OBTC protocol / public source

Organic Bitcoin (OBTC)

Bitcoin made digital scarcity possible. OBTC asks whether digital scarcity can remain sustainable over centuries. Through UTXO lifecycle management, renewal, and REAP, it keeps monetary ownership active, funds the long-term PoW security budget, and makes the cost of permanent state explicit.

GitHub: obtcd GitHub: obtcwallet Status Whitepaper

Repositories

Start with the implementation.

These are the main public references for protocol review, node operation, wallet review, and testnet reproduction. Limited reviewer onboarding is available by invitation, with manual test coin issuance and no public faucet.

obtcd

Node implementation: OBTC network parameters, expiry index, REAP validation, replay protection, mining template behavior, and node RPC surfaces.

github.com/organicbitcoin/obtcd

obtcwallet

Wallet implementation: network selection, expiry inspection, manual renewal, batch renewal, auto-renew scheduling, and wallet automation surfaces.

github.com/organicbitcoin/obtcwallet

Protocol surface

The core change is narrow and explicit.

OBTC keeps the UTXO model, then adds lifecycle rules and wallet-facing renewal machinery so dormant state, ownership activity, and PoW security-budget support are handled explicitly.

Create

A UTXO is created and receives an expiry height derived from its creation height.

Move or renew

The holder can spend or renew before expiry; the active path remains explicit.

Expire

After the window, ordinary spending closes and the output becomes a REAP candidate.

Reclaim

REAP processes expired outputs under deterministic ordering, input caps, and accounting rules.

Reading

Start with one article, then inspect review themes and implementation material.

Article

Learn OBTC

The consolidated explanation of active ownership, the organic thesis, lifecycle rules, renewal, and REAP boundaries.

Open article

Docs

Developer and operator docs

A compact entry point for node operation, wallet preview boundaries, protocol review notes, and candidate parameters.

Open docs

Wallet

Wallet layer

The current wallet surfaces for expiry visibility, renewal, batch operations, and controlled automation.

Open wallet page

Review

External review themes

Open pressure-test questions around ownership, REAP complexity, bugs, reorg incentives, state, and scalability.

Open review themes

Design notes

REAP design notes

Threat-model notes for deterministic ordering, input caps, accounting, MEV, and state-bloat risks.

Open REAP notes

Reference

Whitepaper

The current V1 draft with implementation-aligned parameters, security model, glossary, and FAQ.

Open whitepaper