Starknet Teams Up with Alpen Labs to Build a Highly Secure Bitcoin Bridge

Jakarta, Pintu News – Starknet is collaborating with Alpen Labs, a research firm focused on Bitcoin , to build a highly secure and trustless bridge between the two networks.

The partnership was confirmed on October 15, with the aim of opening up access for native Bitcoin owners (native BTC) to use advanced decentralized finance features directly on the Starknet platform.

New Security Model to Protect Bitcoin

This initiative brings a new approach that moves away from the traditional bridge model, which has often been a source of serious security vulnerabilities.

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Based on information from project announcements and technical whitepapers, many current solutions still rely on multisignature arrangements that require trust. In such schemes, signatories may collude to steal funds.

To address this risk, Glock implemented a two-party computation protocol based on garbled circuits. This approach enables complex verification processes without the need to reveal personal data from either chain, thus eliminating the need for a trustworthy intermediary.

Starknet’s Strategy to Become the Center of the Bitcoin Ecosystem

This collaboration is an important part of Starknet’s commitment to support Bitcoin scalability, a plan first announced in March 2025 in their major initiative titled “BTCFi on Starknet”.

To support this goal, the Starknet Foundation awarded Alpen Labs a grant to develop and audit a shared Glock verifier, designed as a public asset for the entire Bitcoin ecosystem.

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These efforts are also reinforced by a 100 million STRK incentive program to encourage development on their network. Alpen Labs claims that its technology is highly efficient, with certain Glock25 variants being able to achieve over 430 to 550 times the efficiency of models like BitVM2.

The new bridge allows users to stake and borrow their Bitcoin without the need for wrapping the asset, and the announcement has been positively received by the crypto community.

This development comes amidst the volatility of the Bitcoin market. In recent times, the ecosystem has experienced a sharp decline, characterized by market volatility that led to the liquidation of over $19.35 billion.

Despite the challenges, institutional confidence appears to remain strong – this is reflected in the accumulation of Bitcoin by Strategy Inc. which has now added 220 BTC to its portfolio.

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Reference:

• Coinspeaker. StarkNet and Alpen Labs to Build BTC Bridge. Accessed on October 17, 2025