Why do we need Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC)?

Tiena Sekharan
4 min readNov 16, 2020

To understand Wrapped Bitcoin, one must understand the difference between the two.

Bitcoin is merely a currency, Ethereum is a super-computer

The native currency of the Bitcoin blockchain is also called Bitcoin. The native currency of Ethereum Blockchain is called Ether.

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Tiena Sekharan

I’m passionate about Cryptocurrencies and am keen to help those struggling to make sense of this world with all its confusing terms and esoteric concepts.