4-of-5 FROST custody federation is live across 5 independent Cosmos validators. Public BTC deposits remain closed until the deposit address is published; 0.01 BTC phase-1 cap.
Phase 1 cap is intentionally small (0.01 BTC). Cap raises follow the decentralization roadmap, not volume.
Custody is a FROST threshold signature shared across independent Cosmos validators. Public BTC deposits stay closed until the federation deposit address is published.
If the relayer goes down, headers stop arriving and the bridge halts safely — no funds at risk; users can still burn against existing headers.