Blockstream Local is excited to support Bitcoin Zambia, a #Bitcoin meetup founded by @Anita. 📍

Nice work @Vincenzo Palazzo , @Chris Guida, and more! Keep pushing the boundaries. #BOLT12

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Release v24.06 - Bolted and Ready Edition · vincenzopalazzo/lampo.rs

v24.06 - Bolted and Ready Edition The release "v24.06 Bolted and Ready Edition" is finally out named by @chrisguida What's Changed feat : adds ann...

Learn more about BOLT12 payments on the revamped info site by @Stephen DeLorme. Find the Discord link to start chatting with other builders. ⚡️

BOLT 12 | This is how we bitcoin in the future!

BOLT 12 is a protocol upgrade to the Lightning network that will enable re-usable payment requests, increased receiver privacy, and better censorsh...

Scaling Lightning made easy! Watch @Relai 🇨🇭 reach 100K users with @Blockstream Greenlight.

Interested in going down the #Bitcoin rabbit hole? Explore our new Bitcoin Education blog and glossary, where you can learn best practices in node running and wallet use and explore more technical concepts, like MuSig2 and Shamir's Secret Sharing.

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Ricki from Bitcoin Only South Africa explains how to win with #Bitcoin no matter what you do for work. #SovereignStories

Find out the meme that comes to mind for Ricki from Bitcoin Only South Africa when he hears Europeans or Americans complain about inflation! #SovereignStories

As #Bitcoin mainchain fees rise, layer-2 solutions like Lightning and the @Liquid Network offer users lower costs and faster, more confidential transactions, making them ideal for stacking sats. 🌊⚡️ Learn how to stack sats cheaply using @Boltz - Non-Custodial Bitcoin Bridge and apps like Cash App and @strike. ⬇️

Accenture’s Digital Asset Lead Alexandre Laizet explore the shift from fiat currency to Bitcoin as the primary measure of value on Bitcoin Capital.

Take the leap into building on Bitcoin's open-source layer-2 infrastructure with Core Lightning bounties! Handpicked from the project's good_first_issue tags, these tasks meaningfully improve the CLN project and are suitable for those new to building on #Bitcoin. PR freeze for CLN 24.08 is August 5, so get started. ⬇️ To earn the #Bitcoin from a CLN bounty: 🔎 Create a profile and explore the issues on Sphinx Chat ✋ Raise your hand on GitHub and get assigned 📝 Submit a PR for the core team to review and approve

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Liquidity challenges? Non-custodial concerns? @Relai 🇨🇭 CTO Adem Bilican shares their story of navigating these obstacles and integrating Lightning with Greenlight.

Learn how Blockstream’s upcoming #Bitcoin miner is changing the game at @BTC Prague with @npub1qg8j...24kw.

Andrew Poelstra discusses Blockstream's research on Bitcoin privacy and what led them to bulletproofs++. BP++ is a type of zero-knowledge proof that enhances native privacy and offers a smaller, more efficient design—improving upon rangeproofs and the original BP scheme. You can read more about Blockstream's research on BP++ and Bitcoin on the official Blockstream blog. 👇

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Bulletproofs++: A Step Towards Fully Unlinkable Transactions With Multiple Asset Types

Update: Bulletproofs++ has been accepted to Eurocrypt 2024, the Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Tec...

The Greenlight team has just dropped it’s first major update moving from version v0.0.1 to v0.2! This milestone brings a host of enhancements and new features to make Lightning integration even more seamless for developers. 🧵⬇️ Celebrate Greenlight v0.2 by taking a look back at @Relai 🇨🇭's integration earlier this year! The Greenlight team has also reworked and created new examples in the project documentation. Check it out here:

Introduction - Greenlight Documentation

With v0.2, we've upgraded Greenlight to support Core Lightning version 24.02. This means improved performance, enhanced capabilities, and even more robust features for your Lightning applications.

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Core Lightning v24.05: "The Infinitely Divisible Satoshi"

We are pleased to announce the v24.05 release of Core Lightning, codenamed "The Infinitely Divisible Satoshi" - named by CLN contributor daywalker9...

Some highlights include: - A new credentials api allows for easier handling and future proof user credentials - Webhooks for node availability - Documentation now has tested examples - cln v24.02 support - Improved interfaces for more consistency Start building with Greenlight using our examples directory that contains example code snippets for various cases in rust and python.

