# 2025.2.24 - 2025.3.2 **2025.3.2** BOB @build\_on\_bob launched the BitVM Bridge on the public testnet and co-founded the BitVM Accelerator with ZeroSync, Babylon, and other organizations. **2025.3.1** Bitlayer @BitlayerLabs has formed a strategic partnership with Base, Starknet, Arbitrum, Sonic, and Plume Network to jointly drive the first real-world application of BitVM. **2025.2.28** BitVM official project update: Fq12 optimization has been merged into the main branch, with an expected optimization of Chunk count to around 400. **2025.2.26** Bitlayer has officially donated the ETH-Denver-2025-DEMO to the BitVM community (). This demo showcases the latest research and development achievements of the BitVM project and presents the first real-world use case: the complete BitVM Bridge protocol process. * Demo link: **2025.2.25** Bitlayer has donated the BitVMNet testnet to the BitVM community. This testnet is built on Signet and has non-standard transaction inclusion enabled by default. It is designed to facilitate end-to-end testing for BitVM, accelerating the deployment and refinement of the testnet. * BitVMNet link: