Side Protocol
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We’ve been heads-down building over the past month, and now, together with our leading validators, we’re excited to unveil the public testnet for the upcoming Mainnet Beta upgrade. This release replicates all core features of the upgrade, including our flagship product: a…
This Week’s Engineering Update We’re excited to share that we’ve partnered with @BlockSecTeam once again and are now undergoing our second audit for the native BTC lending product. The code is expected to be frozen later this month. Here’s what to expect in the coming weeks: -…
Dear Testnet Participants, We have a testnet upgrade coming in the next few days, don’t forget to repay your loan and reclaim your test BTC! This upgrade will: • Enable support for more Bitcoin wallets beyond Side Wallet • Add more pooled tokens, including ETH and sBTC •…
Recently joined a secret founder camp, been quiet on CT, but fully heads-down on product. Excited to finally launch the public testnet for native Bitcoin lending. Still lots to improve, but we’re on it. Access: testnet.side.one Check the official post from @SideProtocol…
We’ve been heads-down building over the past month, and now, together with our leading validators, we’re excited to unveil the public testnet for the upcoming Mainnet Beta upgrade. This release replicates all core features of the upgrade, including our flagship product: a…
Side Wallet v1.1.0 is now live. For existing users, go to the top-right corner of Chrome, click “Manage Extensions”, then press the “Update” button to refresh your wallet. To try the lending feature, simply switch to Testnet within the wallet.
Recently joined a secret founder camp, been quiet on CT, but fully heads-down on product. Excited to finally launch the public testnet for native Bitcoin lending. Still lots to improve, but we’re on it. Access: testnet.side.one Check the official post from @SideProtocol…
🧵 Mainnet Beta Upgrade: Side Lending — Native BTC-backed Loans 1/ In the last two posts, we covered Side Bitcoin. Now we’re introducing Side Lending—the first money market that enables borrowing against native BTC in a fully non-custodial way. Blog: medium.com/@SideProtocol/…
4/ What can this further unlock? By embedding IBC metadata into the OP_RETURN of a BTC transaction and leveraging IBC Hooks, Routing enables powerful cross-chain workflows — most notably: • Native BTC ↔ Interchain asset swaps Through cross-chain swap aggregators like…
🧵 Mainnet Beta Upgrade: What’s New in sBTC? (Part 2 — Routing) 1/ Last time, we covered Key Refresh. Now comes Routing — a major upgrade that turns sBTC into a fully interoperable and composable asset, enabling native BTC swaps across the interchain. Blog:…
🧵 Mainnet Beta Upgrade: What’s New in sBTC? (Part 1 — Key Refresh) 1/ Mainnet Beta is coming — and with it, major upgrades to two core systems: • sBTC, our FROST-based Bitcoin bridge • Side’s DLC-powered native BTC lending protocol This thread covers sBTC: Part 1 - Key…