DeFi options markets have a problem: trust the oracle, trust the chain, or trust the counterparty. Simplicity is designed to address all three. Options contracts settle on-chain with Bitcoin-grade security. This is what Bitcoin DeFi can look like. Simplicity Office Hours happen every Tuesday at 8:00 AM PST. This is where you can explore building with high assurance smart contracts directly in the Simplicity web IDE with the team. Ask questions. Share ideas.

Simplicity DEX - Simplicity

A typed, combinator-based, functional smart contract language without loops or recursion, designed for Bitcoin-like blockchains.

Andrew Poelstra, Simplicity Lead at @Blockstream Research, explains how developers are able to build using SimplicityHL and use OP_CAT, SIGHASH_ANYPREVOUT, vaults, and covenants on Liquid today. $4.2B TVL. Production-ready infrastructure. High assurance smart contracts.

The Liquid Federation is excited to welcome seven new member companies: Cowbolt, Eulen, illuminodes, Mooze, OrderMoon, Sorted Wallet, and SOUSTA, bringing total Federation membership to 87. Together, they represent a meaningful expansion in both where Liquid is being deployed and how it is being used. The new members broaden Liquid’s usage across three distinct sectors: everyday payments, decentralized protocols and infrastructure, and Bitcoin capital markets. Details:

The Liquid Blog: Tracking the Latest in Bitcoin’s Financial Lay

Liquid Welcomes Seven New Bitcoin-Native Companies to the Federation

The new members broaden Liquid’s usage across three distinct sectors: everyday payments, decentralized protocols and infrastructure, and Bitcoin ...

Liquid isn't theoretical. @Blockstream, @npub1jan3...x52y's Aqua, @BULL BITCOIN, Side Swap, and @Boltz - Non-Custodial Bitcoin Bridge are all interoperating today. @Stephan Livera breaks it down: peg in BTC, move LBTC with one-minute blocks and confidential transactions.

The Liquid Federation, now 87 members strong, is excited to welcome Sorted wallet as its newest member. Sorted is a wallet that leverages Lightning with Liquid to give users in Africa and other emerging markets access to bitcoin on affordable feature phones. Onward! ⚡️🌊

Offline parties? Misbehaving oracle? @Blockstream Research Director Andrew Poelstra explains how Simplicity handles backups elegantly, making DLCs more reliable, flexible, and practical for real users.

Andrew Poelstra of @Blockstream Research explains Liquid: a federated sidechain for Bitcoin and issued assets. Offering fast, Confidential Transactions anchored to the BTC mainchain with new blocks every minute.

Experiment with Bitcoin smart contracts in your browser. Andrew Poelstra of @Blockstream explains how the SimplicityHL sandbox lets you safely build, compile, and test code. Join the Liquid Developer Bootcamp to be among the first to experiment with SimplicityHL.

The Liquid Network

Liquid Bootcamp: Hands-On Training for Bitcoin Layer-2 Developers

Apply to Liquid Bootcamps for hands-on Bitcoin building, collaborating with developers, and turning your ideas into real projects on Bitcoin’s fi...

The Liquid Developer Bootcamp world tour continues. 🌊 Next stop: São Paulo, Nov 3-4, with a focus on Simplicity. The bootcamp is excellent prep for the hackathon @Satsconf, which will have a Simplicity track. Apply now. 👇 In addition to Simplicity, you'll get hands-on experience with Liquid Wallet Kit (LWK) and trustless swaps, from Bitcoin experts at @Blockstream, @npub13s0k...5g70 Research, @Boltz - Non-Custodial Bitcoin Bridge, and more. Apply now using the form below or visit http://liquid.net/bootcamp.

Liquid Developer Bootcamp: Mexico & Brazil

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The countdown for Simplicity has officially kicked off! With the voting period now complete, Simplicity is scheduled to go live on Liquid mainnet by the end of next week. Bookmark the site below. In the coming days, @Blockstream Research will be adding new developer documentation, tutorials and onboarding materials to help Bitcoin developers get started with Simplicity from day one.

Simplicity

Simplicity: Next-Generation Smart Contracts for Bitcoin

Build secure, transparent Bitcoin smart contracts with Simplicity. Learn, write, and deploy powerful contracts using Simplicity and SimplicityHL.

Liquid offers more than just fast, UTXO-based Confidential Transactions. Stablecoins and custom assets can be issued on Liquid, making it a truly flexible Bitcoin sidechain. Learn how it works under the hood with @Blockstream Engineer @bizzle.

Lower fees and faster transactions make Liquid the perfect tool for when Bitcoin fees surge.

Liquid is the sweet spot between cold on-chain Bitcoin and fully custodial Lightning.

The most recent Liquid Developer Bootcamp has concluded in Bulgaria! Over the course of two days, a new group of developers joined us at the University of Plovdiv to learn the fundamentals and tech stacks for building on Bitcoin and its second layers, Lightning and Liquid. We're looking for passionate, well-connected Bitcoiners around the world to help us bring a developer bootcamp to your city. Have a date and venue in mind? DM us and let's make it happen!

We're on a world tour to empower developers with Bitcoin layer-2, Liquid & Lightning. Free to attend. More dates and cities soon: ☑️Viareggio, IT ☑️Taipei, TW ☑️San Salvador, SV ☑️Buenos Aires, AR 🔳Plovdiv, BG [May 17-18] Apply today:

The Liquid Network

Liquid Bootcamp: Hands-On Training for Bitcoin Layer-2 Developers

Apply to Liquid Bootcamps for hands-on Bitcoin building, collaborating with developers, and turning your ideas into real projects on Bitcoin’s fi...

With the @Breez ⚡️ Liquid implementation, you hold LBTC and use @Boltz - Non-Custodial Bitcoin Bridge for Lightning transactions. It's a solution for spending balances, helping users gradually move toward full Bitcoin on-chain control.

Breez CEO @Roy states that the possibilities on Bitcoin layer-2 are endless. Innovation is happening from leveraging the Lightning and Liquid networks together with Greenlight and Elements, as well as the early implementations of the Ark protocol by @Ark Labs and 2ndbtc.

We're on a world tour to empower developers with Bitcoin layer-2, Liquid & Lightning. Free to attend. More dates and cities soon: ✅ Viareggio, IT ✅ Taipei, TW ✅ San Salvador, SV ✅ Buenos Aires, AR 🔲 Turin, IT [April 15-17] 🔲 Plovdiv, BG [May 17-18]

The Liquid Network

Liquid Bootcamp: Hands-On Training for Bitcoin Layer-2 Developers

Apply to Liquid Bootcamps for hands-on Bitcoin building, collaborating with developers, and turning your ideas into real projects on Bitcoin’s fi...

The Liquid Developer Bootcamp in Argentina is a wrap! A special thank you to La Crypta, Kripton, and others in the Bitcoin community who attended and contributed to the success of the training! Next up: Italy and Bulgaria -->

The Liquid Network

Liquid Bootcamp: Hands-On Training for Bitcoin Layer-2 Developers

Apply to Liquid Bootcamps for hands-on Bitcoin building, collaborating with developers, and turning your ideas into real projects on Bitcoin’s fi...

Mifiel issues 2-of-3 multisig-secured loans (promissory notes) on Liquid, connecting Mexican NBFIs with global investors. Mifiel CEO Tomas Alvarez explains: