what's Chainway Labs?

Chainway Labs is a blockchain infrastructure company specializing in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Zero Knowledge (ZK) technologies. They are the builders of Citrea, recognized as Bitcoin's first ZK rollup, enabling full EVM compatibility secured by Bitcoin's security model. Citrea leverages ZK proofs to scale Bitcoin by processing transactions off-chain and settling them on Bitcoin, allowing Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) smart contracts to run natively on Bitcoin without compromising decentralization or security. This infrastructure supports advanced applications like DeFi and privacy tools directly on Bitcoin.