Learn about Mininoscript, a new way of working with Bitcoin noscript, with the Director of Blockstream Research Andrew Poelstra at Bitcoin 2023 📜

We’re excited to announce the open-sourcing of Greenlight's client repo and a new developer preview!

Greenlight is a Lightning-as-a-Service (LaaS) that developers can use to integrate non-custodial Lightning in their apps with just a few API calls. We provide our expertise in Lightning Network node management and maintenance while you retain full control over your bitcoin.

Your keys are stored on your device and never touch our infrastructure.

Read more 👇

https://blog.blockstream.com/greenlight-by-blockstream-scalable-non-custodial-lightning-infrastructure-now-open-to-developers/

The Build On L2 community is supporting the VLS project with a $150,000 grant to develop a new Rust library for Lightning signers, bringing more features to the open-source community and everybody building on Core Lightning.

The new Lightning signer will be available on multiple platforms and is non-custodial. Users will be able to define rules so that the signer only signs certain types of transactions like channel openings or routing forwards making running a Lightning node much safer.

In more good news, the VLS signer is now fully integrated with Blockstream's Greenlight, allowing devs building with the gl-client or other layers like the Breez SDK to easily access the signer without needing modifications.

Read the full announcement and details below:

https://community.corelightning.org/c/start-here/build-on-l2-supports-vls-integration-into-greenlight-with-150-000-grant

🛰 We’ve updated the Bitcoin Satellite software on top of the new Bitcoin Core 25.0 release.

Blockstream Satellite users can work with the latest Fedora and Ubuntu operating systems and benefit from the latest Bitcoin Core release, which includes new features, bug fixes and performance improvements,

Please check out the release notes ⬇️

https://github.com/Blockstream/bitcoinsatellite/releases/tag/v25.0-satellite0.2.4

⚡️🌊We’ve just dropped another Blockstream Talk BONUS episode with the team at Boltz 🔩

Find out more about this new non-custodial solution that is getting the best out of Liquid and Lightning by enabling cheap & fast swaps between Bitcoin layer-2s.

https://blockstream-talk-23225031.simplecast.com/episodes/blockstream-talk-liquidboltzexchange

The latest Deciphered educational is now live. We walk you through the basics of Lightning, the modular, spec-compliant Lightning implementation CLN, and how to get cheap inbound channel liquidity using Boltz and its new Liquid swaps tool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2asMhOUCiM

Like Bitcoin Script, Simplicity is a low-level language that combines computations to build larger ones. Read how this new noscripting language leverages a well-defined combinator model for composing computations and achieving formal verification.

The latest from Blockstream Research:

https://blog.blockstream.com/simplicity-holes-and-side-effects/

Learn how even hardcore Bitcoin & Lightning developers can benefit from building on Greenlight with Dr Bitcoin on the Stephan Livera podcast ⚡️

https://youtube.com/shorts/3GzVSoDxCXM?feature=share

🚨 Never roll your own crypto 🚨

But you can roll your own entropy & the Blockstream Jade can help you do it right! 🎲 🪙

https://help.blockstream.com/hc/en-us/articles/15445953449625-How-do-I-calculate-a-final-word-from-a-provided-recovery-phrase-entry-

🎙 We’ve just dropped another Blockstream Talk bonus episode on Greenlight ⚡️

Learn how Greenlight is enabling developers to integrate non-custodial & Unfairly Cheap™️ Lightning payments into apps with Adi Shankara, Senior Product Manager at Blockstream & Bitfinex Securities Head of Operations Jesse Knutson.

https://blockstream-talk-23225031.simplecast.com/episodes/greenlight-fixes-this

Explore the dynamics of inflation in Latin America & how it has prompted a growing interest in Bitcoin with BTC Andres in the latest Sovereign Stories 🌎

https://youtube.com/shorts/7yPb4fg_Uxw

The latest from Blockstream Research introduces foundational concepts like values, types, and expressions to better understand Simplicity—a smart contracting and specification language coming soon to the Liquid Network that could also become an alternative to Bitcoin Script on the base layer.

