PR review sessions are also an activity for designers. Here's one that just happened around a new page in the design guide about how applications can design for handling of multiple wallets.
Bitcoin Design
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A free, open-source community resource for designers, developers, and others working on non-custodial #bitcoin products. https://bitcoin.design
FOSDEM and Creative Freedom Summit are currently open for talk submissions. Both are great open-source conferences full of interesting people worth checking out. If you're working on design on open-source, maybe consider attending and presenting.
Creative Freedom Summit is a virtual conference dedicated solely to the features and benefits of Open Source creative tools on January 23 to 25. Proposals are due December 1.
FOSDEM is about free and open-source software, with a specialized track on open design. It's in Brussels, on February 3 and 4. Proposals are due December 8.
Creative Freedom Summit
Creative Freedom Summit - Hosted by the Fedora Design Team
The conference dedicated to the features and benefits of Open Source creative tools. Be inspired and learn how you can enjoy more creative freedom!
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Open Source Design
Open Source Design
Connecting open source & design! 🎨
In our community call yesterday, we discussed the newly formed Bitcoin Design Foundation. It was founded to ensure the long-term sustainability of the Bitcoin Design Community. We went over the backstory, where we are now, and the curvy path in between.
Thank you to everyone who made it to the call. And an especially big shout-out to @BitBox for becoming the first donor. The foundation is in service of the community, let’s use it to do more good design work and move the bitcoin experience forward together.
We use Open Collective to host the Foundation. To learn more, donate, get in touch, and more, visit the website here:
Bitcoin Design Foundation - Open Collective
We organize funding for open-source bitcoin design work.
Newsletter #52 just went out with community activity, updates to the design guide, active discussions and project news, and lots of small bits and pieces. Take a peek.
Bitcoin Design Newsletter #52
The Bitcoin Design Foundation, live code resources page, BOLT12...
Designing for bitcoin is a unique challenge. As the internet of money, it is a canvas for creativity and fresh new ways of thinking. Plus, it's permissionless, so you can blaze trails one pixel at a time together with a global community.
Bitcoin Design
Why design for bitcoin
Be on the cutting-edge of technology and open-design by working in the bitcoin ecosystem.
In 2021, Patrícia Estevão gathered some very thorough research on how people use and perceive bitcoin, via live interviews from participants all around the world. Her findings, especially the personas she created, can be very useful for guiding projects. More below...
Read the full 14,000 word report. It's absolutely worth it, not only for the findings, but also the process.
The Bitcoin Design Guide includes a summary for the personas for quick reference by designers and builders.
And if you'd like to put your feet up and watch a video, here's the presentation by Patricia herself.
It can be hard to put ourselves in the minds and contexts of the people we design and build for. Luckily we have UX researchers to help us with that.
Bitcoin UX Research
This research is meant to provide in-depth qualitative knowledge of how people use or perceive Bitcoin. By doing so, we hope that solution creators...
Bitcoin Design
User personas
How to use bitcoin user personas to build better products, including several bitcoin-specific personas
In yesterdays Bitcoin Design Guide Jam Session, we discussed backup solutions around descriptors, user flows for miniscript-based recovery paths, multi-wallet design considerations, code resources, and an upcoming case study for @WalletScrutiny.
Our next session is on November 20. Join us. 
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Bitcoin Design Guide Jam Session #58 · Issue #590 · BitcoinDesign/Meta
UTCTime: 2023-11-20 12:00 UTC Duration: 1h Agenda An open session for anyone interested or working on the design guide to chat and collaborate. Lea...
Happy bitcoin logo day. 13 years ago today, the bitcoin symbol we know and recognize was proposed on the Bitcointalk forum by a user named bitboy. We have more info on this topic in the "Visual language" page in the guide. 
Bitcoin Design
Visual language
A short history of the visuals that we associate with bitcoin, from the first symbol to the HODL meme.
What principles do you base your design decisions on? In the Bitcoin Design Community, we identified self-custody, security, inclusion, interoperability, transparency, privacy, and decentralization. Read all about them here: 
Bitcoin Design
Design principles
The key principles to follow when designing bitcoin products.
The latest Bitcoin Design newsletter just went out with lots of activity in the community from the last few weeks. 
