Infrastructure Framework unique?

Secured by 88% of Bitcoin’s hashrate, RIF is one of the OG tokens to launch on Rootstock—the most secure, decentralized, and longest-running Bitcoin Layer. Rootstock combines Ethereum’s programmability with Bitcoin’s unmatched security and decentralization. Since launching in 2019, RIF has seen continuous development and now plays a vital role in powering a growing ecosystem of protocols and powerful use cases.

What can Rootstock Infrastructure Framework be used for?

RIF powers community rewards, governance and grants, in the RootstockCollective DAO, the home of the community on Rootstock.

RIF underpins key infrastructure powering Bitcoin DeFi on Rootstock including USDRIF, a censorship resistant stablecoin and RNS for simplifying wallet addresses.

RIF gives the wider world of Web3 exposure to the success of Bitcoin DeFi on Rootstock through availability on the top exchanges, leading chains and largest Dapps.

Governance and Rewards

RIF allows holders to participate in the governance of RootstockCollective, a DAO designed to recognise and reward projects building on Bitcoin using Rootstock. RIF staked in the DAO (stRIF) acts as the governance token and gives members the ability to earn rewards paid in Bitcoin and RIF. Live initiatives include a decentralised grants program and CollectiveRewards.