The internet promised direct peer-to-peer connection. Today, most digital interactions happen through intermediaries.
This shift to platform dependency has consequences. Digital content can disappear overnight, information can be altered retroactively. Access can be revoked. Participants banned. While platforms might have legitimate reasons for these interventions, what we create and share exists at the discretion of others.
There remains a need for spaces where direct, immutable communication and asset transfer can occur without permission; where participants maintain full control over their digital presence and property. This means individuals accessing financial services without gatekeepers, artists selling digital works straight to collectors without fear of counterfeiting, and homeowners selling their property without needing agents or notaries.
Largely unnoticed by the public, Bitcoin's base layer (L1) has already become fully programmable. This fundamental evolution means it can do all the above. Bitcoin can now host any asset, smart contract or application while providing transparency, immutability, and P2P execution. No bridges, no separate chains needed. With 64% of all crypto value already accruing to Bitcoin, this quiet revolution challenges the very reason many alternative blockchains and L2 solutions were created in the first place: Bitcoin can now do what they were built to do, but with the unmatched security and neutrality of the OG chain.
Blockbuilder Labs is one of the first to capitalize on this, trailblazing infrastructure and user facing apps for those who don't bridge their assets off Bitcoin. We are starting with building an essential token dashboard like Coingecko, a block explorer with the look and feel of Etherscan, and a digital gallery akin to the Museum of Modern Art – all of this for Bitcoin's native programmable layer. More to come...
What We're Building
- tapalytics – Bitcoin native token explorer and portfolio tracker (→ explore)
- tapAPI – Fastest access to programmable assets on Bitcoin (→ explore)
- tapBTC – Wrapped BTC for access to Bitcoin DeFi