Summary: Garden is a cross-chain Bitcoin bridge and developer platform centered on intents, solver competition, and trustless atomic-swap settlement. Its official materials position it as a fast Bitcoin-routing layer for wallets, apps, and other integrators, with SDKs, APIs, per-chain contract docs, solver/staking mechanics, and explicit compliance screening around interface-driven usage.
What it does:
Enables cross-chain swaps involving Bitcoin and other supported assets through an intents-based architecture with non-custodial settlement
Exposes developer-facing APIs and TypeScript SDK packages for quote retrieval, order creation, session management, and swap tracking
Documents chain-specific atomic-swap implementations across Bitcoin, EVM, Litecoin, Solana, Starknet, Sui, and Tron environments
Uses a solver network that competes to fulfill user intents and sources liquidity from onchain, offchain, and private-order-flow venues
Publishes public docs, SDK repos, and an official audits repository that includes third-party reports from security firms
Key claims:
Official docs describe Garden as “the fastest Bitcoin bridge,” say swaps can complete in as little as 30 seconds, and frame the system as intents-based with trustless settlement and zero custody risk for users
The docs index shows Garden operating well beyond a simple frontend bridge, with public API endpoints, OpenAPI output, SDK quickstarts, order-lifecycle docs, route-policy docs, and contract references for multiple chain environments
Contract docs explain Bitcoin-side HTLC flows in detail, including initiate, redeem, refund, and instant-refund paths rather than only high-level marketing claims
Solver docs describe solvers as market makers that compete on quotes and stake 210,000 SEED as collateral, suggesting a structured liquidity/execution layer rather than a passive relay service
Compliance docs state that interface-connected addresses and SDK/API-submitted orders are screened via TRM Labs, Bybit, and Binance screening APIs, with sanctioned addresses blocked from swap execution paths
Public GitHub materials show official docs, SDK packages, smart-contract repositories, and a standalone audits repository containing OtterSec, Trail of Bits, and Zellic reports
Whitepaper: No classic whitepaper or litepaper was found during this pass. The strongest primary materials were Garden’s official docs index, About page, SDK quickstart, contract docs, solver/compliance docs, website, GitHub organization, SDK repo, and public audits repo; see ../whitepapers/garden-primary-sources-2026-04-25.md.