Key Strategic Highlights
Before we dive into the details, here is the summary of our major strategic shift for 2026:
- BasicSwap Web Services: We are bringing BasicSwap to the web and mobile, allowing for instant access without node setup.
- New Revenue Model: While the local app remains free, the new Web Services will introduce a small convenience fee.
- Buy and Burn: A portion of web fees will be used to automatically market-buy and permanently burn PART, creating constant deflationary pressure.
- Sustainable Growth: The remaining fees will fund development in non-PART currencies (BTC, XMR, etc.), ensuring the team can grow without creating sell pressure on PART.
It has been some time since we unveiled our vision for Particl's Next Evolutionary Leap Forward; a modular, inclusive redesign of our architecture. Since then, we have devoted ourselves to laying the groundwork, most notably through the development of BasicSwap DEX.
While our technical milestones have been significant, we acknowledge that adoption has been slower than anticipated. However, we view this not as a failure of technology, but as a signal from the market. In light of this, we have designed a new strategic plan that leverages everything we’ve learned. Our goal is simple: remove barriers to entry and radically increase the viability of holding PART.
The result is a robust blueprint designed to rekindle the growth that defined Particl's early days. So, get yourself a cup of coffee; this is our strategy for one of the project's most significant directional shift since its foundation.
The Ecosystem in Review
Each innovative step we take with Particl isn’t developed in isolation but driven by a greater purpose. Indeed, each product we launch is driven by a unified mission that resonates deeply with the cypherpunk ethos and the ideals embodied by Prometheus; the Titan who defied the gods to entrust humanity with the fire of sovereignty.
Particl stands as a modern embodiment of this belief: that technology should liberate rather than subdue. Our mission is to create a private, decentralized, and free economy that is accessible to all cryptocurrencies, standing independently from the conventional global fiat system.
While this mission is bold, recent events have only intensified the urgency for a shift towards an economy rooted in personal freedom and censorship resistance. Particl wholeheartedly embraces this ideology, viewing technology as the final bastion of human sovereignty.
“There is no freedom without privacy.” - Dr. Kapil Amarasinghe
State of the Project
Technical Prowesses
From a fundamental level, the project’s technical achievements are undeniable. The PART privacy coin, leveraging a combination of Monero-like RingCT and Confidential Transactions, remains in step with the Bitcoin codebase.
Furthermore, BasicSwap DEX, built using adaptor signature atomic swaps and the SMSG network, was the first DEX to integrate this cutting-edge technology across a wide variety of cryptocurrencies. It has continued to receive development updates and growing support across the broader cryptocurrency community. Equally significant, the Particl Marketplace has set a new benchmark in decentralization and privacy within the eCommerce industry; a feat still unmatched by any other online marketplace.
Adoption and Usability Challenges
However, while the technology is sound, we haven't yet achieved the active user base we strive for. The reason is multi-faceted, but it boils down to friction.
The complexity of operating hyper-secure, decentralized technologies (encryption keys, self-hosted nodes, peer-to-peer networking) introduces significant barriers. In today's environment, simplicity and speed are often prioritized over deeper values like data security. We see this trend clearly in the market; products are trending towards less decentralization for the sake of speed. Case in point: HyperLiquid’s terribly concerning architecture (from a decentralization point of view) but highly user-friendly UX.
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We have realized that forcing users to choose between privacy and convenience is a losing battle. To win, we must bridge the gap between the "purist" need for sovereignty and the "retail" need for ease of use.
A Need for Agnosticism and Interoperability
A major hurdle in the cryptocurrency space is the fragmentation caused by siloed ecosystems. Forcing users to buy a specific coin just to use a platform adds unnecessary friction. This is why major EVM platforms like Ethereum or Solana succeed; they make it trivial to swap between tokens.
Our vision for Particl is to break down these barriers and build bridges. We want to allow almost any coin to be used on our platform, fostering collaboration rather than competition. This was the main topic of our presentation at last year’s Moneroptopia conference, which you can watch here.
With this new strategic plan, we commit to unify the entire cryptocurrency industry, enabling a truly agnostic and sovereign digital world.
Addressing PART Incentives
Currently, the incentives to hold PART are too modest. Today, there are four primary reasons to hold PART:
- Privacy: Using PART for Confidential Transactions (CT) and RingCT.
- Staking: Earning passive income via our PoS protocol.
- Voting: Participating in on-chain governance.
- Speculation: Betting on the supply shock from the Marketplace’s MAD escrow system.
While valid, these have not been enough to drive sustained growth. We need a more aggressive economic engine that appeals to a broader market. This brings us to the core of our 2026 strategy.
The Solution: Monetizing BasicSwap Web Services
It is self-evident that Particl needs more impactful incentives to build a bigger pool of coin holders. BasicSwap is the key to turning this reality around.
For the past couple of months, we have been refactoring core components to make them web and mobile-ready. This allows BasicSwap to be packaged as a service and integrated directly into browsers or third-party platforms.
This opens the door to a massive opportunity: the convenience fee.
By adding a platform/interface fee at the service level, we can monetize convenience while keeping the base protocol fee-less.
- Accessibility: A web/mobile-friendly interface solves the "setup" problem. Users can trade instantly and without having to host the entire setup, including blockchain files, locally.
- Integration: It makes the protocol usable by wallet providers and payment processors, expanding our reach.
- Incentives: It introduces a massive incentive to hold PART via a Buy and Burn mechanism.
The New Economic Engine: Buy and Burn
In its final form, a small fee will be collected when using BasicSwap Web Services. That's how we turn volume into value.
How it works: Makers set up offers on BasicSwap (only possible locally, initially) and pay zero fees. Takers using the Web Service pay a small fee in the currency they are trading (e.g., LTC, XMR).
Convenience Fees as Buy and Burn
A portion of this fee is used to execute a market buy for PART, which is immediately sent to a publicly verifiable burn address.
This generates constant buy pressure on PART while simultaneously reducing its available supply. It creates a clear, mathematical link between the success of the DEX and the scarcity of the PART coin. As the user base grows, the buy pressure increases and the supply decreases.
Convenience Fees as Donations (Sustainable Funding)
The other portion of the fee acts as a donation to the team to scale marketing, partnerships, and development speed, as well as other related operations.
The game-changer here is that the team will be collecting revenue in cryptocurrencies other than PART. This means we can fund operations without creating sell pressure on the PART order books.
In the past, funding often required selling PART — often via OTC deal but sometimes directly on the market — in this new model, the team is supported by the assets traded on the DEX (BTC, XMR, etc.), leaving PART untouched.
A Win-Win Ecosystem
This combination creates a sustainable loop:
- The Community gets an impactful incentive to hold via the buy and burn program.
- The Team gets a sustainable flow of donations to grow operations without selling PART.
- Retail Users get an intuitive, accessible way to use BasicSwap via web/mobile.
- Power Users still get access to the no-compromise, fee-less version of BasicSwap via the local app.
Timeline
We expect BasicSwap Web Services to be deployed within the first half of 2026.
The work being done here is synergistic; the refactoring required for the web will also improve the performance of the local desktop application later in 2026. Additionally, this architecture will serve as the foundation for the new upcoming version of the Particl Marketplace, which we also intend to bring to the web with similar incentives. We will expand on the Marketplace plans in subsequent updates.
Conclusion
We expect 2026 to be a turning point for the Particl ecosystem. By removing technical barriers and introducing a direct value-capture mechanism, we are positioning the project for a new era of growth.
We thank you for your support and patience as we execute this strategic shift. None of this would be possible without your commitment to the vision. We are excited to build this future with you.
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