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greenlight/examples at main · Blockstream/greenlight

Build apps using self-custodial lightning nodes in the cloud - Blockstream/greenlight

Trouble shoot with Release Captain Nepet, Greenlight Lead Christian Decker, and Project Manager Adi Shankara in the Discord. ⬇️

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Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games

Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and h...

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Blockstream Local: Meetup Support and Grassroots Bitcoin Education

Grassroots outreach and action, especially through local Bitcoin meetups, have been instrumental in transforming Bitcoin from a niche technology in...

Learn why we started Blockstream Local 📍

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Blockstream Local: Meetup Support and Grassroots Bitcoin Education

Grassroots outreach and action, especially through local Bitcoin meetups, have been instrumental in transforming Bitcoin from a niche technology in...

LBTC Drop complete 💧 🫡

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This week, Blockstream Local proudly supports Bitcoin Zambia, an initiative by Bitcoin For Fairness and @Anita, for their @Liquid Network worksho...

This week, Blockstream Local proudly supports Bitcoin Zambia, an initiative by Bitcoin For Fairness and @Anita, for their @Liquid Network workshop featuring Green wallet. Let's go! 🚀

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Bitcoin Zambia (@BitcoinZambia) on X

We are hosting @Liquid_BTC workshop for our @BFFbtc members in Zambia, featuring @BlksGreenWallet @Blockstream. Liquid Address: lq1qqfcz9qg9jgt5pn...

Learn how sharing one node across multiple Lightning-enabled apps helps developers and enhances user experience with Greenlight Lead Christian Decker.

Using Green’s 2FA multisig shield is the most secure way to hodl #Bitcoin on the go. 📱 We recommend using a 2FA authenticator app on another device or even a Blockstream Jade. However, with added security come added difficulties, which we're addressing in 4.0.30. 🧵⬇️ --- In Green, if 2FA-protected coins don’t move for a period of time that you determine, your 2FA protection expires. This ensures that if you lose access to your 2FA method, you can recover directly from the Green app as long as the Blockstream Green service is up and running, or else with CLI. But CLI recovery is not easy! So you really don’t want to lose track of when you last did a 2FA refresh on the bitcoins that you hold long-term in a 2FA-protected account in Green. --- So in 4.0.30, we're rolling out a new alert system for expired 2FA coins. 🥳 --- 🚨 These new alerts provide transparent and clear in-app communication about wallet status. Multisig 2FA accounts will now be informed when they have coins with expired 2FA. 💰 Users can spend their funds as usual to refresh the 2FA or choose to redeposit their coins to reactivate the 2FA. 🖥️ For added privacy, users can manually redeposit their expired coins one by one on the desktop app using manual coin selection (mobile soon™️). --- Learn how to set up your own 2FA account on Green with Drew. ⬇️ --- Right now, Green users can set up 2FA secured @Liquid Network accounts and benefit from fast, cheap, and Confidential Transactions. 2FA expiry alerts will be coming to Liquid accounts on Green shortly. Simply create a new Liquid account by accessing the settings in the top right. ⚙️ --- Learn more about re-enabling 2FA coins on Blockstream Green here. ⬇️ https://help.blockstream.com/hc/en-us/articles/33341368720025-Why-do-I-need-to-re-enable-2FA-on-my-coins --- Other updates in 4.0.30 🍏 iOS Update: - Allow redeposit of expired UTXOs in Bitcoin multisig accounts - Improved Liquid assets caching - Updated @Breez to 0.4.2-rc1 - Enhanced send UI - Updated GDK to 0.71.3 - Improved transaction details --- 🤖 **Android Update**: - Re-enabled expired 2FA UTXOs - Updated to Kotlin 2.0.0 - Updated project dependencies - Bumped GDK to 0.71.3 - Bumped Breez to 0.4.2-rc1 - Hidden fee selection on @Liquid Network if fee estimation is network default - Various UI elements refactored - Fixed Authenticator app 2FA setup --- Make sure to update your Green Wallet to the latest version and enjoy a smoother, more secure Bitcoin experience. ⬇️

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Learn how to save your #Bitcoin multisig configuration file to your @Blockstream Jade hardware wallet with Drew.

Starting soon BTCPrague! #Bitcoin Saturday 15 @ 1:50pm: Aaron Van Wirdum hosts Adam Back, R0ckstardev, and Juraj Bednar for “Back to Cypherpunk”, a main stage panel revisiting the cypherpunk ethos.