🎙 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

In the newest entry to the Simplicity blog series, Andrew Poelstra, Head of Blockstream Research, delves into sharing, witness, and disconnect in the next-generation programming and specification language.

https://blog.blockstream.com/simplicity-sharing-of-witness-and-disconnect/

For a comprehensive overview explaining the larger significance of Simplicity for Bitcoin, covenants, and potential future soft forks, watch the recent Blockstream Talk episode featuring Blockstream researcher Christian Lewe. In this insightful one-hour discussion, Lewe offers an in-depth analysis of how Simplicity works and the exciting use cases it enables for Bitcoin, which will be first implemented on Liquid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ_Z2W-pDHg

We’ve just released Blockstream Talk #27 - Unlocking Bitcoin’s Potential with Layer-2 featuring Jeff Boortz, the Chief Product Officer at Blockstream where we explore:

👁️ Blockstream’s vision for trustless financial services
⚡️ Integrating layer-2 Bitcoin technologies
🌊 Institutional interest in Liquid

https://blockstream-talk-23225031.simplecast.com/episodes/blockstream-talk-27-unlocking-bitcoins-potential-with-layer-2s

Blockstream Finance, our financial division, continues to pioneer forward-thinking financial products, laying the foundation for Bitcoin-based capital markets. Building on the success of the Blockstream Mining Note (BMN), which secured $50M over 2021 and 2022, we have partnered with Luxembourg's STOKR—a premier marketplace for digital securities—to unveil our next Bitcoin-focused investment vehicle: the Blockstream ASIC (BASIC) Note.

The BASIC Note is a bitcoin-denominated vehicle that provides qualified investors an opportunity to capitalize on the potential upside of historically-low ASIC prices. Read more about its structure and the offering below:

https://blog.blockstream.com/introducing-the-basic-note-a-bitcoin-denominated-investment-in-undervalued-mining-assets/

We’ve just released Blockstream Talk #28 with our CFO & Co-Founder Erik Svenson! Hear stories about:

🥷 Meeting Cypherpunks like Adam Back, Pieter Wuille & GMax
⛑️ Surviving multiple #Bitcoin market cycles
🌊 Growing institutional interest in Liquid & Elements

https://blockstream-talk-23225031.simplecast.com/episodes/low-time-preference-bitcoin-infrastructure-development-blockstream-talk-28

Today, we welcome the latest Core Lightning⚡️release, v23.08, codenamed "Satoshi's Successor." The release has such an overwhelming array of changes that we are splitting it into three separate blog posts.

The first covers user experience: updated plugins (pay, reckless), new commands (setconfig, ignorefeelimits), and more.

https://blog.blockstream.com/core-lightning-v23-08-satoshis-successor/

The final post detailing the new CLN release is out! Dive into the experimental features of v23.08 and keep that reckless Lightning spirit alive! We cover:

⚡️ Dual funding upgrade
⚡️ Splicing, yes, splicing!
⚡️ Renepay

Read more👇

https://blog.blockstream.com/core-lightning-v23-08-satoshis-successor-part-iii-experimental-features/

Check out the latest Blockstream Talk podcast with the Director of Blockstream Research and #Bitcoin legend Andrew Poelstra to find out more about Codex32, a book that will teach you how to wield Shamir’s Secret Sharing schemes with paper computers.

https://blockstream-talk-23225031.simplecast.com/episodes/stewarding-blockstream-research-with-andrew-poelstra-blockstream-talk-29

In honor of Layer-2 Day at Baltic Honeybadger 2023, we've gone live with the new Core Lightning app on Start9! Manage channels, create Lightning invoices, and even use recurring BOLT12 offers with a simple, easy-to-use frontend.

Download and explore the new app today: https://marketplace.start9.com/marketplace/c-lightning

Any questions? Leave a comment in the BOL2 thread below and our team will be happy to discuss: https://community.corelightning.org/c/start-here/announcing-the-new-cln-app-on-start9

Introducing Codex32, a Shamir Secret Sharing scheme for managing data and Bitcoin secrets without electronic dependencies, using paper computers.

Blog: https://blog.blockstream.com/codex32-a-shamir-secret-sharing-scheme/

Store: https://store.blockstream.com/product/codex32-shamir-secret-sharing-scheme-book/