Lavender.Five joins the group of node operators securing Mezo, the onchain Bitcoin Bank. As a dedicated provider of secure infrastructure and pragmatic software solutions, Lavender.Five brings its technical expertise from running validators on 60+ mainnet blockchains to support Mezo's Bitcoin-first financial rails—enabling BTC holders to borrow stablecoins and access liquidity without selling their Bitcoin, all while maintaining the security architecture we've refined over 3+ years of operations.
Powering Bitcoin Banking on Mezo
"As an experienced blockchain operator, we're thrilled to contribute our infrastructure resources and tooling to the Mezo validator set and ecosystem. Mezo's approach of letting users post BTC as collateral while preserving core security principles—borrowing at fixed, transparent rates with full sovereignty—aligns perfectly with our vision for Bitcoin-native DeFi. We're excited to support this transformation of Bitcoin into productive capital while maintaining the decentralization and security
What Mezo enables
Mezo gives Bitcoiners practical, everyday finance: post BTC as collateral and borrow MUSD, a 100% Bitcoin-backed stablecoin, at fixed, transparent rates (with high LTV options). This turns long-term BTC holdings into productive capital for payments, bills, treasury, and onchain opportunities, while keeping upside in Bitcoin and full onchain visibility of positions and collateral.
Lavender.Five's role as a Mezo validator
By helping secure the network, Lavender.Five supports the reliability of Mezo's core features, including:
- Bitcoin-backed stablecoin & fixed-rate borrowing (BTC in, MUSD out, no sale required)
- Onchain transparency and user ownership across collateral, health, and repayments
- Bitcoin-first product rails for spend, treasury, and capital efficiency
What will Lavender.Five offer Mezo and its users:
Secure Block Production and Validation
Leveraging our experience across multiple blockchains, we ensure industry-leading uptime and continually advance the security boundary for the networks we support. With 24/7 redundant monitoring, end-end encrypted communication, hardware key storage, and geographically redundant dedicated bare metal servers we ensure security for all the Yield-generating BTC that enters Mezo.
Infrastructure and Tooling for the Mezo Ecosystem
Lavender.Five provides public API nodes (RPC, gRPC, and REST) to assist developers in connecting their dApps, explorers, and tools to the Mezo blockchain. Additionally, we maintain a set of tooling and services specifically for validators so that setting up a node and maintaining it becomes just as secure for everyone else.
Bitcoin Node Operation for tBTC Bridge
Lavender.Five commits to hosting our own Bitcoin full-node to operate the Thesis tBTC bridge, further strengthening the connection between Bitcoin and the Mezo layer 2 solution.
Open Source Development and Consulting
With over 25 years of experience in software development and 3 years in the blockchain industry, Lavender.Five brings valuable expertise to help Mezo with security, strategy, documentation, and other core network necessities.
Participate in Mezo's growth
Join the early community building the future of BitcoinFi. As you use Mezo by depositing BTC, borrowing MUSD, repaying your loan, and sharing feedback, you'll earn usage-based incentives and get access to early features as they roll out. Be among the first to pressure-test onchain Bitcoin banking and help define what "BTC in, liquidity out" should feel like.
Early access & experiments: try new borrow tools, position-health controls, and partner ramps before wider release.
Usage-based rewards: earn program incentives for real onchain activity
Community perks: validator-led quests, AMAs, and co-branded campaigns with Lavender.Five.
About Lavender.Five
Lavender.Five Nodes is a company dedicated to bringing secure infrastructure and pragmatic software solutions to over 60 proof-of-stake blockchains. With 4+ years in the industry we guarantee safety for the funds of over 100,000 delegators, making us one of the most trusted Proof of Stake validators.
To learn more about Lavender.Five, follow us on Twitter, join our Discord, and check out our Github.
About the Mezo Network
Mezo is the onchain Bitcoin Bank, the default home for Bitcoiners' financial services. It is a platform that lets people live off their Bitcoin without selling it, bridging the gap between saving and spending. With Mezo, it's easy to pay bills, make purchases, and put Bitcoin to work as productive capital.
At the heart of Mezo is MUSD, a 100% Bitcoin-backed stablecoin usable onchain and in the real world. Users can borrow MUSD against their Bitcoin collateral at rates starting as low as 1%, unlocking up to 90% of their BTC's value at a competitive cost. Learn how to unlock liquidity while keeping upside with Mezo Borrow.
To learn more about the Mezo Network, visit their website, follow on Twitter, join the Discord, and explore the documentation.
