# Side

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The Side Protocol is a modular infrastructure designed to scale Bitcoin. At its core is SIDE, a Bitcoin sidechain secured by BTC and serving as the settlement layer for zk-rollups within the modular stack.

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### Links

[Website](https://side.one/) | [Discord](https://discord.gg/sideprotocol) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/SideProtocol)

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