What is Spark in simple terms?

Spark is a network built on top of Bitcoin that adds features Bitcoin doesn't natively have — like trading pools, stablecoins, and smart contracts. Think of it as adding a second floor to Bitcoin's building where DeFi applications can run.

Spark derives its security from Bitcoin's base layer, the most secure blockchain. Layer-2 risks include smart contract bugs and network-specific issues.

How is Spark different from Lightning?

Lightning is a payment network. Spark is a DeFi platform. Lightning can't run AMMs or issue stablecoins. Spark can do everything Lightning does plus DeFi functionality.

Can beginners use Spark?

Yes, through applications like Flashnet. You don't need to understand Spark's technical details to trade or use USDB.

What can I do on Spark?

Trade Bitcoin and stablecoins, provide liquidity and earn fees, hold yield-bearing USDB stablecoin, use smart contracts, and participate in Bitcoin's growing DeFi ecosystem.

What Is Spark? Bitcoin's L2 for DeFi

Spark is a Bitcoin layer-2 network that brings DeFi capabilities to Bitcoin — smart contracts, AMMs, stablecoins, and programmable transactions, all settled on Bitcoin's base layer for security.

Flashnet Team|February 11, 2026

What Is Spark?

Spark is a layer-2 protocol built specifically to extend Bitcoin with decentralized finance capabilities. While Lightning Network optimized for payments, Spark optimizes for trading, lending, stablecoins, and complex financial instruments.

Spark inherits Bitcoin's security by settling state transitions back to Bitcoin's base layer. This means Spark transactions are ultimately backed by Bitcoin's proof-of-work consensus — the most secure blockchain network in the world.

Flashnet helped design key aspects of Spark's architecture, particularly the features needed for high-performance trading: fast finality, low-cost transactions, and support for complex order matching.

How Spark Works

Spark uses a stateful execution model that enables smart contracts while settling to Bitcoin for security. Transactions execute on Spark's layer-2 with near-instant finality and minimal fees, then batch-settle to Bitcoin's base layer.

Key capabilities include: programmable transactions (smart contracts), native asset issuance (like USDB stablecoin), AMM and order book protocols, and fast finality for trading use cases.

Spark and Flashnet

Flashnet is the flagship trading platform built on Spark. It leverages Spark's capabilities for non-custodial AMM and order book trading, USDB stablecoin operations, and liquidity provision.

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