Bitcoin infrastructure is ready for the world's most demanding financial institutions. Blockstream is proud to sponsor Paris Blockchain Week 2026 April 15–16 at the Carrousel du Louvre, Paris. nostr:npub1qg8j6gdwpxlntlxlkew7eu283wzx7hmj32esch42hntdpqdgrslqv024kwon the Master Stage. Our enterprise team on the ground. The future of finance runs on Bitcoin. Want to meet the Blockstream enterprise team Paris Blockchain Week? We have a private meeting room on-site. Book time through the official networking app.

Paris Blockchain Week April 15-16 2026 | Carrousel du Louvre

Paris Blockchain Week is Europe’s power forum for the future of digital finance where 10,000 decision-makers convene at the Louvre for two days.

In Q1, Blockstream developed post-quantum solutions for Bitcoin and improved capabilities for Lightning. Blockstream Research deployed the first post-quantum-signed transactions on the @Liquid Network using Simplicity. Bitcoin users can now receive Lightning payments secured by Blockstream Jade cold storage. Blockstream's Q1 2026 Quarterly Update is live. Quantum FUD continues. Blockstream ships. Post-quantum signatures on Liquid. Lightning payments from cold storage. A desktop app rebuilt from the ground up. Real-time blockchain data for developers. Seven countries of institutional presence in one quarter. Read the full Q1 update:

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Blockstream Quarterly Update - Q1 2026

Blockstream delivered a landmark Q1, executing the first post-quantum signed transactions on Liquid, enabling the first hardware wallet–secured L...

Director of Blockstream Research Jonas Nick will be on the main stage at OPNEXT 2026 presenting OP_SHRINCSVERIFY. Preparing Bitcoin for post-quantum threats while keeping signature sizes practical and backup workflows simple.

Jade Plus firmware v1.0.39 is live offering a ~40% faster camera. The camera is how Jade Plus handles advanced Bitcoin workflows: SeedQR scanning, QR PIN unlock, and fully air-gapped signing. Faster performance with the same uncompromising security. 🔗 https://help.blockstream.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408030503577-Update-Jade-firmware One of the best Jade Plus camera use cases: SeedQR. Convert your 12-word seed phrase into a QR using the template that shipped with your device. Mark the dots, Jade verifies it. Need to switch wallets? Scan your SeedQR and you're in. One device, any wallet, full security. https://help.blockstream.com/hc/en-us/articles/10426338606873-Create-a-SeedQR-from-my-recovery-phrase

The full Bitcoin stack from your Jade: 1️⃣ Receive a Lightning payment → lands as LBTC secured by Jade 2️⃣ Pay Lightning invoices from your LBTC balance signed by Jade 3️⃣ Swap LBTC to on-chain bitcoin when you're ready Lightning speed. Hardware wallet security. Download the Blockstream app:

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Blockstream App: A multi-platform, feature-rich Bitcoin and Liquid Wallet.

Blockstream app guides you from your first bitcoin purchase to full self-custody, all inside one elegant, security-first Bitcoin experience.

Secure your bitcoin with Jade: https://store.blockstream.com/products/jade-plus

The inventor of Hashcash. Co-founder of Blockstream. One of the original cypherpunks. Our CEO @Adam Back takes the main stage at the Bitcoin Conference by @Bitcoin Magazine in Las Vegas.

Every post-quantum upgrade for Bitcoin brings significant trade-offs: larger signatures, slower verification, new assumptions, statefulness. Blockstream Research led by Jonas Nick is pioneering the research and implementation space to inform potential upgrade paths. Hash-based signatures offer a promising post-quantum alternative for Bitcoin. Jonas Nick and Mikhail Kudinov at Blockstream Research explore parameter optimization specifically for Bitcoin's requirements. https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/2203.pdf

You accept Lightning at your conference booth. Every payment lands as LBTC in your Jade-secured wallet on the Blockstream app. Not a hot wallet. Cold storage. Back at the hotel, you retrieve your BlockstreamJade from the safe, sign an on-chain swap, and settle the day's earnings to the Bitcoin base layer. Lightning speed in, base-layer finality out. Download the Blockstream app:

Blockstream: Bitcoin and digital asset infrastructure

Blockstream App: A multi-platform, feature-rich Bitcoin and Liquid Wallet.

Blockstream app guides you from your first bitcoin purchase to full self-custody, all inside one elegant, security-first Bitcoin experience.

Secure your bitcoin with Jade: https://store.blockstream.com/products/jade-plus

Heading to the Japan Bitcoin Future Forum in Yokohama this week? Get hands on with Jade, the only Bitcoin cold wallet that interacts with Lightning. See it in person with the Metaplanet team and Blockstream Japan. 🇯🇵

Is your Bitcoin really safe on the exchange? Take self-custody with Jade Plus: open-source, Bitcoin and @Liquid Network native. 12-word recovery phrase → Genuine Check → verify addresses on-device. Withdraw Bitcoin and USDt directly to cold storage.

