Bitcoin adoption keeps growing. Each wave brings new users and new expectations. We just shipped a new release of the Blockstream app, focused on advanced user flows. Making air-gapped hardware wallet custody and 2FA-enhanced security smoother while keeping everything fast, focused, and open source. 🧵⬇️ Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBTs) are what power air-gapped self-custody. Now fully supported for watch-only BTC wallets compose a transaction on your mobile, export it using native iOS or Android tools, sign it offline with your Jade, then bring it back to broadcast. Also compatible with Bitcoin Core and Sparrow Wallet. image Two-factor authentication in Bitcoin multi-signature setups is a powerful, modern security method that Blockstream pioneered years ago. In this release, 2FA (on Android) is faster to configure, easier to recover, and more clearly organized improving security while removing friction for everyday use. image Better UX is key to our mission of making the Blockstream app the complete Bitcoin platform. This release offers a cleaner, more intuitive UI for more advanced flows like watch-only wallets. Bitcoin and @Liquid Network accounts can now be imported more easily, with automatic detection on Android and iOS. image Since 2016 Blockstream has been building the open-source foundations of Bitcoin wallets and infrastructure, and we continue funnelling it all into the Blockstream app so individuals everywhere can be empowered by Bitcoin self-custody.
Bitcoin is apolitical money. Why argue politics when you can stack apolitical money straight to self-custody with the Blockstream app.
This is what real crypto innovation looks like. No tokens, no leverage, just math pushing limits. Cryptography Lead at Blockstream Research, Jonas Nick, breaks down DahLIAS: 64-byte Bitcoin signatures, independent of signer count, fast verification, and Taproot ready. DahLIAS is a crucial step toward Cross-Input Signature Aggregation (CISA), advancing privacy and scalability on Bitcoin’s base layer. 📄.pdf image
From Lightning’s earliest experiments to today’s global interconnected peer-to-peer network, Christian Decker has been at the center of Bitcoin’s evolution. Catch the key Core Lightning contributor and Greenlight Principal Engineer at Lugano Plan B for “Inside Lightning Implementations.” ⚡️ image Plan ₿ Forum takes place in Lugano, one of Europe’s most beautiful and Bitcoin-powered cities and Christian’s hometown. 🇨🇭⚡ Get a sneak peek of Lugano’s Bitcoin life ⬇️ and join us Oct 24–25 for two days of Bitcoin, Lightning, and community.
Just out on Forbes: “Bitcoin is apolitical money that people from all across the spectrum, from different cultures or political leanings will all be buying Bitcoin.” 🟧 - Blockstream CEO Adam Back image New Forbes Talks with @Adam Back “Why Satoshi Inspiration Adam Back Says Bitcoin Is The New Hurdle Rate.” Watch on Forbes.
The Core Lightning node automation plugin CLBOSS just got a major upgrade. ⚡ The new “Dancing in the Dark Liquidity” release adds enhanced liquidity logic, better reporting scripts, and refined rebalancing controls to help your CLN node stay optimized and self-tuning 24/7. 🧵⬇️ image Huge thanks to ZmnSCPxj & Ken Sedgwic for their work and for showing how the open-source, modular CLN architecture thrives on community-driven plugin innovation. Get CLBOSS v0.15.1 for smarter capital use, cleaner fees, and adaptive routing uptime.
Book now to build your own DIY Jade with the engineers behind it. Join Riccardo Casatta & Valerio Vaccaro in Lugano for the workshop during @Plan ₿ Network Week. Walk away with an open-source Bitcoin hardware wallet you trust because you built it. 📍Oct 20 | @ POW Space 🔗⬇️ image Secure your spot by booking here: 🔗  image