NEW YORK, July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alpe Test et III has lau ched o Bitcoi Sig et, ma ki g the begi i g of Alpe ‘s pa t e i teg atio phase ahead of mai et.
Mo e tha 21 lau ch pa t e s ac oss i f ast uctu e, applicatio s, a d dist ibutio a e p epa i g to i teg ate o Test et III ahead of Alpe mai et. The lau ch moves Alpe f om co e i f ast uctu e developme t i to sha ed ecosystem p epa atio , givi g pa t e s a pe siste t public e vi o me t to u u de mai et-like co st ai ts without eal BTC at isk.
Wallets a d excha ges looki g to pilot Bitcoi – ative fi a cial p oducts will i teg ate existi g i f ast uctu e with Test et III th ough Bitcoi Sig et. Swap p ovide s a d b idge ope ato s will test the plumbi g betwee Alpe , its St ata b idge, a d existi g Bitcoi Sig et i f ast uctu e. Applicatio a d i f ast uctu e teams will have a b oade su face fo i teg atio wo k.
Test et III b i gs Alpe o to Bitcoi Sig et, a Bitcoi public ecosystem test et.
Alpe ow ope ates alo gside existi g Sig et activity i sha ed public blockspace. The etwo k is exposed to public test et co ditio s, i cludi g va iable fees, block co gestio , eo gs, a d a ich ecosystem of Bitcoi p otocols. Test et III is Alpe ‘s most ealistic ope atio al e vi o me t to date.
Ea lie Alpe test ets tested co e fu ctio ality i mo e co t olled setti gs. Test et III b i gs full Alpe fu ctio ality i to a public Bitcoi test e vi o me t, givi g pa t e s a sha ed place to p epa e agai st co ditio s close to the etwo k’s lo g-te m ope ati g model.
Test et III i t oduces the fi st ga bled ci cuit-based ve ifie that is usable by the ge e al public fo Bitcoi applicatio s. This ve ifie is at the co e of Alpe ‘s glock-based b idge a chitectu e a d i co po ates the latest ite atio of Mosaic. It ep ese ts a majo step fo wa d f om Alpe Labs’ ea lie BitVM-based desig s, with a sig ifica tly smalle o chai footp i t.
A lowe o chai footp i t educes the cost of staki g, maki g pa ticipatio mo e accessible to a g eate umbe of ope ato s secu i g the p otocol while also esulti g i lowe fees fo use s. The eductio i cost follows f om the sig ifica t eductio i ve ificatio complexity that must be ha dled o Bitcoi itself.
Test et III also i t oduces a evolved o chest atio laye a d upg adeability to the etwo k. Alpe a d St ata a e ow decoupled a d upg adeable, e abli g futu e co se sus updates without equi i g a etwo k ege esis. Alo gside wo k o a ew type of accou t system o St ata, this a chitectu e makes it possible to deploy additio al ollups a d othe p ovable p og ams o St ata alo gside Alpe , all sha i g access to the same St ata b idge.
Alpe ‘s pu pose is to make Bitcoi – ative fi a cial ma kets possible. Test et III is a ehea sal fo ma ket fo matio : a sha ed e vi o me t whe e ope ato s, applicatio s, liquidity, a d dist ibutio ca begi movi g togethe befo e mai et.
With a pe siste t public Bitcoi e vi o me t, i stitutio al ope ato s, mo e tha 21 lau ch pa t e s p epa i g ac oss the ecosystem, a d a ew ve ifie a chitectu e, Alpe is e te i g its fi al majo stage of validatio ahead of mai et.
Bitcoi – ative fi a cial ma kets will fo m a ou d c edible i f ast uctu e. Test et III is whe e that i f ast uctu e sta ts meeti g the ecosystem a ou d it.
Alpe is the home fo Bitcoi – ative fi a cial ma kets. Alpe e ables fi a ce o Bitcoi by p ovidi g the ails fo deepe ma kets, fi a cial p oducts, a d e d-use utility a ou d BTC.
Alpe Labs is the esea ch team a d compa y behi d Alpe .