Shout-outs to @WalletScrutiny, @BOLT🔩FUN, @Saving Satoshi, @Alby, @OpenSecret, @ZEUS. #Nostrasia #herecomesbitcoin
Bitcoin Design Newsletter #51
Custom spending conditions, puppets, code resources, icons, and more.
A new version 0.1.10 of the Bitcoin Icons was just released with 11 new icons and 1 fix.
Bitcoin icons
Bitcoin icons
Interface icons for Bitcoin applications, free to use.
https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1087677534293009133/bitcoin-icons
If you want to go directly the source of the icons, grab the Figma community file. Also great if you'd like to contribute.
https://www.figma.com/community/file/948545404023677970/bitcoin-icon-set
Just want the files directly? Get the icons as SVG and PNG zipped up from the release page on GithHub.
GitHub
Release v0.1.10 · BitcoinDesign/Bitcoin-Icons
11 new icons and 1 fix. See the milestone for details.
GitHub
Issues · BitcoinDesign/Bitcoin-Icons
Icons made for Bitcoin applications, free to use. Contribute to BitcoinDesign/Bitcoin-Icons development by creating an account on GitHub.
@ZEUS merged several accessibility improvements today. These can make the difference between someone understanding the interface and being able to manage their bitcoin, or having no idea what is in front of them.
GitHub
Accessibility improvements by sha-265 · Pull Request #1590 · ZeusLN/zeus
Description
Relates to issue: #1442
Added accessibility improvements as requested by the folks at the Bitcoin Design Community that have detailed i...
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Accessibility fix hit list · Issue #516 · BitcoinDesign/Meta
This is a tracking issue for accessibility issues with open-source, self-custodial bitcoin wallets that we identified and want to help fix. We unea...
Did you know bitcoin wallets can have fallback keys that only become active after some time? How that works, other use cases, and more are explained in the new Custom spending conditions page. Big thanks to @Michael for putting it all together.
Next on Michael's to-do list is a follow-up page that dives into UX best practices for this functionality. Stay tuned. For now, we'd love to get your feedback on the new page.
Bitcoin Design
Custom spending conditions
An overview about advanced capabilities that enable users to create more flexible bitcoin wallets.
Newsletter #50 just went out. Make sure to take a look at the 3 hackathons starting this week. Those are great wide-open spaces to learn, commingle and let your creative juices flow 🥤🌊. 
Bitcoin Design Newsletter #50
Complex spending conditions, Hackathons and the Bitcoin Design Foundation.
Join us tomorrow at 8:00 UTC for a design review session with @peachbitcoin .
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Design review Call : Peach Wallet · Issue #576 · BitcoinDesign/Meta
UTCTime: 2023-10-04 08:00 UTC Duration: 1h Agenda During this call we will review Peach Wallet. Please feel free to download the wallet before the ...
Which open-source bitcoin projects & companies are looking for designers or design support?
There are two exciting hackathons coming up next week via @BOLT🔩FUN, Legends of Lighting Vol 2 and Nostrasia. Join the fun.
BOLT.FUN
FUN is Mandatory - BOLT.FUN MANIFESTO
BOLT.FUN is the incubator and school for makers—where ideas grow, projects launch, and freedom is pursued together.
Some say the ideal way to spend a weekend is to watch recordings of Bitcoin Design calls (not sure who says that, maybe AI bots?). On this weeks menu are an Etta Wallet design review, UX research on Geyser, and a Bitcoin Core App design catch-up. Happy binging. https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoinDesign/videos
For upcoming calls, check out our calendar, and you're welcome to join. 
Bitcoin Design
Calendar
Design reviews, community calls, project sessions, and other events planned by the Bitcoin Design Community
Fees are tricky in bitcoin, and lightning makes them even more complex. We updated the "Send fees" page in the Bitcoin Design Guide with extra details around different scenarios, and how to design for them. Contextually appropriate explainers and options are the key.
Bitcoin Design
Send fees
UX design guidelines for displaying bitcoin transaction fees and helping users make informed decisions.
These concepts are important for designers and other contributors to understand as well. If you have not been part of a reading group, give it a try. Even just listening in is often a great way to learn a few things. View quoted note →