sBTC is a 1:1 Bitcoin-backed asset that enables users to utilize their BTC within DeFi, decentralized applications, and other blockchain-based ecosystems. Designed to bring Bitcoin’s security and liquidity into programmable environments, sBTC expands Bitcoin’s utility beyond simple transactions.

Bitcoin Finality
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All Stacks transactions, including those that involve sBTC, benefit from 100% Bitcoin finality. This means transactions on Stacks, once confirmed, are as irreversible as Bitcoin’s.

Programmability
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Access a world of new use cases for Bitcoin thanks to Clarity, a full featured smart contract language optimized for security and predictability.

Censorship-resistance
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sBTC operations happen on the Bitcoin main chain, meaning that external actors cannot censor these operations.