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The Bitcoin Ubuntu team are set to educate with Jades at their upcoming self-custody workshop. 🇿🇦
A grassroots push in Zambia is being powered by Bitcoin Vic Falls using their donation to expand Bitcoin education. 🇿🇲
A fresh delivery of Blockstream Jade wallets has reached @BitcoinEkasi in South Africa through the My First Bitcoin Node Network. 🇿🇦
A special unboxing saw Free Madeira receive new Jades to strengthen digital sovereignty on the island. 🌊
Students and Bitcoin project leaders across Kenya will soon receive Jades from Mutonga Nakamoto, Founder of BTC Nairobi, to advance education and self-custody. 🇰🇪
In Nigeria, DigiOats is equipping Bitcoin diplomats with Jade hardware wallets to promote open-source Bitcoin education. 🇳🇬
The Bitcoin Matatu team led by Master Guantai in Nairobi is preparing to give away Jade wallets at upcoming community events. 🇰🇪
Watch the recap from @PUBKEY NYC to see the moment this donation was announced.
@Liquid Network functionality gets important upgrades.
2FA can now be reactivated on older 2-of-2 wallets.
BIP21 payment URIs are clickable links that pre-fill both the recipient address and amount in your wallet. They’re now better validated in the Blockstream App to protect your funds when sending.
The wallet list has been refined for faster navigation, especially with multiple accounts.
Watch-only wallets now include a dedicated security tab for quickly verifying backup status and hardware setup.
If you're still using multiple apps to buy and self-custody on mobile now’s the time to switch.
Download the Blockstream app and take control of your Bitcoin and Liquid in one place.
Dive into the full Q2 rundown for an inside look at company progress, business growth, industry moves, and the latest from our engineering teams.
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Simplicity isn't like Solidity, or most modern programming languages, which are Turing-complete. Instead, the language was designed to express any finite function while avoiding the risks associated with unbounded loops and global state.
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Simplicity provides developers with high confidence in their applications, allowing them to know all potential outcomes and fee costs before execution.
The recent Bybit hack illustrates the risks of including features like recursion and global state.
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With Simplicity's arrival, we have for the first time a clean foundation for serious financial applications, without the complexity and patchwork of risks that defined the last era of DeFi.
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Want to build covenants, vaults and delegation schemes? Now you can on the @Liquid Network . Want to create derivatives, pooled wallets or tokenless DEXs? That's possible too.
Read the full story on how Blockstream Local, now powered by the Blockstream app, plans to fuel grassroots Bitcoin adoption with real sats and free open-source self-custody tools.
From El Salvador to Cuba, Namibia to Indonesia, learn how to get involved.
In Mexico, @The Core - Bitcoin Education is putting Jades to work in monthly meetups demonstrating real Bitcoin self-custody in action. 🇲🇽
In Nigeria, Bitcoin Anambra is strengthening its grassroots mission by delivering Bitcoin education and self-custody tools to the people. 🇳🇬
Returning from El Salvador and Guatemala, Kirscha Kievits is set to equip students with Jades for hands-on Bitcoin learning.
Watch the recap from @PubKey NYC and see the moment the donation was announced.