Spaces Protocol is an open source naming and identity protocol built directly on #Bitcoin, designed to provide scalable, permissionless, and sovereign identities without requiring a new blockchain, consensus changes, or modifications to Bitcoin itself.
It leverages Bitcoin's existing security and infrastructure to create human readable handles (e.g., "bob@bitcoin") that can be used across applications like #Nostr for social interactions, wallet naming, or peer-to-peer protocols.
The project was created by the team behind #Impervious (a Bitcoin focused privacy and communication toolset) and emphasizes decentralization, censorship resistance, and minimal on chain footprint through mechanisms like auctions for top level "Spaces" and off chain subspaces managed via Merkle trees with zk-STARK proofs for verification.
Current #adoption is in the very early stages, as the protocol is still nascent and primarily in development/testing phases.
The main net supports top level Spaces (via auctions and UTXOs), but subspaces (individual handles within Spaces) are currently live only on Bitcoin's #Testnet4 for experimentation.
Limited real world usage so far, with #focus on developer testing rather than broad deployment so far, but that's changing rapidly.
#GitHub repository (spacesprotocol/spaces) has modest activity: 10 stars, 10 forks, 6 contributors, and 283 commits. Recent updates (as of mid-December 2025) include bug fixes, lint improvements, and macOS support. There have been 11 releases, with the latest (v0.0.9a) in December 2025, indicating ongoing but incremental development.
On X, the official account (
@spacesprotocol
) has low engagement, with posts typically receiving 1-5 likes and 50-1,000 views. Activity includes community calls, workshops (e.g., at #TABConf in October 2025), and announcements like subspaces on Testnet4 (October 2025) and tool releases (e.g., Akron v0.0.2 in September 2025 for mnemonic backups and stability).
No formal partnerships are documented. The #protocol is designed for interoperability (e.g., with Nostr for off chain record storage), but there's no evidence of widespread integrations yet.
It's positioned as a potential #building block for Bitcoin based apps, similar to how ENS supports Ethereum ecosystems.
Development is active, with subspaces (key for #scaling individual identities) progressing from off chain experimentation tools (e.g., "subs" tool released in September 2025) to Testnet4 deployment.
Future plans include on chain subspace commitments, improved revocation mechanisms (e.g., cascading bloom filters), and zk-SNARK compression for smaller #proofs.
Overall, adoption is minimal at this point, likely due to the protocol's recent emergence (key announcements and releases ramped up in mid-2025) and the broader Bitcoin ecosystem's slower pace compared to Ethereum or Solana for #identity layers.
The protocol has strong conceptual #potential in a growing Bitcoin ecosystem.
It addresses limitations in existing naming systems (e.g., Namecoin's scalability issues or ENS's reliance on Ethereum). By using Bitcoin #UTXOs for Spaces and off chain/zk-proof structures for subspaces, it achieves high scalability (potentially millions of identities with low on chain costs) while maintaining Bitcoin's security.
Auctions ensure #fair distribution (up to 3,600 Spaces per year, with burns to reduce supply), and light clients enable trustless verification without full nodes.
Bitcoin's resurgence via L2 solutions creates demand for identity primitives. Spaces could become a foundational #layer for Bitcoin, DeFi, social apps, or wallets, enabling features like verifiable handles without centralized authorities.
Benefits include user autonomy, #privacy, and integration with existing Bitcoin tools (e.g., PSBTs for auctions).
With Bitcoin's price and adoption surging (e.g., institutional inflows and regulatory clarity in 2025), protocols enhancing its #usability could thrive.
Success depends on developer/user buy in and app integrations. Low current metrics (e.g., GitHub engagement) suggest it hasn't yet reached critical mass, #growth is organic and slow.
On a scale of 1-10 for potential success (where 10 is widespread adoption), I'd rate it 7-8. It's well substantiated technically and aligns with Bitcoin's #ethos, but it needs proven traction in the next 6-12 months (e.g., mainnet subspaces, app integrations) to succeed.
If Bitcoin's ecosystem explodes in 2026, Spaces could capture significant value as the identity #standard.
You've heard it a million times: "HODL forever! Never sell your #Bitcoin, just take a USD loan against it."
Sounds smart, right?
Let's peel back the layers.
These same voices preach Bitcoin's gospel while quietly propping up the very system they claim to despise.
