KRNL Labs x Citrea

KRNL Labs and Citrea are delighted to announce a strategic partnership that brings unprecedented cross-chain composability to the Bitcoin ecosystem. 

By integrating the Citrea Network into KRNL's powerful middleware, kOS, developers can now seamlessly access and leverage Citrea's smart contract functionality from other EVM chains, Web2 services, and AI models. This integration unlocks a new era of possibilities for building sophisticated and interconnected decentralized Bitcoin applications (₿apps).

Why Now? Why KRNL?

Every day, Web3 grows increasingly fragmented, with Layer 1 and Layer 2 solutions operating in isolated silos. This fragmentation hinders the core principle of composability, making it difficult for dApps and smart contracts to interact across different ecosystems. Our infrastructure, kOS, addresses this challenge by providing a unified middleware layer that connects Web3, Web2, and AI, enriching smart contracts with real-time data before execution.

kOS achieves modular execution sharding by orchestrating computation across multiple optimized virtual machine environments directly from the RPC node (Geth). A key innovation is securing these computations cryptographically, without relying on traditional consensus or restaking. This will deliver greater efficiency, speed, and flexibility for Web3 applications.

How KRNL Benefits Citrea Users and Developers

Citrea, as the first ZK-rollup on Bitcoin, brings scalability and programmability to the Bitcoin network. By partnering with KRNL, Citrea developers can now extend the functionality of their dApps beyond the Bitcoin ecosystem, tapping into the vast resources and innovation of the broader Web3 landscape. This creates a “best of both worlds” situation.

Leveraging KRNL’s infrastructure, Citrea devs can access smart contract functionality across other EVM chains (+ non-EVM, according to their roadmap plans), as well as discrete Web2 and AI functionality. These functions can be called in a verifiable and transparent way:

• Cross-chain & Web2 calls from your Citrea contract: Application builders can execute kernels across several execution environments in a seamless and verifiable manner. Imagine accessing Ethereum liquidity, an AI inference, or a compliance KYT check all in the same native transaction.

• Faster time to market: Developers can simply import ready-made “kernels” like packages, allowing them to ship in days, not months.

• Reducing fragmentation: Addressing the isolated silos created by the proliferation of Layer 1 and Layer 2 solutions.

• Enabling pre-tx execution logic: KRNL's orchestration operates from the RPC node before the transaction is broadcasted to the mempool, enabling pre-transaction execution logic to inform smart contract actions.

Developers no longer need to reinvent the wheel or fork existing codebases and can instead leverage tried, tested, and audited smart contracts or infrastructure from more mature ecosystems.

What This Means for Builders?

For developers building on Citrea, this partnership unlocks a new level of composability and functionality. You can now:

• Seamlessly access and integrate smart contract logic from other EVM chains, Web2 services, and AI models into your Citrea ₿apps.

• Reduce development time and costs by leveraging pre-built and audited "kernels."

• Create more sophisticated and interconnected ₿apps that leverage the best of the entire Web3 ecosystem.

Join Us in Shaping the Future of ₿apps

Together with Citrea, KRNL Labs is empowering developers to build the next generation of Bitcoin ₿apps, unlocking new possibilities for decentralized finance, gaming, and beyond. We invite you to explore the possibilities of this partnership and join us in enhancing the utility of Bitcoin.

Stay tuned for more updates and announcements as we continue to push the boundaries of cross-chain composability!

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About Citrea

Citrea is the only zero-knowledge rollup that increases BTC’s utility and activates Bitcoin blockspace for a new decentralized financial ecosystem. Citrea’s vision is to build scalable infrastructure that advances Bitcoin into its next phase: the foundation for the world’s finance.

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About KRNL Labs

KRNL Labs is pioneering the only cryptographically secure orchestration layer, built around "kernels" - modular, reusable building blocks of on-chain and off-chain functions designed to enhance dApps by fostering a truly interoperable multi-chain ecosystem.

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