Long-time Core Lightning contributor, creator of the Bookkeeper plugin, and the mind behind Liquidity Ads on the Lightning Network, Lisa Neigut (@niftynei() 🇺🇸💸🧡) is at the Bitcoin Conference next week. Founder of @btcplusplus and Base58 School Nifty is one of the most impactful builders in open source Bitcoin. ⚡ Tuesday April 28, Lisa Neigut joins the Bitcoin Conference Genesis Stage for Interactive Strategies to Improve as a Bitcoin Educator alongside Arsh Molu of Human Rights Foundation, Satsie from Bitcoin Dev Project, and John Dennehy of My First Bitcoin. 11:50AM PDT. Wednesday she's back twice. Keynoting the Bitcoin Conference Open Source Stage on the Bitcoin Developer Ecosystem at 11:00AM PDT, then moderating Hands-on Bitcoin Transactions on the HRF Freedom Go Up Stage at 12:30PM PDT.

Bitcoin's OG infrastructure builder and the world's largest corporate Bitcoin treasury meet onstage at @TheBitcoinConf 2026. Blockstream CEO @Adam Back and Strategy CEO Phong Le join @nat brunell on the Nakamoto Stage to discuss where Bitcoin's technical and financial stack goes next.

Core Lightning 26.04 "Negative Routing Fees" has shipped. Splicing is out of experimental, the node runs leaner, and peer messages are now padded to resist traffic analysis. ⚡ Splicing lets you resize channels without closing them, cutting open/close overhead, freeing idle capital, and ending reliance on centralized liquidity providers. 26.04 also ships parallel pathfinding improvements, payer notes on xpay, and roughly 20% smaller binaries.

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Core Lightning 26.04: "Negative Routing Fees"

Blockstream’s latest update to our implementation of the Lightning Network, Core Lightning v26.04 “Negative Routing Fees”, is now available. ...

--- Open source Lightning improves because people show up and do the work. 421 commits. 110 days. 23 contributors, including six first-timers. The codebase is open. Eight bounties are up for grabs. Come build.

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Release v26.04 Negative Routing Fees · ElementsProject/lightning

This release has been named by @Chand-ra Highlights for Users bkpr-report introduces a more flexible way to summarize Bookkeeper income, making it...

"It's kind of like the X-Files. People want to believe." @Adam Back on the NYT piece claiming he's Satoshi. The interview with The Block also covers: 🔷 Post-quantum Bitcoin 🔷 The future of Satoshi's coins 🔷 Bitcoin treasury companies 🔷 Where the Bitcoin market goes from here Watch the full conversation

Quantum resistance for Bitcoin that doesn't break wallets or user experience. Jonas Nick from Blockstream Research takes the main stage today at OPNEXT2026. Can't be there at OPNEXT2026.? The full picture of what Blockstream Research has been building is Here.

Bitcoin's Quantum Defense | Blockstream

Bitcoin's Quantum Defense | Blockstream

The Master Stage at the Carrousel du Louvre. Full house. @Adam Back on why Bitcoin is no longer just a store of value it's the infrastructure layer global finance is being rebuilt on.

Bitcoin treasury allocation is settled. The open questions are how much, how fast, and who holds custody. @Adam Back, Capital B, and Bitcoin For Corporations join the Bitcoin Treasury Panel at Paris Blockchain Week. Today 12:30, Institutional Lounge, Carrousel du Louvre.

Our enterprise team is on the ground at Paris Blockchain Week today. Sagun Garg, Marc Brody, Gabriel Sadoun talking tokenization, custody, and what Bitcoin infrastructure looks like at institutional scale.

@Julian Figueroa tells the story most Bitcoiners never want to tell. Back then, self-custody wasn't easy. Now it is. Keep your stack in cold storage with Blockstream Jade.

This week! Jonas Nick from Blockstream Research presenting OP_SHRINCSVERIFY at OPNEXT2026, April 16th. Securing Bitcoin against quantum computers without massive signature bloat or complex backup schemes.

Kick off day two of Paris Blockchain Week with the highest signal session of the conference. nostr:npub1qg8j6gdwpxlntlxlkew7eu283wzx7hmj32esch42hntdpqdgrslqv024kwon the Master Stage with Gareth Jenkinson from The Block. Covering the latest in Bitcoin infrastructure in 2026: @Liquid Network , Simplicity, and Enterprise custody.

Post-quantum cryptography is one of the most important conversations in Bitcoin right now. Blockstream Research Director Jonas Nick joins the Open Source Stage at The Bitcoin Conference to break down hash-based and lattice signatures, the tradeoffs, and what they mean for Bitcoin's future.

Blockstream has been building on Bitcoin since 2014. If you're at Paris Blockchain Week and want to understand what's actually possible with Bitcoin infrastructure at enterprise scale, come talk to our team. Book time with us through the official networking app. We have a private meeting room on-site.

The inventor of Hashcash. Cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper. nostr:npub1qg8j6gdwpxlntlxlkew7eu283wzx7hmj32esch42hntdpqdgrslqv024kwtakes the Master Stage at Paris Blockchain Week, carrying the same ethos that started it all: non-custodial, open source, and built to be the foundation of global finance. Join us at Europe's most influential gathering at the intersection of traditional finance and digital assets.

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:

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

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.