It's time to call it out.
We all agree: Fiat is broken. Bitcoin fixes this. So why are we told to "change the world" with BTC... only to borrow more fiat against it?
So afraid to miss out on fiat gains.
By collateralizing your Bitcoin for USD loans, you're not escaping the system, you're feeding it. You're handing over your hard earned sats to banks as collateral, risking liquidation if prices dip, all while injecting more fiat into your life and extending the scam.
If we truly believe in Bitcoin's power, use it.
Spend and replace, spend it peer-to-peer. Build with it. Hold it without fiat crutches. No more half measures that prolong the scam.
Lena’s hands shook as she stared at her phone screen. Send 0.05 BTC to bc1qz3k9m7...? The address blurred. Her thumb slipped.
Transaction failed. 0.05 BTC / $4,300 lost.
Again.
She’d watched Venezuela’s bolivar erase her family’s savings. Bitcoin was their lifeline, until human error became the killer. Her son’s fever spiked. Medicine needed now. But bitcoin addresses were minefields; one typo, and coins vanished into digital voids. She screamed into her pillow, the weight of failed transactions crushing her hope.
Then came the flyer taped to a clinic wall: "Your Money Can’t Be Stolen by Mistakes. Claim Your Bitcoin Name with Spaces Protocol"
Skepticism turned to fury when she learned the truth: DNS could ban her. Banks could freeze her. But on chain Bitcoin? Unbreakable. She typed lena@bitcoin into her wallet. No ICANN. No 3rd party certificates. Just her name, anchored to Bitcoin’s bedrock.
The first payment to pharmacy@bitcoin cleared in 8 seconds. No errors. No fees. No tears.
She sent coffee money to her sister in Bogota: anna@bitcoin.
Her nephew’s school tuition: miguel@bitcoin.
Each tap felt like reclaiming stolen years.
Then the ban hit.
Her government froze her bank account after she donated to protesters. Again. But when she paid for bread with lena@bitcoin, the vendor’s phone chimed instantly. No appeals. No waiting. Just coins moving like blood through Bitcoin’s veins.
Word spread in whispers: "The girl with the @bitcoin
name? They can’t touch her."
"Teach me how to be unbannable."
Lena gathered neighbors in a dimly lit market stall. She showed them. Spaces Protocol empowers everyone with a sovereign Bitcoin identity.
Grandma Rosa sent coins to rosa@bitcoin, no more "bc1q panic."
Teenager Diego tipped a street musician with diego@bitcoin, his first real money.
Shopkeeper Carlos stopped losing 4% of sales to failed transactions.
They didn’t talk about "decentralization" or "scarcity." They spoke of medicine secured, children fed, dignity restored.
Within months, maria@bitcoin paid for a farm. Juan@bitcoin funded a clinic. Luis@bitcoin launched a school.
The revolution wasn’t in whitepapers. It was in the relief when a mother sent coins without trembling.
The rage turned to power when dictators discovered bans were useless.
The joy in a child’s voice saying: "Mama, I sent coins to Carmen using their bitcoin name!"
Spaces on Bitcoin didn’t onboard billions with tech specs.
It gave them back what tyrants stole: The right to own their name. The right to own their money. The right to be human.
And when the last bc1q... address faded from memory, Lena finally slept. Her son’s fever broke. Her coins were safe. Her name was hers.
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One Space on Bitcoin could link generations of memories, photos, and stories.
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Spaces Protocol is an open source naming and identity protocol built directly on #Bitcoin, designed to provide scalable, permissionless, and sovereign identities without requiring a new blockchain, consensus changes, or modifications to Bitcoin itself.
It leverages Bitcoin's existing security and infrastructure to create human readable handles (e.g., "bob@bitcoin") that can be used across applications like #Nostr for social interactions, wallet naming, or peer-to-peer protocols.
The project was created by the team behind #Impervious (a Bitcoin focused privacy and communication toolset) and emphasizes decentralization, censorship resistance, and minimal on chain footprint through mechanisms like auctions for top level "Spaces" and off chain subspaces managed via Merkle trees with zk-STARK proofs for verification.
Current #adoption is in the very early stages, as the protocol is still nascent and primarily in development/testing phases.