Real transactions. Real production sidechain. Blockstream Research is running SHRINCS, an optimized hash-based signature scheme, on the @Liquid Network right now. This is what preparing Bitcoin infrastructure for the post-quantum era looks like.

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Blockstream Research Demonstrates Quantum-Resistant Transaction Signing on Liquid Using Simplicity Smart Contracts

Blockstream Research has successfully deployed post-quantum signature verification on the Liquid Network using Simplicity, enabling users to protec...

How Blockstream Jade works with Unchained: You hold two keys. Unchained holds one recovery key. To spend, two signatures are required. You stay in control. Unchained is your safety net.

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Blockstream Jade Now Supported by Unchained

Unchained’s collaborative custody platform is now officially compatible with Blockstream Jade, bringing together two of the most trusted names in...

Our CMO Peter Bain discusses quantum computing and its implications for cryptography on FINTECH TV Global, a longer-term challenge the industry is actively preparing for, with Blockstream Research leading the way.

How does Jade work with Lightning if it's a hardware wallet? The @Liquid Network is the bridge. When someone sends a Lightning payment to your Blockstream app wallet, it arrives as LBTC in your Jade-secured wallet. When you pay a Lightning invoice, your LBTC swaps out over Lightning. Addresses are generated offline. Jade signs every transaction. Private keys never touch an internet-connected device. See exactly how much you could keep in your DCA stack by utilizing Lightning to Liquid swaps. Check out Blockstream's new UTXO fee calculator. 🔗 

UTXO Fee Calculator | Blockstream

“With Bitcoin you have an early stage adoption story so it's effectively like buying internet companies stocks in like the early 90s.“ - Blockstream CEO @Adam Back Bitcoin is early-stage adoption. Hold it on your phone with the Blockstream app: http://blockstream.com/app

All the speed. All the security. Blockstream app v5.2.0 lets you seamlessly swap across all three layers of bitcoin, all while being protected by Blockstream Jade: ⚡ Receive Lightning payments directly into cold storage ⚡ Pay Lightning invoices from cold storage 🔄 Swap seamlessly between Lightning, @Liquid Network , and on-chain Convenience and control, all within the Blockstream app. Lightning ↔ Liquid swaps arrived in December. On-chain ↔ Liquid swaps land today. With this update, Blockstream Jade is the first hardware wallet with full access to the Bitcoin stack: ⚡ Lightning for speed 🌊 Liquid for flexibility ⛓️ On-chain for finality

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All the Speed. All the Security. Jade Lightning Payments Are Here.

In a historic first, Jade is now the first hardware wallet to interact with Lightning. Thanks to the app’s existing Lightning ↔ Liquid swaps, t...

Download the Blockstream app

Blockstream: Bitcoin and digital asset infrastructure

Blockstream App: A multi-platform, feature-rich Bitcoin and Liquid Wallet.

Blockstream app guides you from your first bitcoin purchase to full self-custody, all inside one elegant, security-first Bitcoin experience.

Secure your bitcoin with Jade https://store.blockstream.com/products/jade-plus

Congratulations to the Blockstream Research team. A well-earned acceptance.

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Excited to share that our DahLIAS paper has been accepted to Eurocrypt 2026! 🎉 DahLIAS enables cross-input signature aggregation (CISA) on Bitc...

Users can now protect their Liquid Bitcoin and issued assets against future quantum computer attacks. Blockstream Research has deployed post-quantum signature verification on the @Liquid Network using Simplicity - a first on a production Bitcoin sidechain. Opt-in quantum protection, available today. No consensus changes required. How it works: Simplicity smart contracts enable custom spending conditions on Liquid. Lock your coins to a contract that requires post-quantum signatures to spend. There are now real transactions on Liquid mainnet using SHRINCS, our optimized hash-based signature scheme. The verifier library is open source and available now for wallet developers to integrate:

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Blockstream Research Demonstrates Quantum-Resistant Transaction Signing on Liquid Using Simplicity Smart Contracts

Blockstream Research has successfully deployed post-quantum signature verification on the Liquid Network using Simplicity, enabling users to protec...

Happy Monday everyone!

Building on the Bitcoin standard starts with visibility. Plug in and power up with the Blockstream Explorer API. Get instant access to your key to Bitcoin and @Liquid_BTC network data with the Blockstream Explorer API.

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Real-time Bitcoin data at scale. Electrum RPC support. Production-gradeinfrastructure. Blockstream Explorer API just got faster and more powerful. Learn how we're improving the service:

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Real-Time Bitcoin Data at Scale: Blockstream Explorer API Launches Electrum RPC

Applications that need real-time blockchain monitoring can now use Electrum RPC Protocol alongside REST API, giving developers the complete toolkit...