Pain Points for Bitcoin

No Native DEX

Trading is dominated by custodial CEXs or wrapped‑asset bridges, forcing users to relinquish keys and trust third parties.

Liquidity Fragmentation

Runes, BRC‑20 and other UTXO tokens are scattered across isolated OTC desks and micro‑markets, leading to thin order books.

Custody & Bridge Risk

Escrow services, bridge contracts, and custodial vaults introduce single points of failure and smart‑contract exploits.

Slow Settlement

Direct on‑chain swaps wait ~10 minutes per block; unsuitable for active trading or routing.

Capital Inefficiency

The raw UTXO model lacks built‑in AMM/CLMM primitives, causing idle capital and wide spreads.

Poor Price Discovery

Without aggregated curves, users face unpredictable slippage and opaque pricing across venues.

Developer Friction

No standard PSBT templates or API layer exists for wallets, dApps, or liquidity providers to integrate native swaps.

DotSwap Nexus addresses each pain point by delivering self‑custodial PSBT swaps, aggregated liquidity curves, fast channel settlement, and an open SDK/API for builders.