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Expand Up @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: How tBTC Lets People Use Bitcoin on Compound
description: One of the first things people will be able to do with their tBTC is an integration with Compound, an Ethereum-based algorithmic money market protocol that lets users earn interest or borrow assets.
date: 2020-05-11T18:40:17.656Z
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tBTC lets people use Bitcoin to act on the Ethereum blockchain. One of the first things people will be able to do with their tBTC is an integration with Compound, an Ethereum-based algorithmic money market protocol that lets users earn interest or borrow assets. Compound represents [over 12%](https://defipulse.com/) of the total defi market.
tBTC lets people use Bitcoin to act on the Ethereum blockchain. One of the first things people will be able to do with their tBTC is an integration with Compound, an Ethereum-based algorithmic money market protocol that lets users earn interest or [borrow assets](https://mezo.org/feature/borrow). Compound represents [over 12%](https://defipulse.com/) of the total defi market.

To use Compound with your BTC, you first need to mint tBTC. Read the guide for exchanging BTC for tBTC [here](https://tbtc.network/developers/how-to-use-the-tbtc-dapp/).

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Expand Up @@ -77,16 +77,12 @@ More recently, Threshold launched [thUSD](https://www.thresholdusd.org/en/), a
stablecoin backed by Bitcoin based on tBTC, which is now being used by the
Threshold DAO to [pay USD
expenses](https://blog.threshold.network/borrowing-against-dao-treasury-assets-for-expenses-thresholds-move-to-thusd/).
L2s from [BOB](https://www.gobob.xyz) to [Mezo](https://mezo.org) have been
L2s such as [BOB](https://www.gobob.xyz) and [Mezo](https://mezo.org) have been
relying on tBTC to provide more use cases and possibilities to the world of
Bitcoin. And finally, tBTC is being bridged from Ethereum to landmark chains
like
[Base](https://blog.threshold.network/navigating-the-future-of-defi-tbtc-launches-on-base/)
and
[Polygon](https://blog.threshold.network/unleashing-bitcoin-tbtc-launches-on-polygon-powered-by-wormhole/)
and being minted natively on high-throughput chains like
[Solana](https://blog.threshold.network/tbtc-launches-on-solana/) and, soon,
Arbitrum.
Bitcoin. Mezo is the Bitcoin Bank offering [fixed rate Bitcoin loans](https://mezo.org/feature/borrow) so users can earn, spend, and use their BTC without having to sell.

And finally, tBTC is being bridged from Ethereum to landmark chains like
[Base](https://blog.threshold.network/navigating-the-future-of-defi-tbtc-launches-on-base/) and [Polygon](https://blog.threshold.network/unleashing-bitcoin-tbtc-launches-on-polygon-powered-by-wormhole/) and being minted natively on high-throughput chains like [Solana](https://blog.threshold.network/tbtc-launches-on-solana/) and, soon, Arbitrum.

## 4 years is just the beginning

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