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About Garden

Garden is a protocol dashboard for managing DeFi strategies, vaults, and governance for tokenized investment funds.

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Garden is a next-generation Bitcoin bridge protocol designed to redefine how users interact with cross-chain DeFi. Built on a foundation of intents-based architecture and atomic swaps, Garden allows users to bridge Bitcoin across multiple chains in just seconds—without the need for custodians or liquidity pools.

With over $1.6 billion in swap volume and an average bridging time of just 30 seconds, Garden has quickly become a leading player in the cross-chain interoperability space. The platform not only streamlines the bridging process but also unlocks new economic opportunities for traders, developers, stakers, and liquidity providers.

Garden was created to solve the critical inefficiencies of traditional bridge systems—long wait times, custodial risk, and fragmented liquidity. Most bridges rely on wrapped tokens or multisig-managed assets, introducing centralization and attack vectors. In contrast, Garden uses Hash Time Locked Contracts (HTLCs) and a decentralized network of solvers to facilitate atomic swaps directly between blockchains, ensuring either the swap happens or it doesn't—no funds are ever at risk.

The platform is designed for several user groups. Traders benefit from zero-slippage swaps and gasless transactions. Developers can integrate Garden via its SDK to offer seamless cross-chain swaps inside their dApps. Meanwhile, stakers can earn Bitcoin rewards by voting for high-performing solvers using their SEED tokens. Solvers, acting as the engine of the protocol, are market makers competing to fulfill user intents efficiently.

Garden's architecture is driven by intents—a paradigm shift in how users interact with smart contracts. Rather than executing a specific transaction, users define a goal (e.g., "swap 1 BTC to ETH") and the protocol finds the optimal way to achieve it. This is further enhanced through the use of Cross-chain Coincidence of Wants (xCoW), which matches users with complementary trade intents across different chains to minimize reliance on external liquidity.

Garden is interoperable with major chains and protocols, including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Solana, Base, Starknet, and more. It is supported by a growing ecosystem of DeFi partners such as deBridge, Citrea, and Berachain. In comparison, solutions like Across Protocol, Wormhole, and LayerZero offer cross-chain messaging, but Garden’s hybrid of intent-based logic and trustless atomic swaps provides faster execution and higher security.

Garden delivers a host of benefits and features that reimagine the cross-chain experience:

Fastest Bitcoin Bridge: Average bridging time to Bitcoin is just 30 seconds—eliminating long confirmation delays.
Zero Custody Risk: No wrapped tokens or centralized multisigs. Assets stay under user control until settlement.
Intents Architecture: Users define goals instead of raw transactions, creating more intuitive and efficient workflows.
Atomic Swaps: Built using HTLCs, every swap is trustless and either completed fully or reversed safely.
MEV Protection: Garden avoids the public mempool entirely, shielding transactions from front-running.
xCoW Matching: Match complementary user intents across chains, reducing reliance on liquidity pools.
Staker Governance: Stake SEED to vote for top solvers and earn weekly Bitcoin rewards.
Developer-Friendly: Open SDK and APIs allow seamless integration for any dApp or DeFi platform.

Getting started with Garden is fast, intuitive, and designed to suit every type of user:

Visit the App: Go to the official Garden website and click on "Launch App" to access the platform.
Connect Your Wallet: Use a multichain wallet compatible with supported networks like MetaMask or Phantom.
Initiate a Swap: Select your source asset, destination chain, and asset to receive. Garden takes care of the rest.
Submit Your Intent: You’ll sign an intent, not a raw transaction—this allows for greater flexibility and security.
Let the Auction Begin: Solvers compete to fulfill your request at the best possible rate.
Settle Seamlessly: Garden handles cross-chain execution through atomic swaps—fast and without slippage.
Explore Staking: If you hold SEED tokens, stake them to participate in governance and earn Bitcoin yield.
Join the Community: Visit the Garden Discord to become a “Gardener” and stay informed.

Garden FAQ

Garden uses a unique architecture that combines intent-based logic with atomic swaps to enable ultra-fast, trustless Bitcoin bridging. Unlike traditional bridges that wait for multiple confirmations, Garden uses a zero-confirmation mechanism and direct on-chain vaults. This setup bypasses delays and allows assets to be transferred across chains like Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Solana in about 30 seconds without custodians or liquidity pools.
Solvers are market makers who compete to fulfill user-defined intents by offering the most efficient route across chains. Each solver evaluates available liquidity and submits a quote. Garden’s auction system then selects the best offer. Solvers are held accountable by stakers who vote on their reliability. Their performance directly impacts pricing, settlement speed, and the user experience. You can learn more about solver mechanics on Garden’s official site.
Garden’s intents represent user goals—like swapping BTC for ETH—rather than requiring rigid transaction scripts. These intents include parameters such as amount, chain, and token, and are signed by users. Solvers interpret the intent and execute it in the most efficient way. This approach brings gasless transactions, MEV protection, and higher success rates. It’s a fundamental shift that makes cross-chain DeFi more intuitive and secure. Learn about intents on Garden’s docs.
Garden doesn’t rely on wrapped tokens like WBTC, which require custody by centralized or multi-signature networks. Instead, it uses Hash Time Locked Contracts (HTLCs) to facilitate atomic swaps, ensuring trustless, peer-to-peer bridging. This avoids counterparty risk and liquidity lockups. Compared to bridges like Wormhole or Thorchain, Garden offers direct, non-custodial, and faster execution.
If a swap fails, Garden’s protocol automatically enforces safeguards. For example, if the user locks their asset but the solver fails to complete their part, funds are refunded after a set period. Stakers who backed the failing solver are penalized, and users receive compensation via slashed SEED tokens. These fail-safes ensure user assets are never at risk and that solvers remain accountable. More on this can be found at garden.finance.