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TomWeb33 Avatar Tom 😾 @TomWeb33 on x 56.8K followers Created: 2025-07-26 09:35:38 UTC

Sometimes I wonder how we got stuck relying on wrapped tokens and bridges in Bitcoin DeFi.

It feels like we forgot Bitcoin’s original promise: trustless, secure, and sovereign money.

But projects like @PortaltoBitcoin remind me there’s a different path.

Their BitScaler tech builds on Lightning channels and multi-party signing to enable truly custody-less, cross-chain atomic swaps—no bridges, no middlemen.

That means you don’t have to trust some random third party holding your tokens or rely on slow, expensive chains to move value.

What I like most is the signing delegation model: you keep control of your keys but can let others handle the heavy lifting on contracts.

It’s like having your cake and eating it too, security and usability without compromise.

This is the kind of infrastructure that could finally unlock real composable Bitcoin DeFi, where you can trade, lend, and stake without constantly worrying if your wrapped tokens will hold their value or if a bridge will get hacked.

Honestly, seeing how @PortaltoBitcoin’s testnet has processed millions of swaps shows this isn’t just theory. It’s close to launching, and it might just change how we think about Bitcoin in DeFi altogether.

For anyone who’s tired of empty hype around meme coins and half-baked cross-chain ideas, watching this space might be the smartest move you make in 2025.

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