Limited seats left for this one. Build formally verifiable lending contracts on ‪Liquid‬ with Blockstream and two of Switzerland's banking teams, hands on, July 2 in Zürich.

Smart Contract and Credits on Blockchain Bootcamp · Luma

Blockstream, Swisscom and Luzerner Kantonalbank are happy to invite you for a Liquid/Simplicity Boot Camp in the Swisscom Business Campus in Züric...

This Blockstream Jade Core walkthrough with nostr:npub1lr2zzf989mvf393y0tv39ara6a4vddkd6y87z784up9vl6ks6j3qtudl6ais the only setup video you need to start your self-custody journey. Unboxing, genuine check, recovery phrase, first transaction, it's all here 💪 "Do what you love and save in Bitcoin." Joe Nakamoto leads the way. Order your Jade Core from the Blockstream store and start your self-custody journey. CHEERSJOE https://store.blockstream.com/products/blockstream-jade-core

Exchange reserves are at their lowest level since 2020. The migration to self-custody is well underway. Is your platform ready for it? Start with a Blockstream Explorer API key. 🔗 

Bitcoin Explorer - Blockstream.info

Blockstream Explorer is an open source block explorer providing detailed blockchain data across Bitcoin, Testnet, and Liquid. Supports Tor and trac...

Bitcoin Explorer - Blockstream.info

Blockstream Explorer is an open source block explorer providing detailed blockchain data across Bitcoin, Testnet, and Liquid. Supports Tor and trac...

Your 2FA secrets can now be stored and accessed on Blockstream Jade, a device built for security and backed by years of open-source scrutiny. Self-custody your bitcoin and secure your logins on the same device with Jade Plus, in the Blockstream store. https://store.blockstream.com/products/jade-plus

The world is already migrating to post-quantum schemes. SSH clients warn when a server can't negotiate one. Browsers are defaulting to post-quantum TLS where available. Jonas Nick of Blockstream Research on why a quantum threat to banking is no reason to leave Bitcoin unsecured.

"There's nothing worse than trying to protect against quantum computing and then making Bitcoin insecure against regular computing." @Adam Back on why hash-based signatures are the conservative post-quantum choice for Bitcoin. Based on a 1979 paper. Decades of analysis. SHRINCS is where Blockstream Research landed.

Your 2FA record, exported from Jade as a scannable QR. Save it to a secondary app, an encrypted drive, or a second Jade. The backup is in your hands.

If you're building financial infrastructure, that's the reliability benchmark. Start with a Blockstream Explorer API key. 🔗

Blockstream Explorer

There's no drop-in solution for post-quantum Bitcoin. Jonas Nick on why the signature scheme you choose will fundamentally change what Bitcoin can do, and why that makes getting it right worth the time.

Legacy pay is deprecated in Core Lightning 26.06 "Quantum-Resistant Lightning Channel." xpay is now the default. Smarter retries, shadow CLTV additions for payment privacy, and modern routing support via xkeysend. Time to upgrade. ⚡️

Blockstream

Core Lightning 26.06: "Quantum-Resistant Lightning Channel”

Following on the heels of our last major release, Core Lightning’s 26.06 version focuses heavily on paving the way for the future of payments, re...

We are so back. 🔄 Renote if you agree. ❤️ Like if this is delusional.

When you run a Bitcoin node, you can prove the 21 million cap yourself. Every block. No trust required. The Zcash Orchard bug, undetected for four years, is a reminder of what you give up when supply verifiability is traded for privacy. The @Liquid Network shows there is another way. Strong privacy with publicly verifiable supply.

Blockstream

What the Zcash Orchard Bug Reveals About Verifiable Supply

A four-year-undetected soundness bug in Zcash's Orchard pool exposed the cost of hiding the supply. Bitcoin and Liquid keep supply verifiable by de...

"Ultimately people can only sell once and the number of coins left on exchange is diminishing." - Adam Back on Bitcoin supply dynamics. Coins on exchanges are diminishing. The ones who move first stack the most.

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.

When the world can't agree on whose currency to trust, the value of Bitcoin's geopolitical neutrality comes to the fore. @Julian Figueroa breaks it down in the latest Exit Manual. If you're convinced, Blockstream Jade is where you take self-custody.

Systemic risk vs localized risk. That's the core argument for exploring stateful hash-based signatures in Bitcoin. Blockstream Research Director Jonas Nick on why standardized post-quantum schemes create risks for everyone, and why SHRINCS moves that risk to where it can be managed.

Adam Back on Bitcoin as collateral, the risks of DeFi smart contracts, why Simplicity is a safer path, and how to think about price volatility after living through every cycle. - @Adam Back with Dan Held at Proof of Talk Paris.

On May 26, 2015, @Rusty Russell made his first commit to Core Lightning. What happened over the next eleven years speaks for itself. Thank you, Rusty. ⚡

Blockstream

Rusty Russell: Eleven Years of Lightning at Blockstream

With the release of Core Lightning 26.06 “Quantam-Resistant Lightning Channel”, including bwatch, a major architectural contribution co-designe...

Not just a bitcoin wallet. @Julian Figueroa walks through Jade's 2FA backup. Import your accounts, store them offline behind a PIN. Export if you ever need them elsewhere. Hardware security for your bitcoin and your accounts.

Intern has discovered the promotions button. The team is investigating. https://store.blockstream.com/

Core Lightning 26.06 "Quantum-Resistant Lightning Channel" has shipped. Graceful shutdowns, precise send amounts, smarter payment retries, and enhanced payment privacy. Your node runs cleaner and your payments stay harder to observe. ⚡ The big architectural shift in this release is bwatch, a new block-watching plugin that fundamentally changes how CLN interacts with the Bitcoin blockchain. No more 30-second polling loops. Near-instant catch-ups on startup. Crash-resistant and built to scale. Legacy pay is now deprecated. The xpay evolution is here.

Blockstream

Core Lightning 26.06: "Quantum-Resistant Lightning Channel”

Following on the heels of our last major release, Core Lightning’s 26.06 version focuses heavily on paving the way for the future of payments, re...

--- 42 days. 236 commits. 19 contributors including Sangbida Chaudhuri and @Rusty Russell, who designed bwatch from the ground up. Lightweight, customisable, spec-focused Lightning. That's what this community keeps building. ⚡

GitHub

Release v26.06 Quantum-Resistant Lightning Channel · ElementsProject/lightning

This release has been named by @enaples Highlights for Users graceful command to prepare CLN for shutdown... gracefully! Added sendamount command,...