The new standard for trustless BTC cross-chain swaps. Users declare what they want, solvers compete to deliver the best price, and settlement is atomic.
Traditional bridges and AMMs give you a quote, then execute your swap minutes later after Bitcoin confirmations. During that window, market prices move. Studies show users routinely receive 0.3-2% less than quoted — on a $100,000 BTC swap, that's $300 to $2,000 lost. The quote you see is not the price you get.
With intents, you don't request a swap — you declare an intent: "I want to swap 1 BTC for at least $97,000 USDC." Specialized solvers then compete to fill your intent at the best possible price. The winning solver locks in the rate and bears the execution risk. You get a guaranteed minimum or better.
The user submits a signed intent specifying the asset, amount, minimum acceptable output, and destination chain. No swap is initiated yet.
→A network of solvers receives the intent and races to offer the best fill price. Competition between solvers drives prices toward the true market rate.
→The solver offering the most output above the user's minimum wins the right to fill the intent. The user's minimum guarantee is always preserved.
→The winning solver fills the intent atomically. The user's BTC is transferred and they receive their output tokens in a single trustless operation.
Multiple solvers bid for your order. This competitive dynamic consistently delivers execution prices closer to — and sometimes better than — the mid-market rate.
Solvers can source liquidity across multiple venues, DEXs, and even OTC markets. The result is dramatically lower slippage, especially for larger BTC amounts.
Your intent includes a minimum acceptable output. If no solver can meet it, the swap simply doesn't execute. You never receive less than your stated floor.
No custodial intermediary holds your BTC. Settlement uses cryptographic guarantees — HTLCs, light clients, or on-chain verification — ensuring neither party can cheat.
Intents abstract away the complexity of bridging. Users interact with a single interface while solvers handle the multi-chain coordination behind the scenes.
In traditional bridges, the user bears the risk of price movement during confirmation. With intents, the solver assumes execution risk, not the user.
The protocol that pioneered Bitcoin intents. BOB Gateway introduced intent-based BTC swaps with a competitive solver network, proving that users can get better execution prices when solvers compete for order flow. Built on the BOB hybrid L2.
PioneerIntent-based cross-chain swaps powered by the NEAR Protocol's solver network. Solvers compete to fill BTC swap intents with explicit minimum output guarantees. Leverages NEAR's account abstraction for seamless UX.
Atomic BTC swaps using HTLC-based settlement. Garden's solver marketplace matches BTC orders with competitive pricing. Settlement is fully atomic — no partial fills, no custodial risk.
Decentralized cross-chain AMM that supports native BTC swaps through its liquidity pools. Uses continuous liquidity pools and streaming swaps for large orders. Prices are determined by pool ratios rather than solver competition.
Cross-chain DEX with Just-In-Time (JIT) AMM liquidity for BTC swaps. Features native Bitcoin vault support and a validator-secured protocol. Uses automated market making rather than intent-based order filling.
Add intent-based BTC swaps to your application. BOB Gateway provides the SDK, solver network, and documentation to get started.
Start Integrating →Our Quote Accuracy Monitor tracks live settlement data across major BTC swap protocols. Compare quoted vs actual prices in real time.
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