

Core uses a consensus mechanism called Satoshi Plus, which incorporates delegated Bitcoin hashrate alongside delegated proof-of-stake, meaning Bitcoin miners can point a portion of their hashrate toward Core to participate in block production without forking or modifying Bitcoin itself.
Bitcoin miners delegate hashrate to Core as an opt-in secondary revenue stream, extending cryptographic security to Core’s consensus without Core needing its own PoW infrastructure; this creates an asymmetric relationship where Core inherits partial security while miners earn additional yield on otherwise sunk capital.
Staking requirements for validator participation, gas fee denomination, governance rights, and increasingly, yield mechanics tied to Bitcoin staking where BTC holders lock BTC and earn CORE emissions — creating a reflexive demand loop between BTC inflows and CORE utility.
BTC price correlation is the dominant driver, layered with TVL growth, Bitcoin staking inflow volumes, validator economics, and the broader narrative around Bitcoin-native DeFi gaining legitimacy as an alternative to Ethereum-based infrastructure.
Core runs an EVM-compatible execution environment, enabling Solidity-based DeFi protocols to deploy while using BTC as the primary collateral asset; its Bitcoin staking primitive allows BTC holders to earn yield natively, positioning Core as infrastructure for a Bitcoin-collateralized DeFi stack rather than a generic alt-L1.