Native is a non-custodial BTCFi protocol that brings Bitcoin yield and programmability to the Sui network through trust-minimized infrastructure. Native's Twitter Score is 16 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #59,153 among 482,619 tracked accounts.
Native was co-founded by Siva Sagiraju and Robert Zaremba to make Bitcoin a productive DeFi asset without relying on conventional bridges. The project pivoted from a broader Bitcoin interoperability-layer approach to building its BTCFi system specifically on Sui as the base chain. At the core of the protocol is nBTC, a non-custodial, trust-minimized Bitcoin representation backed 1:1 by BTC held through decentralized dWallets, which Sui's official BTCFi directory describes as unlocking Bitcoin for DeFi without conventional bridge dependencies.
Native launched its Alpha Testnet on April 7, with components covering Bitcoin transaction proving, the nBTC coin, a Bitcoin coordinator, and a Bitcoin light-client relayer. A second testnet iteration supported minting nBTC on Sui directly from a custom Bitcoin devnet using SPV proofs, with no token rewards or airdrops attached. The protocol's BLISS stack combines a trust-minimized bridge, batched settlement, unified state commitments, Bitcoin staking-based security, and L2 state verification into a single architecture. The BYield interface aggregates Bitcoin yield opportunities available on Sui for users seeking returns on their holdings.
Native is affiliated with Ika, Union, TOKI Finance, Bitfinity Network, and B² Network. The account has published 4,034 posts and has been mentioned by 33 accounts, with 62 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Native include 73 founders, 15 angel investors, 43 influencers and 4 VCs, among them Andy, Peter McCormack, Sui, zac.eth, Bruno Faviero and Ashen.