Welcome to Arch

Who are we? We are true believers in Bitcoin as the pioneer in blockchain technology, with unparalleled security, liquidity, and trust.

Bitcoin’s popularity and strong brand quality/recognition has made it the premier blockchain with a $1.3T+ market cap, representing more than half of all crypto holdings worldwide.

However, it has historically been limited in its ability to support smart contracts and decentralized applications, limiting its functionalities and use cases.

That no longer has to be the case.

Since the introduction of the Taproot upgrade, Ordinals, and other novel technological advances, the Bitcoin community has seen a massive resurgence of interest in developers building native applications on Bitcoin — just look at the more than 80 Bitcoin Layer 2s that have gone into development hoping to attract those dApp developers and their users.

We share their enthusiasm for the next wave of Bitcoin innovation.

However, we believe in enabling Bitcoin programmability in a different way, one that doesn’t sacrifice liquidity or compromise security in the process.

The Arch Network is a Bitcoin-native application platform that unlocks smart contract functionality directly on the Bitcoin base layer — no bridges or L2s required!

This novel architecture makes it possible for novel dApps (including DeFi, DAOs, and other use cases) that benefit from the foundational security and liquidity of the world’s largest and most valuable blockchain WITHOUT taking on any additional centralization or bridging risk.

We do this through a unique multisig framework that enables programmability on our ZK-powered Arch VM and the Arch Decentralized Verifier Network.

Want to learn more of the technical details?

Read our Whitepaper here (link coming soon).

Read our Developer docs here (link coming soon).

Key supporters + the core team

We started building in 2023, and raised $7M in a round led by Multicoin Capital and joined by Portal Ventures, OKX Ventures, Big Brain Holdings, CMS Holdings, and Tangent in May of 2024.

Since then, we have onboarded 20 top-tier validators in our inaugural validator set, featuring premier names in the blockchain security space, including Proof Group, Juicystake, Validation Cloud, Superfast, and many others.

In addition, dozens of projects are already building dApps on Arch, from notable Bitcoin borrowing and lending platforms like Liquidium to Ordinals NFT marketplaces like Magic Eden.

Matt Mudano, Co-Founder and CEO (LinkedIn, Twitter)

Matt has decade-plus-long exposure to Bitcoin, having started mining Bitcoin from his college dorm room in 2011 and buying and selling coins in the BitInstant days. He is a serial entrepreneur who’s efforts have resulted in multiple exits in consumer product and technology start-ups. Matt has a B.S. degree in Biochemistry from Florida State University and has been working full-time in the cryptocurrency and Web3 worlds for over four years.

Amine ElQaraoui, Co-Founder and CTO (LinkedIn, Twitter)

Amine, an alumnus of ENSIAS with a specialized engineering degree in artificial intelligence, has applied his extensive technical knowledge to the cryptocurrency and Web3 sectors. His technological journey began at 13, leading him to a deep interest in Bitcoin and distributed systems. With over a decade of programming experience, Amine has also contributed to the banking industry, managing data infrastructure for Moroccan banks. His fascination with the ICO boom and smart contracts steered him towards dedicating himself to building cryptocurrency technologies.

How you can join the future of Bitcoin programmability

Rather than relying on bridges and L2s that introduce security and centralization risk, Arch is built with the belief that developers will unlock far greater adoption and value by meeting Bitcoin users exactly where they are at: directly on the Bitcoin base layer.

Our vision is to transform Bitcoin into a vibrant, programmable blockchain, capable of supporting a wide range of applications and protocols. We aim to unlock new opportunities for innovation, investment, and development within the Bitcoin ecosystem, making it a competitive platform for blockchain developers and users.

You can start helping build this future with Arch in a number of ways …

• Join our Discord and follow us @ArchNtwrk on X.com
• Apply for our multi-phased Incentivized Testnet