Blockstream CEO @Adam Back breaks down the premium features of the Jade Plus Bitcoin hardware wallet, including the metal case, bigger screen, faster CPU, and @Liquid Network support.
Fully open source hardware and software. Bitcoin only.
Dive into the full Q2 rundown for an inside look at company progress, business growth, industry moves, and the latest from our engineering teams.




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Simplicity isn't like Solidity, or most modern programming languages, which are Turing-complete. Instead, the language was designed to express any finite function while avoiding the risks associated with unbounded loops and global state.

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Simplicity provides developers with high confidence in their applications, allowing them to know all potential outcomes and fee costs before execution.
The recent Bybit hack illustrates the risks of including features like recursion and global state.

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With Simplicity's arrival, we have for the first time a clean foundation for serious financial applications, without the complexity and patchwork of risks that defined the last era of DeFi.
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Want to build covenants, vaults and delegation schemes? Now you can on the @Liquid Network . Want to create derivatives, pooled wallets or tokenless DEXs? That's possible too.




Read the full story on how Blockstream Local, now powered by the Blockstream app, plans to fuel grassroots Bitcoin adoption with real sats and free open-source self-custody tools.
From El Salvador to Cuba, Namibia to Indonesia, learn how to get involved.


In Mexico, @The Core - Bitcoin Education is putting Jades to work in monthly meetups demonstrating real Bitcoin self-custody in action. 🇲🇽
In Nigeria, Bitcoin Anambra is strengthening its grassroots mission by delivering Bitcoin education and self-custody tools to the people. 🇳🇬
Returning from El Salvador and Guatemala, Kirscha Kievits is set to equip students with Jades for hands-on Bitcoin learning.
Watch the recap from @PubKey NYC and see the moment the donation was announced.