https://blog.blockstream.com/building-blocks-of-simplicity-values-and-types/

Learn why Lorena from Bitcoin Embassy Bar 🇲🇽 uses the open-source Blockstream Jade for everyday Bitcoin transactions, utilizing it’s camera function & it's support for the Liquid Network 📷🌊

https://youtube.com/shorts/zFtLwrNXCWg

Catch the latest #BlockstreamTalk podcast with Adi Shankara on #Greenlight to learn more about:

⚡️ #LightningNetwork adoption
↴ Edge nodes vs routing nodes
🏗 Building apps with GL

https://blockstream-talk-23225031.simplecast.com/episodes/greenlight-fixes-this

It’s time! ⏰

Reserve your next Blockstream Jade hardware wallet today to:

🪖 Add FOSS redundancy to your Bitcoin self-custody
🤝 Get a loved one off an exchange
🥩 Beef up your Bitcoin Mining set up!

Reserve your Jade with the link below & it will automatically ship once our stock drops in October ⬇️

https://store.blockstream.com/product/preorder-blockstream-jade-hardware-wallet/

Growing evidence suggests that there will not be a 'one size fits all' solution to Bitcoin scaling but rather many complementary protocols, each addressing different challenges and markets, that ultimately help usher in hyperbitcoinization.

In the latest Layer-2 Roundup, we delve into second-layer protocols, highlight the importance of interoperability, and showcase the projects using these solutions together to tackle the challenges of adoption and the growing pains that come with it—as we saw in May's high-fee environment.

https://blog.blockstream.com/increasing-interoperability-between-bitcoins-second-layer-protocols/

Privacy has always been an important part of the Bitcoin ethos: money requires fungibility, and fungibility requires privacy. At Blockstream, we actively develop privacy-enhancing methods like best wallet practices in Blockstream Green and Confidential Transactions (CT) in Liquid for Bitcoin users.

One of our aims is to bring greater privacy to the Bitcoin ecosystem, with Bulletproofs++ as the first step. Read the latest from Blockstream Research:

https://blog.blockstream.com/bulletproofs-a-step-towards-fully-anonymous-transactions-with-multiple-asset-types/

📡 Elevate Your #Bitcoin experience with the #BlockstreamSatellite Pro Kit! 🚀

Enjoy all the features of the Basic Kit, PLUS dual-satellite capability for enhanced reliability and multicasting!

Process received broadcasts on your Linux system for seamless data transfers & make use of rack-mountable, professional-grade receivers.

Learn more here ⬇️

https://store.blockstream.com/product/blockstream-satellite-pro-kit/

We’ve just released Blockstream Talk #26 on Simplicity, a next-gen blockchain programming and specification language that Dr. Adam Back has referred to as potentially Bitcoin’s last soft fork.

Simplicity’s use of combinators and jets would enable popular covenants like OP_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY and SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT with one soft fork. In this podcast, Blockstream Research engineer Christian Lewe explains what Simplicity is, draws parallels with Mininoscript, how it will be first implemented on Liquid, and why it’s something that Bitcoiners need to know about.

https://blockstream-talk-23225031.simplecast.com/episodes/blockstream-talk-26-simplicity-bitcoins-last-soft-fork

Jade is the ultimate Cypherpunk tool, able to defend your Bitcoin against earthly threats & galactic intruders! 👽

Verify your seed phrase & upgrade to Jade 1.0.21 to keep your stack safe from the current thing! ⬇️

https://jadefw.blockstream.com/upgrade/fwupgrade.html

An important reminder regarding the rerelease of AQUA wallet.

Full announcement from JAN3: https://community.liquid.net/c/general-discussion/a-new-chapter-for-aqua

JAN3 took over maintenance of AQUA April '22 (https://coindesk.com/business/2022/04/07/ex-blockstream-exec-samson-mow-raises-21m-for-bitcoin-startup-jan3/) and is gearing up to unveil a new version for both iOS and Android.

While the original app (developed by Blockstream) remains functional, and you can access your funds as usual, it will no longer be updated or available on the App Store, transitioning to the new AQUA now being released. As you wait for the rerelease, feel free to continue using the old AQUA or migrate your recovery phrase to Blockstream Green or a Liquid-compatible wallet of your choice.

For further AQUA updates, please follow JAN3 on TG: https://news.1rj.ru/str/JAN3com