The main net supports top level Spaces (via auctions and UTXOs), but subspaces (individual handles within Spaces) are currently live only on Bitcoin's #Testnet4 for experimentation.
Limited real world usage so far, with #focus on developer testing rather than broad deployment so far, but that's changing rapidly.
#GitHub repository (spacesprotocol/spaces) has modest activity: 10 stars, 10 forks, 6 contributors, and 283 commits. Recent updates (as of mid-December 2025) include bug fixes, lint improvements, and macOS support. There have been 11 releases, with the latest (v0.0.9a) in December 2025, indicating ongoing but incremental development.
On X, the official account (
@spacesprotocol
) has low engagement, with posts typically receiving 1-5 likes and 50-1,000 views. Activity includes community calls, workshops (e.g., at #TABConf in October 2025), and announcements like subspaces on Testnet4 (October 2025) and tool releases (e.g., Akron v0.0.2 in September 2025 for mnemonic backups and stability).
No formal partnerships are documented. The #protocol is designed for interoperability (e.g., with Nostr for off chain record storage), but there's no evidence of widespread integrations yet.
It's positioned as a potential #building block for Bitcoin based apps, similar to how ENS supports Ethereum ecosystems.
Development is active, with subspaces (key for #scaling individual identities) progressing from off chain experimentation tools (e.g., "subs" tool released in September 2025) to Testnet4 deployment.
Future plans include on chain subspace commitments, improved revocation mechanisms (e.g., cascading bloom filters), and zk-SNARK compression for smaller #proofs.
Overall, adoption is minimal at this point, likely due to the protocol's recent emergence (key announcements and releases ramped up in mid-2025) and the broader Bitcoin ecosystem's slower pace compared to Ethereum or Solana for #identity layers.
The protocol has strong conceptual #potential in a growing Bitcoin ecosystem.
It addresses limitations in existing naming systems (e.g., Namecoin's scalability issues or ENS's reliance on Ethereum). By using Bitcoin #UTXOs for Spaces and off chain/zk-proof structures for subspaces, it achieves high scalability (potentially millions of identities with low on chain costs) while maintaining Bitcoin's security.
Auctions ensure #fair distribution (up to 3,600 Spaces per year, with burns to reduce supply), and light clients enable trustless verification without full nodes.
Bitcoin's resurgence via L2 solutions creates demand for identity primitives. Spaces could become a foundational #layer for Bitcoin, DeFi, social apps, or wallets, enabling features like verifiable handles without centralized authorities.
Benefits include user autonomy, #privacy, and integration with existing Bitcoin tools (e.g., PSBTs for auctions).
With Bitcoin's price and adoption surging (e.g., institutional inflows and regulatory clarity in 2025), protocols enhancing its #usability could thrive.
Spaces fills a gap similar to #DNS for the web.
Success depends on developer/user buy in and app integrations. Low current metrics (e.g., GitHub engagement) suggest it hasn't yet reached critical mass, #growth is organic and slow.
On a scale of 1-10 for potential success (where 10 is widespread adoption), I'd rate it 7-8. It's well substantiated technically and aligns with Bitcoin's #ethos, but it needs proven traction in the next 6-12 months (e.g., mainnet subspaces, app integrations) to succeed.
If Bitcoin's ecosystem explodes in 2026, Spaces could capture significant value as the identity #standard.
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Chasing #Bitcoin yield is going to wreck a lot of people
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You've heard it a million times: "HODL forever! Never sell your #Bitcoin, just take a USD loan against it."
Sounds smart, right?
Let's peel back the layers.
These same voices preach Bitcoin's gospel while quietly propping up the very system they claim to despise.
It's time to call it out.
We all agree: Fiat is broken. Bitcoin fixes this. So why are we told to "change the world" with BTC... only to borrow more fiat against it?
So afraid to miss out on fiat gains.
By collateralizing your Bitcoin for USD loans, you're not escaping the system, you're feeding it. You're handing over your hard earned sats to banks as collateral, risking liquidation if prices dip, all while injecting more fiat into your life and extending the scam.
If we truly believe in Bitcoin's power, use it.
Spend and replace, spend it peer-to-peer. Build with it. Hold it without fiat crutches. No more half measures that prolong the scam.
