The future of BTCFi starts here, securely and seamlessly.

We’re thrilled to announce the Testnet deployment of our core infrastructure — the foundational layer that will power the next era of BTCFi on Sui.

Get ready: the first public-facing release is coming very soon in stage3 of Testnet, and it’s going to change the way Bitcoin moves, earns, and grows across ecosystems. Stay tuned.

The Journey So Far

Since mid 2024, Native has been meticulously focused on one mission: To unlock Bitcoin liquidity for DeFi in the most secure and simplest way possible, making BTC more capital-efficient.

But initially, we aimed to unify the fragmented Bitcoin ecosystem by building an interoperability layer to pool liquidity. However, Bitcoin “L2s” never gained traction, due to:

• Problems with settlement (BitVM2 - an optimistic, inefficient trust minimized Bitcoin construction for L2s)
• High costs and very long challenge periods
• Many “L2s” are sidechains that don’t inherit Bitcoin’s full security, relying instead on less decentralized mechanisms, which erodes trust.
• Usability Hurdles: The Lightning Network, a flagship L2, struggles with complex channel management, liquidity issues and network challenges.
• Scattered developer and ecosystem support
• Arguably worse tech than majority of L1/L2 Ecosystems
• And more

The Pivot: Same Mission, New Rails

Instead of waiting for Bitcoin L2s to catch up, and after analyzing the existing blockchains, tech, user and liquidity growth, we made a decisive move:

‍To use Sui as a base chain to grow BTCFi

This pivot gave us a powerful trifecta:

1. Sui’s blazing fast, object-centric execution environment
2. Ika’s non-collusive MPC network for secure custody
3. Native’s advanced Bitcoin interoperability

Leveraging Zero Trust Architecture, we enable non-custodial, trust-minimized nBTC for DeFi (More about nBTC: nBTC Overview). We are establishing the first ever decentralized, non-custodial BTCFi system! Explore: BTCFi on Sui powered by Native.

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Why Native is a BTCFi Disruptor

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What’s Happening Now: Bitcoin Yield Hub

BYield, powered by Native Architecture, is the go-to Bitcoin Yield Hub – a powerful dashboard to easily discover and access the top Bitcoin yield opportunities directly on Sui, without the need for bridging or wrapping. It’s the easiest way to put your Bitcoin to work.

We are rolling out the Stage 1 of our Alpha Testnet, starting today (April 7th):

Stage 1: Core Protocols & nBTC Minting (First week of April)

This stage features the “backend”. Sui packages (smart contracts) are permissionless and anyone can use them. We will be shipping documentation soon, explaining how to run relayer and contribute. The User Interface will come in Stage 3.

• Bitcoin mainnet and testnet proved and verified on Sui
• Bitcoin transaction proving and verification module
• nBTC Coin
• Bitcoin Coordinator
• Faucet-ready nBTC is available to bootstrap partner integrations
• Bitcoin Light Client Relayer

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If you’re a partner or building on Sui and want to integrate, reach out at contact@gonative.cc.

‍But we aren’t done, during April, we will be shipping huge upgrades to our Alpha testnet, which include:

Stage 2: Bitcoin Relayers (Mid April)

• Indexer automatically handling and proving users nBTC mint transactions

Stage 3: UI + Minting Portal (Mid April)

• BYield dashboard
• nBTC submit and mint UI
• Faucet UI

Stage 4: BYield Preview (End of April)

• Integrating first nBTC partners
• Wallet integrations

What’s Next

As we progress toward Mainnet, our objectives include:

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1. Enabling billions in underutilized BTC to easily deposit into yield opportunities on sui
2. Unlocking composability across Bitcoin and Sui ecosystems
3. Expanding BYield integrations with DeFi and Social Apps

Check out our high level roadmap:
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Join Us

Builders, devs, and DeFi pioneers: It’s time to build with Bitcoin again.
Native is putting BTC back in the conversation, not just as digital gold, but as a yield-bearing, composable, and capital-efficient asset.

Ready for early access?
Contact: contact@gonative.cc

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