# stacks-archive/sbtc-developer-release

sBTC primitives, signer components, helper tools

Repository: https://github.com/stacks-archive/sbtc-developer-release
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sbtc-developer-release
Homepage: https://sbtc.tech
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: bitcoin, rust, stacks
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-02-14T17:33:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 81
- inputs: {"age_days": 1139, "days_push": 931, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1950, forks 19 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:58.135208+00:00)

## What it is
A Rust workspace containing sBTC primitives, signer components, and helper tools for the Stacks ecosystem's 1:1 Bitcoin-backed asset. It includes core libraries (stacks-core, sbtc-core), a testnet custodial sBTC implementation (romeo), a CLI for deposit/withdraw transactions, and a local Docker development environment.

## Use cases
- build applications using sBTC on Stacks
- parse and construct sBTC deposit and withdrawal operations in Rust
- create and broadcast Bitcoin deposit/withdraw transactions from the command line
- run a local sBTC development environment with Docker
- interface with the Stacks blockchain from Rust
- test SIP-10 sBTC token flows on testnet

## When to choose
- you are a Rust developer building on Stacks or integrating sBTC
- you need low-level Stacks primitives like address encoding and hashing in Rust
- you want to experiment with sBTC deposits and withdrawals in a local testnet environment

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready sBTC implementation (repo is explicitly early development)
- you are not working with the Stacks or Bitcoin ecosystems
- you need a non-custodial sBTC solution (romeo is custodial testnet-only)

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: experimental
- function: sdk, cli, developer-tools, cryptography, blockchain
- domain: blockchain, developer-tools, fintech
- platform: rust, cli
- tags: bitcoin, stacks, sbtc, smart-contracts, testnet, defi, signer, blockchain-primitives, cryptocurrency, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- stacks-archive/sbtc-developer-release (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:58.135208+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:06:53.170732+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/stacks-archive/sbtc-developer-release (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:58.135208+00:00, sha 1bd26843215a)
  - homepage: https://sbtc.tech (fetched 2026-08-29T10:46:40.588883+00:00, sha 82d46a2a5ac4)
  - site_page: https://docs.stacks.co (fetched 2026-08-29T10:46:40.598228+00:00, sha bf7342691684)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.