As the blockchain industry shifts from competing on infrastructure to competing on ecosystem applications, more public chains and base-layer networks are extending their focus from technical development to developers, applications, users, and global communities.

As a infrastructure built for the Internet of Value, Bitgold has recently been accelerating its ecosystem development. Open Foundation has formally taken over all of Bitgold's non-technical operations and has committed 11 million BTG to launch the 2026 Ecosystem Incentive Program, while also seeking a USD 5 million market-making fund. Bitgold is entering a new phase of transition from base-layer technical development toward ecosystem scale.

From Infrastructure Building to Ecosystem Scale

The long-term development of a blockchain network requires not only stable underlying technology, but also a continuous stream of applications and user participation.

Bitgold has been building around infrastructure and value Internet protocols, and has formed a protocol system covering interoperability, digital assets, and value circulation, while continuously exploring the intersection of blockchain with emerging fields such as AI and RWA.

As the base layer matures, enabling more projects to genuinely join the network and more users to genuinely use it has become the key task for Bitgold's next stage.

Against this backdrop, the Ecosystem Incentive Program was introduced.

The program is open to developers, project teams, and ecosystem operators worldwide, covering DeFi, GameFi, DEX, SocialFi, EDUFi, wallets and personal tools, enterprise applications, payments, AI, RWA, and more.

Unlike incentive models that are oriented purely toward the number of projects, Bitgold places greater emphasis on real users and actual network usage. There is no fixed cap on the number of participating projects. A project that brings in 100,000 real users becomes eligible for a one-time, deferred reward of 500,000 BTG, and the first project to reach 1,000,000 real users becomes eligible for an additional one-time, deferred reward of 5,000,000 BTG. Only projects that truly meet these targets and pass review will receive ecosystem rewards.

This mechanism links ecosystem resources to actual results, signaling that Bitgold intends to use incentives to identify the ecosystem applications that can genuinely drive network usage and user growth.

Open Foundation Fully Assumes Non-Technical Operations

The advancement of ecosystem development also comes with an important adjustment to Bitgold's operating structure. Open Foundation has now formally taken over all of Bitgold's non-technical operations.

This means Bitgold will establish a clearer division of labor between technical development and ecosystem operations. The technical team will continue to focus on base-layer protocols, network infrastructure, and core technologies, while Open Foundation will be responsible for ecosystem partnerships, project development, global community, and market operations.

For an open blockchain network, technology is only the foundation of ecosystem development. Connecting global developers, project teams, users, and communities is equally essential to forming a network effect at scale.

Open Foundation's full assumption of non-technical operations sends a clear signal: Bitgold is gradually moving from a stage centered on technology and protocol building into a stage of ecosystem organization and global market expansion.

The Core of the Incentive Program: Let Projects Truly Produce Users

In recent years, the blockchain industry has seen many ecosystem-building models that emphasize the number of projects while neglecting real users.

Launching a project does not mean an ecosystem has truly taken shape. Only when applications produce sustained users, those users generate real demand, and the network sees genuine usage can base-layer infrastructure truly develop a network effect.

The Bitgold Ecosystem Incentive Program places "real users" and "actual usage" at the center.

Under the current plan, projects that reach different user scales and ecosystem goals will receive different tiers of BTG ecosystem incentives, and projects that reach larger real-user targets will receive larger rewards.

Bitgold has also set up dedicated rewards for the development of core on-chain application capabilities on OpenOS, and plans to further advance core on-chain code and AI Agent protocols.

This design shows that Bitgold intends to use funding and ecosystem resources to guide developers toward applications and infrastructure that can genuinely operate over the long term.

AI and the Internet of Value Become New Ecosystem Directions

Notably, the Bitgold ecosystem is not limited to traditional DeFi and digital asset applications.

As artificial intelligence advances rapidly, AI computing power, AI Agents, and collaboration among smart devices are becoming new technology trends. Bitgold has already begun to lay out directions related to AI and silicon-based networks, and is supporting ecosystem projects including AIFusion.

AIFusion positions itself as a decentralized global AI computing power scheduling platform, exploring how to connect and coordinate distributed computing resources to provide new infrastructure support for future AI applications and the AI Agent ecosystem.

From the Internet of Value to AI infrastructure, Bitgold is working to build broader underlying connectivity. This means the future boundaries of the Bitgold ecosystem may extend well beyond traditional blockchain applications into AI, digital rights, RWA, and more digital-economy scenarios.

A USD 5 Million Market-Making Fund: Seeking Long-Term Market Partners

Alongside advancing ecosystem development, Bitgold is currently seeking a USD 5 million market-making fund and is looking for institutions or partners with professional capabilities and relevant resources to jointly participate in building the BTG market ecosystem.

For a blockchain ecosystem, market conditions and ecosystem development tend to influence each other. A network under continuous development needs a stable market foundation, sufficient liquidity, and long-term participants so that ecosystem projects can grow in a more stable environment.

The plan for this USD 5 million fund is therefore regarded as an important part of Bitgold's next phase of ecosystem development. Bitgold is looking for institutions and teams with relevant market resources, professional capabilities, and a long-term commitment to cooperation.

Institutions and teams interested in participating in Bitgold ecosystem development, ecosystem project cooperation, or the USD 5 million market-making fund can learn more about specific cooperation options through Bitgold's official channel at [email protected].

Bitgold's Ecosystem Enters a New Stage

From mainnet and base-layer protocol development, to ecosystem application expansion, to further improvement of the global operating structure, Bitgold is gradually entering a new stage of development.

The Ecosystem Incentive Program gives developers and project teams new room to participate; Open Foundation's full assumption of non-technical operations means ecosystem operations and global market expansion are accelerating; and the preparation of the USD 5 million market-making fund shows that Bitgold is seeking market partners for longer-term ecosystem development.

For the blockchain industry as a whole, the value of infrastructure must ultimately be demonstrated through real applications and real users. For Bitgold, the next priority will shift further from "building the network" to "enabling more people to use the network."

As more developers, project teams, operators, and global community members take part, an open ecosystem built around the Internet of Value, AI, and digital asset infrastructure is gradually taking shape.

Bitgold's new stage is moving from the technical foundation toward a broader ecosystem world.