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satora-swaps-primary-sources-2026-05-02

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Satora Swaps primary sources — 2026-05-02

Project status in this pass

  • No canonical standalone whitepaper or litepaper surfaced.
  • The clearest current sources of truth were Satora Swaps’ docs portal and the first-party lendasat GitHub organization and repositories.
  • The current docs use the Satora Swaps name and explicitly note the former LendaSwap branding, while the code surface still largely lives under lendasat / lendaswap.
  • That docs-plus-repos pairing reveals a broader atomic-swap and settlement-control-plane architecture than the name alone suggests.

Primary-source snapshots

1) Docs homepage

  • URL: https://docs.satora.io/
  • Key excerpt:
    • The docs say Satora Swaps enables “instant, trustless Bitcoin to EVM token swaps with Lightning Network, Arkade, and on-chain support.”
    • The page says Satora Swaps (formerly LendaSwap) enables instant, trustless swaps between Bitcoin and EVM tokens on Polygon, Ethereum, and Arbitrum.
    • It also frames the product around non-custodial atomic swaps, gasless claims, and a developer-first TypeScript SDK.

2) Getting started / use cases

  • URL: https://docs.satora.io/getting-started
  • Key excerpt:
    • The getting-started guide calls Lightning → USDC the fastest path and says Satora provides building blocks for applications that need to move value between Bitcoin and stablecoins.
    • The listed use cases include receiving BTC and auto-converting to stablecoins, sending stablecoins and delivering BTC, BTC ↔ stablecoin swaps, treasury payouts, Lightning payments without running nodes or channels, and bridging BTC into DeFi protocols.
    • The page also exposes an llms-full.txt docs export for AI coding agents, which is a useful clue that the project is targeting developers directly.

3) Integration FAQ

  • URL: https://docs.satora.io/faq/integration
  • Key excerpt:
    • The FAQ says to use the TypeScript SDK rather than the REST API for production because the SDK handles wallet management, state tracking, error recovery, and gasless claiming.
    • It says the SDK works in browsers, React Native, and Node.js with zero native dependencies.
    • It also says no authentication is required to use Satora Swaps for creating or completing swaps, and that stuck swaps are recoverable through timelocks, SDK logic, refunds, and mnemonic-based recovery.

4) lendaswap-contracts README

  • URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lendasat/lendaswap-contracts/main/README.md
  • Key excerpt:
    • The README says the contracts support atomic swaps between Bitcoin (via Lightning, Arkade, or on-chain) and EVM tokens using HTLCs, deployed on Polygon, Ethereum, and Arbitrum.
    • It documents HTLC-based swaps, arbitrary-call DEX composition, EIP-712 signature-based gasless redeem/refund, Permit2 support, and Bitcoin-compatible SHA-256 preimage hashes.
    • The README also lists concrete contract addresses, which is strong evidence that the project is shipping reusable settlement infrastructure rather than only publishing conceptual docs.

5) lendaswap-sdk README

  • URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lendasat/lendaswap-sdk/main/README.md
  • Key excerpt:
    • The SDK repo says it is a monorepo containing client SDKs for “Bitcoin-to-stablecoin atomic swaps.”
    • It includes a platform-agnostic Rust core, backend API client, matching type definitions, and a pure TypeScript SDK with HD key management plus multiple storage adapters.
    • This is a strong sign that Satora is exposing a programmable integration layer rather than only a consumer-facing swap page.

6) lendasat GitHub organization overview

  • URL: https://github.com/lendasat
  • Key excerpt:
    • The org page surfaces repositories for lendaswap-contracts, lendaswap-sdk, lendaswap-frontend, a BTCPay plugin, Ark-related escrow projects, sample apps, and a whitepaper repo.
    • The repo mix suggests the team is building across contracts, SDKs, frontend surfaces, merchant integrations, and adjacent Bitcoin settlement tooling.
    • That broader repo topology makes the project look more like a Bitcoin↔EVM settlement stack than a single swap widget.

Working conclusion

Satora Swaps is best cataloged as Bitcoin-to-EVM atomic-swap and settlement infrastructure, with a strong stablecoin-access/control-plane angle, rather than as a generic bridge frontend or wallet feature. The decisive evidence in this pass was the combination of docs framing around trustless Bitcoin↔EVM swaps, production-oriented SDK guidance, no-auth-but-recoverable swap flows, HTLC smart-contract infrastructure with gasless EIP-712 execution, and the broader first-party repo network under the legacy LendaSwap/Lendasat naming.

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