Time to HODL with purpose, not excuses. #BitcoinHypocrites
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energy is the true currency
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Bitcoin Libveritas
Stateless verification for Bitcoin handles using the Spaces protocol.
Similar to BIP-353, but replaces centralized ICANN signing keys with a permissionless trust anchor.
Github: https://github.com/spacesprotocol/libveritas
#Bitcoin #Libveritas
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Bitcoin addresses are literally killing adoption.
40 random characters? In 2025? Are you joking?
bc1quhdc7szt9j0tpmjd9ql05ld4paajguxux3ns5j
Spaces Protocol just fixed it forever:
✅satoshi@bitcoin
✅elon@x
✅yourmom@myhouse
Short. Human. Impossible to screw up.
One tap to send BTC like you send a text. This is the killer feature that finally sends Bitcoin to a billion people.
We’re not early. We’re RIGHT on time.
Join the revolution before your name is gone forever → https://spacesprotocol.org #Bitcoin #SpacesProtocol #MassAdoption
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The Name That Freed a Billion Bitcoin Souls.
Lena’s hands shook as she stared at her phone screen. Send 0.05 BTC to bc1qz3k9m7...? The address blurred. Her thumb slipped.
Transaction failed. 0.05 BTC / $4,300 lost.
Again.
She’d watched Venezuela’s bolivar erase her family’s savings. Bitcoin was their lifeline, until human error became the killer. Her son’s fever spiked. Medicine needed now. But bitcoin addresses were minefields; one typo, and coins vanished into digital voids. She screamed into her pillow, the weight of failed transactions crushing her hope.
Then came the flyer taped to a clinic wall:
"Your Money Can’t Be Stolen by Mistakes. Claim Your Bitcoin Name with Spaces Protocol"
Skepticism turned to fury when she learned the truth: DNS could ban her. Banks could freeze her. But on chain Bitcoin? Unbreakable. She typed lena@bitcoin into her wallet. No ICANN. No 3rd party certificates. Just her name, anchored to Bitcoin’s bedrock.
The first payment to pharmacy@bitcoin cleared in 8 seconds.
No errors.
No fees.
No tears.
She sent coffee money to her sister in Bogota: anna@bitcoin.
Her nephew’s school tuition: miguel@bitcoin.
Each tap felt like reclaiming stolen years.
Then the ban hit.
Her government froze her bank account after she donated to protesters. Again. But when she paid for bread with lena@bitcoin, the vendor’s phone chimed instantly. No appeals. No waiting. Just coins moving like blood through Bitcoin’s veins.
Word spread in whispers:
"The girl with the @bitcoin
name? They can’t touch her."
"Teach me how to be unbannable."
Lena gathered neighbors in a dimly lit market stall. She showed them. Spaces Protocol empowers everyone with a sovereign Bitcoin identity.
Grandma Rosa sent coins to rosa@bitcoin, no more "bc1q panic."
Teenager Diego tipped a street musician with diego@bitcoin, his first real money.
Shopkeeper Carlos stopped losing 4% of sales to failed transactions.
They didn’t talk about "decentralization" or "scarcity." They spoke of medicine secured, children fed, dignity restored.
Within months, maria@bitcoin paid for a farm. Juan@bitcoin funded a clinic. Luis@bitcoin launched a school.
The revolution wasn’t in whitepapers.
It was in the relief when a mother sent coins without trembling.
The rage turned to power when dictators discovered bans were useless.
The joy in a child’s voice saying: "Mama, I sent coins to Carmen using their bitcoin name!"
Spaces on Bitcoin didn’t onboard billions with tech specs.
It gave them back what tyrants stole:
The right to own their name.
The right to own their money.
The right to be human.
And when the last bc1q... address faded from memory, Lena finally slept.
Her son’s fever broke.
Her coins were safe.
Her name was hers.
Permanently.
Scalable & Permissionless Bitcoin Identities https://spacesprotocol.org/
#Bitcoin #SpacesProtocol
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Spaces Protocol will be at TABConf 7! A Technical Bitcoin Conference.
🗓️ October 13th - 16th, 2025
🌎 Georgia Tech Exhibition Hall
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Day1 October 13th, 2:00pm - 3:00pm. Workshop Room 2👇
https://github.com/TABConf/7.tabconf.com/issues/66
#Bitcoin #Tabconf #Tabconf7 #BitcoinConference
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