A pathfinding experiment to evolve Bitcoin's vision.
What if Bitcoin was designed today?
BitcoinM3 (M3) is an experimental research initiative exploring how Bitcoin could evolve—tackling key technical and economic limitations with modern innovations and past insights.
M3 retains Bitcoin’s security, scarcity, and decentralization while fixing its flaws—faster transactions, lower costs, real economic backing, and greater utility.
Bitcoin’s strengths, none of its weaknesses – built to do more.
Faster, cheaper, and more scalable
M3 leverages modern blockchain technology for superior speed, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness—making everyday transactions seamless.
Built for real economic growth
Backed by a treasury tied to index funds, M3 creates sustainable, long-term, compounding growth instead of relying on speculation.
A second chance
If you loved Bitcoin the first time, this is your chance to fall in love again—right from the start.
The Limits of Bitcoin
Bitcoin pioneered decentralized payments, but Satoshi didn’t design it as a store of value or for rapid adaptation to evolving technology. Its rigid structure limits scalability, efficiency, and long-term utility and security.
Slow to adapt
Bitcoin is slower and less scalable. With ~7 transactions per second, high fees and energy, makes it unsuitable for payments.
No intrinsic value or utility
Bitcoin’s value relies solely on scarcity and speculation, with no built-in mechanisms for real economic growth or functional utility.
Accessibility & economic impact
At $100K with a $1M target, Bitcoin’s 10X return makes it high-risk, increasingly dominated by institutions, limiting consumer access.
Bitcoin's History.
Bitcoin Mark 1 (M1)
2009: The Beginning of Decentralized Payments
Bitcoin introduced digital scarcity and peer-to-peer payments, eliminating intermediaries. While revolutionary, it faced major challenges in scalability and adaptability.
Bitcoin Mark 2 (M2)
2018: Enhancing Scalability with Lightning
The Lightning Network improved Bitcoin’s transaction speed and cost efficiency. However, it remained limited by Bitcoin’s static architecture and lack of intrinsic value creation.
BitcoinM3 (M3)
2025: The Next Step Forward
All the strengths of Bitcoin—none of the weaknesses.
- Faster, lower-cost transactions – Designed for real-world use.
- Built-in economic growth mechanisms – More than a store of value, M3 fuels wealth creation.
- Adaptable and future-proof – Expands Bitcoin’s possibilities.
M3: A modern vision for bitcoin’s future
M3 explores an evolved design that tackles Bitcoin’s limitations head-on. It incorporates faster, lower-cost transactions, introduces treasury mechanisms for economic stability and growth, enables adaptability across blockchain platforms, and blends resilience with innovative, value-generating features to build on Bitcoin’s legacy.
Tokenomics
The token release schedule is centrally managed to ensure stability, transparency, and precision throughout the experimental phase, while incorporating community input.
This approach allows for ongoing learning, adaptation, and analysis, fostering trust and optimizing long-term sustainability.
Total M3 supply
21,000,000
M3 Locked
15,700,000
Creators & Community
9,400,000
Treasury
6,300,000
Unlocked at TDE (100%)
5,300,000
Liquidity
2,100,000
Treasury
3,200,000
To serve as a durable and stable store of value, an asset must:
- Provide Utility: Gold and property offer tangible uses that sustain demand.
- Enable Growth: Intrinsic value mechanisms, such as tethered treasuries, create stability over time.
Bitcoin’s reliance on scarcity and speculative interest may leave it vulnerable to stagnation. Exploring mechanisms like treasury tethering or reinvesting transaction fees could address these risks and ensure its long-term viability.
We will also explore other cutting-edge blockchain technologies, such as Ethereum 2.0, Ripple/XRP, Avalanche, Polkadot, and Algorand, to ensure a comprehensive evaluation of viable platforms. Solana has initially been selected as the experimental blockchain layer due to:
- High Performance: Solana supports up to 65,000 transactions per second (TPS), ensuring scalability for high-volume scenarios.
- Cost Efficiency: Transaction fees average less than $0.01, making it economically feasible for microtransactions and global usage.
- Energy Efficiency: Proof of History (PoH) ensures low environmental impact compared to Bitcoin’s Proof of Work (PoW).
- Resilience Under Load: Solana’s architecture allows consistent performance under high transactional demands.
Key Metrics to Test:
- Transaction Speed @ Scale and Purpose: Targeting settlement times of <1 second.
- Cost Efficiency: Maintaining fees under $0.01.
- Network Stability: Simulating high-volume usage with millions of daily transactions.
We will also explore other exchanges, such as Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, and Uniswap, to ensure a comprehensive evaluation of viable trading platforms. Radium, a decentralized exchange (DEX) on Solana, has initially been selected for this phase of analysis due to its:
- Integration with Solana: Optimized for Solana-native assets, offering fast and low-cost trading.
- Liquidity Pools: Facilitates efficient trading with minimal slippage, supporting experimental tokens.
- User Accessibility: Provides an intuitive interface for participants to interact with the experimental ecosystem.
Research & Safe Harbor Statement
The Bitcoin Mark 3 (M3) experiment is a conceptual research initiative designed to explore blockchain scalability, value creation, and governance frameworks. It is not a financial product, investment vehicle, or security, and does not constitute an offer, solicitation, or commercial endeavor at this stage.
Research-Driven & Non-Financial
Proceeds from token participation are used to fund the research and development of the Bitcoin Mark 3 (M3) experiment. Tokens are issued as commemorative artifacts of participation, granting access to experimental testing features such as scalability validation, governance simulations, and transaction mechanisms.
No Intrinsic Financial Value
Tokens do not represent ownership, equity, profit-sharing rights, or any expectation of financial return.
This initiative is conducted exclusively as an academic and exploratory experiment, with no guarantees of financial performance or adoption.
Participants engage in this experiment voluntarily and assume all risks, including the possibility of total loss of any contributions.
No Responsibility for Trading or Usage
If a participant chooses to trade, transfer, or use tokens, they do so at their own risk and sole responsibility.
M3 makes no representations or guarantees regarding the legal requirements, liquidity, valuation, or market acceptance of any token. The participant is fully responsible for their actions and participation.
The manner in which users choose to utilize M3 tokens is solely their responsibility, and M3 holds no liability for any actions taken by participants using these tokens.
Safe Harbor & Future Development
This experiment includes forward-looking statements regarding potential blockchain applications, economic impact, and governance models. These statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and evolving regulatory landscapes that could cause actual developments to differ from initial projections.
M3 does not guarantee the feasibility, viability, or future commercial application of any experimental findings.
Any potential transition toward commercialization would require further regulatory review and full compliance with applicable laws.
Should the research support commercialization, management of the project will transition to a designated DAO selected for that purpose.
This project is not affiliated with any external organizations, projects, or foundations at this stage.
By participating, individuals acknowledge and accept these terms, engaging solely for research purposes and with the understanding that this is an experimental, non-commercial initiative at this stage.
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