About Our Partners

LitVM is built through collaboration with leading blockchain infrastructure providers. Our partners bring battle-tested technology and deep expertise to create a robust, scalable, and secure platform for the Litecoin ecosystem.

Core Technology Partners

Litecoin Foundation

The Litecoin Foundation is the non-profit organization dedicated to advancing Litecoin adoption and development. LitVM is officially endorsed by the Litecoin Foundation, making it Litecoin’s first EVM rollup with official community backing.

Role in LitVM:

  • Official endorsement and community alignment

  • Ecosystem collaboration

  • Governance participation

  • Advised by David Schwartz, Director of Partnerships at the Litecoin Foundation

Learn More: litecoin.com


BitcoinOS

BitcoinOS is the operating system bringing programmability to UTXO blockchains. Their groundbreaking ZK technology enables trustless bridging between Litecoin and LitVM without requiring any changes to Litecoin's base protocol.

Role in LitVM:

  • Grail Bridge trustless bridging infrastructure

  • BitSNARK ZK verification protocol

  • Cross-chain interoperability (Bitcoin, Cardano, etc.)

  • zkLTC minting and redemption

Key Achievement: First to verify a ZK proof on Bitcoin mainnet (July 2024, block 853626)

Learn More: bitcoinos.build


Arbitrum (Offchain Labs)

Arbitrum provides the core rollup technology powering LitVM. The Arbitrum Orbit framework enables permissionless deployment of customizable chains with full EVM compatibility.

Role in LitVM:

  • Arbitrum Nitro execution layer

  • EVM equivalence and smart contract support

  • Interactive fraud proof mechanism

  • Advanced compression and batching

Ecosystem Stats:

  • Billions in TVL across Arbitrum chains

  • 40+ active Orbit chains

  • Battle-tested security model

Learn More: arbitrum.io


Caldera

Caldera is a leading infrastructure provider that specializes in deploying and managing Arbitrum Orbit chains. They provide the infrastructure backbone for LitVM's network operations.

Role in LitVM:

  • Chain deployment and management

  • RPC infrastructure

  • Network monitoring and reliability

  • DevOps and maintenance

Learn More: caldera.xyz


Succinct

Succinct develops SP1, a general-purpose zero-knowledge virtual machine that enables LitVM to generate validity proofs for all chain execution, creating a hybrid rollup architecture.

Role in LitVM:

  • SP1 zkVM integration

  • Validity proof generation

  • Fast finality (minutes vs. 7-day challenge period)

  • Cost-efficient proving ($0.01-0.02 per transaction)

Key Innovation: SP1 allows developers to write ZK programs in standard Rust code, making ZK accessible to all developers.

Learn More: succinct.xyz


Espresso Systems

Espresso provides the shared sequencer infrastructure that ensures LitVM's transaction ordering is decentralized and censorship-resistant.

Role in LitVM:

  • Shared sequencer mechanism

  • Decentralized block ordering

  • Cross-chain composability

  • Censorship resistance

Key Benefit: Distributes block proposals across a permissionless node network, preventing any single entity from controlling transaction ordering.

Learn More: espressosys.com


Incubation Partners

Lunar Digital Assets

Lunar Digital Assets is the venture studio incubating LitVM:

  • Full-stack blockchain venture studio

  • Marketing and community building

  • Strategic partnerships

  • Ecosystem development

Portfolio: Polygon, QuickSwap, etc.

Learn More: lunardigitalassets.io


Why These Partners?

1

Battle-Tested Technology

Every partner brings production-proven infrastructure and best-in-class achievements:

  • Arbitrum: Billions in TVL

  • BitcoinOS: First ZK proof on Bitcoin mainnet

  • Succinct: Powers major zkRollups

  • Espresso: Provides best-in-class sequencer decentralization

2

Aligned Values

Partners share LitVM's commitment to:

  • Decentralization

  • Trustless security

  • Open-source development

  • Community governance

3

Complementary Expertise

Each partner fills a critical role:

  • BitcoinOS : UTXO bridging

  • Arbitrum : EVM execution

  • Succinct : ZK proving

  • Espresso : Sequencing

  • Caldera : Infrastructure


Become a Partner

LitVM is actively seeking partners across:

  • Applications : Yield markets, DeFi, RWAs, AI-driven apps, etc.

  • Infrastructure : Oracles, indexers, RPCs

  • Wallets : Consumer and institutional

  • Enterprise : Payment processors, custodians

Contact: [email protected]


Partner Directory

Partner

Category

Role

Ecosystem

Endorsement & Community

Infrastructure

Trustless Bridging

Infrastructure

Rollup Technology

Infrastructure

EVM Infra Management

Infrastructure

ZK Proving

Infrastructure

Shared Sequencing

Incubator

Development Studio


Interested in partnering with LitVM? Reach out via Twitter or email [email protected]

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