The original DeFi and NFT protocol on Bitcoin

What's Counterparty?

Counterparty extends Bitcoin’s functionality by “writing in the margins” of regular Bitcoin transactions, opening the door for innovation and use-cases not possible with Bitcoin alone.

Tokenize Anything.

Tokenize Anything.

Enables users to create and trade custom digital assets on the Bitcoin blockchain. By leveraging the security and decentralization of Bitcoin, Counterparty allows for the creation of unique, secure, and transparent tokens that can represent anything from art to real estate.

Automate Agreements.

Automate Agreements.

Uses smart contracts to automate complex financial agreements. Users can create custom financial instruments that execute automatically when certain conditions are met. This allows for a more efficient and secure way to manage financial agreements on the blockchain.

Build DApps.

Build DApps.

Provides the infrastructure for building powerful decentralized applications on the Bitcoin blockchain. By using open-source code and cutting-edge cryptographic technology, developers can build secure and transparent applications that run on a decentralized network. This enables a wide range of use cases, from gaming to finance.

Wallets

Secure Your Assets

Every Counterparty wallet is also a Bitcoin wallet with extra functionality that allows it to support the Counterparty protocol. There are several different wallets, each with a different design and target audience.

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Freewallet

Freewallet is a Counterparty desktop wallet, and is the most popular and one of the first Counterparty wallets. It supports all major features of Counterparty. Users can import and generate Counterwallet seeds and seeds derived from BIP39 words.

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HorizonWallet

Horizon Wallet is a BIP 84 wallet that uses BIP 39 seeds. Horizon is made by Unspendable Labs, a startup founded by the creators of Counterparty. Horizon supports sending, receiving and issuing assets. Counterwallet and Freewallet seeds are also supported.

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RarepepeWallet

Rare Pepe Wallet supports Rare Pepes and the entire Counterparty NFT ecosystem. Created in 2016, the current version supports both legacy Counterwallet seedphrases and Ledger hardware wallets. Functionality includes buying/selling from the dex, sends, asset transfers, address sweeps and message signing.

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Explorers

General-Purpose

These are explorers which are use-case agnostic and support most or all of the Counterparty protocol.

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Horizon Explorer

Horizon Explorer, by Unspendable Labs.

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Memepool

Memepool is a block explorer focused on transactions in the mempool.

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Tokenscan

Counterparty's most popular block explorer.

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XCP.io

XCP.io is a new, modern block explorer with helpful resources features.

Themed

These are explorers with a particular focus on one part of the larger Counterparty ecosystem.

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Pepe.wtf

Pepe.wtf is a popular way to explore Counterparty NFT collections. It also allows users to connect their wallets to purchase assets from marketplaces.

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XCPDex

XCPDex provides trading data and unique insights on Counterparty assets across all marketplaces.

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XCP Ninja

XCP Ninja is a block explorer that allows users to explore Counterparty NFTs. Also supports connecting to various wallets.

Marketplaces

These marketplaces let you buy and trade NFTs of the Counterparty ecosystem in different ways, from on-chain to cross-chain.

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Pepe.wtf

In addition to being a popular Counterparty NFT explorer, Pepe.wtf supports auctions, sales and mints for Counterparty assets. You can find available drops here.

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OpenSea

OpenSea is a major decentralized marketplace for buying, selling, and trading NFTs across various blockchains. Counterparty assets can be traded on OpenSea by using Emblem Vaults to bridge from Counterparty to Ethereum.

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Scarce City

Founded by Chris Tramount and Aryan Jabbari, Scarce City supports Bitcoin-based digital tokens, such as Rare Pepes and Fake Rares, Ordinal Inscriptions, and physical Bitcoin goods, such as art, prints, apparel, and collectibles.

Latest News

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Counterparty Partial network outage - Post mortem

10/17/2024

A non–consensus bug was triggered at the activation block of the recent protocol change which caused many nodes to slow to a halt, causing a partial network outage. We released a hotfix which resolves the issue, and any users experiencing issues should upgrade to this version.

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Counterparty Development Update — Counterparty 2.0

9/18/2024

Counterparty Core v10.4.0 has been released, marking a major milestone in the project's history with new features like UTXO support, Fair Minting Protocol, and more.

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Counterparty Development Update — August 9, 2024

8/8/2024

This is a very exciting time in the history of Counterparty. After months of heads-down work on the Counterparty Core codebase, the dev team is ready to be able to implement major new improvements to the Counterparty protocol.

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