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BITCOIN PROGRAMMABILITY

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Our Thesis

Until Bitcoin undergoes a soft fork like OP_CAT, we can't expect meaningful breakthroughs in direct programmability on Bitcoin.

Yes, there have been multiple attempts using existing opcodes or clever scripting tricks, but none so far have added enough expressivity. The excitement around BTCFi that surged post-Ordinals, SegWit, and Taproot upgrades has mostly settled in.

Until Bitcoin undergoes a soft fork like OP_CAT, we can't expect meaningful breakthroughs in direct programmability on Bitcoin.

How then, do you achieve meaningful programmability on Bitcoin without a soft fork?

Through research and multiple iterations, we discovered that the following are the critical pillars to unlock Bitcoin-native programmability –

BTC Custody on Bitcoin: Programmability must anchor custody to Bitcoin itself, not rely on external custodians or synthetic wrappers. Trust must stay minimized.
Native UTXO Contracts: It must natively interface with Bitcoin's UTXO set—allowing smart contracts and dApps to trustlessly verify Bitcoin transactions, states, and changes without bridges or hacks.
Developer Ecosystem: Developers must be able to reuse familiar frameworks and tooling—not be forced into learning new, untested languages or systems. Strong ecosystem lowers the barrier for adoption.
Seamless UX for BTC Holders: BTC users must experience dApps with minimal friction, ideally just using their existing self-custody Bitcoin wallets without managing multiple chains, tokens, or wrapped assets and not worrying about high fee or block limitations.

BTC Custody on Bitcoin: Programmability must anchor custody to Bitcoin itself, not rely on external custodians or synthetic wrappers. Trust must stay minimized.
Native UTXO Contracts: It must natively interface with Bitcoin's UTXO set—allowing smart contracts and dApps to trustlessly verify Bitcoin transactions, states, and changes without bridges or hacks.
Developer Ecosystem: Developers must be able to reuse familiar frameworks and tooling—not be forced into learning new, untested languages or systems. Strong ecosystem lowers the barrier for adoption.
Seamless UX for BTC Holders: BTC users must experience dApps with minimal friction, ideally just using their existing self-custody Bitcoin wallets without managing multiple chains, tokens, or wrapped assets and not worrying about high fee or block limitations.

So, we compared all the existing solutions with our four critical pillars –

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Criteria

Stacks, ICP, etc.

wBTC, cbBTC, tBTC, etc.

Bitcoin L2s

BTC Custodial Security

🔴 External security models

🔴 Centralized custody or federated models

🔴 Some rely on federation, few weak trust-minimized options

Native UTXO Contracts

🟢 Limited but better

🔴 None - dependent on L2s

🟡 Some interaction (via SPV proofs, relays, bridges)

Developer Ecosystem

🔴 New languages, new frameworks

🟢 EVM-compatible

🟡 Mixed, some EVM-compatible

User Experience

🔴 Requires new wallets, bridging

🔴 Requires EVM wallet, gas tokens, etc.

Enter Surge

Imagine stripping away the custodial risk while keeping EVM-compatible & Bitcoin-aware contracts to tap into BTC's liquidity. That's what we're building at Surge, all with a slick Web2-like experience where users connect their self-custody BTC wallets and interact with DeFi Apps.

For builders and institutions, it's a game-changer: they can tap into Bitcoin's liquidity, ditch regulatory and custody hassles, cut out the intermediaries with smart contracts, and focus on delivering true DeFi services.

So, how does it work?

Criteria

Surge

BTC Custodial Security

🟢 dVaults - Decentralized Vaults

These Vaults are on Bitcoin, managed by distributed permissonless, BTC secured staked validator network

Native UTXO Contracts

🟢 Bitcoin Programming Interface

It makes EVM-compatible smart contracts Bitcoin aware, allow them to interact with UTXOs, and more in real-time

Developer Ecosystem

🟢 EVM-Compatible Contracts

Devs Deploy with the tools they are already know—no new languages, no steep learning curve

User Experience

🟢 Bitcoin-Native UX (Abstraction)

Users connect their self-custody BTC wallet and interact with dApps, and that's it. No bridges. No new Wallet, No wrapping, No waiting , and all the hassle.

Can’t believe! Reach out to us, we will take you through the first Bitcoin-native dApp getting built on Surge.

We're building Bitcoin's own application layer, from first principles.

Have a killer dApp use-case?

We promise to give you (institutions & developers) a secure, programmable foundational layer to natively build on Bitcoin, so you can solely focus on delivering the best user experience

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