We close out the year with an invitation:
Bring your design energy to bitcoin—and earn creative freedom.
Browse our 2026 Impact Initiatives—guideposts to the areas we think are most worthy of the best designers in the world.
Most worthy of, you.
https://bitcoin.design/projects/
The latest newsletter is out. Come join our Friday call to brainstorm design project ideas for 2026. https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-design-newsletter-81
We just published a review of Presidio Bitcoin Design Week. Take a peek at what happened during 5 days of bitcoin & design in San Francisco at Presidio Bitcoin.
https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/presidio-bitcoin-design-week
🚀 Day 1 of Presidio Bitcoin Design Week is in the books!
Just kicked off 5 incredible days of talks, debates & design exercises. The energy in the room was amazing and we're just getting started! 🧡
#BitcoinDesign #Bitcoin
Last night's theme: "The people we build for" 👥
We dove deep into how money works today, who it serves (and who it doesn't), and how bitcoin can build a better future for everyone.
This evening set the stage for an incredible week ahead! The audience were very engaged asking questions and adding information. Onwards to Day 2!
See the full agenda here: https://event.bitcoin.design
*Speaker Announcement*
We're thrilled to have Joshua Philippe, Head of Brand & Design at Fold, join us on 9/18 to speak + facilitate a full-day track on bitcoin's branding in the wider world.
Few design challenges in bitcoin are higher leverage than this.
Apply to attend the Thursday 9/18 Deep Dive Session here:
See the full agenda for Bitcoin Design Week:
*Speaker announcement*
nostr:npub18psflzah8gjq54t4zyjhezghzg9pvpjhm894f4yex9wpl79t3uxq03v73m, founder of moneydevkit & former LN payments infrastructure lead at Block, will give a talk on the evening of 9/16 making the case that bitcoin, not stables, are the future of digital payments.
Followed by debate & discussion.
Join us 👇
RSVP to attend the Tuesday 9/16 evening session here:
See the full agenda for Bitcoin Design Week here:
Very excited that Kyle Fletcher, Head of Brand Creative at Cash App, will be joining us for Bitcoin Design Week
On 9/18 Kyle will give a keynote on "Cash App Brand Design & lessons it may hold for branding bitcoin"
We can't wait!
Apply to attend the Thursday 9/18 Deep Dive Session here:
See the full agenda for Bitcoin Design Week here:
https://event.bitcoin.design/#agenda
👋 Silicon Valley—help us Design Future Money
Bitcoin Design Week is coming Sept 15-19th and we're building something special.
Five days right in the heart of SF.
Three days of evening talks and two full-day deep dives.
Fri Sept 19 - Full day
** Redesigning Silicon Valley with Bitcoin **
Let’s explore how we might re-imagine the familiar products of SV when borderless, permission-less payments become ubiquitous.
Apply to attend:
Thurs Sept 18 - Full day
** The Grand Challenges of Bitcoin Design **
Let's dive into a handful of the most impactful and deceptively tricky design problems in bitcoin.
Apply to attend:
Wed Sept 17 - Evening talk
** Vibe Coding with Bitcoin **
Vibe coding has changed everything. Let's get hands on and see how many prototypes we can build and ship that use bitcoin.
RSVP to attend:
Tues Sept 16 - Evening talk
** Designing Future Payments: Stablecoins vs Bitcoin **
Two divergent futures present themselves for the future of payments. Let's get into the design implications.
RSVP to attend:
Mon Sept 15 - Evening talk
** The People We Build For **
We begin the week by trying to understand the diverse set of users bitcoin can serve and the use cases it will solve.
RSVP to attend:
We’re hosting a series of evening talks and full-day events to dive into all things bitcoin + design.
Join us to jam on:
- The global users of bitcoin
- The future of payments
- Vibe coding
- The biggest design challenges
- Re-imagining Silicon Valley with bitcoin
Silicon Valley—help us DESIGN FUTURE MONEY
Announcing Bitcoin Design Week @ Presidio Bitcoin on Sept 15-19
We’re inviting Silicon Valley-based product designers to join us for a week of free events to learn about—and shape—the future of bitcoin this fall.
RSVP or Apply to attend below:
👏🏽 And another fresh version of the Bitcoin Design Community newsletter is out. This edition has a bunch of updates including ➡️
- 5 years of the Bitcoin Design Community and the report we're putting together
- Design Week happening in Presidio Bitcoin later this year together with Spiral and Presidio Bitcoin
- UX education programs
🪴 Feel free to dive in and catch-up with it all.
https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-design-newsletter-77
Nandini shared her experience so far designing for nostr:npub1vy6wcgw6jhhtcmpawvlnsfx7g8qt8r40z7qlks9zwa4ed57vm5eqx527hr via Summer of Bitcoin. She's really diving in deep and making a difference. https://medium.com/@nandiniarora584/from-oops-wrong-link-to-saving-satoshi-my-bitcoin-design-summer-adventure-fe6e4a0f75da
What are problematic accessibility issues in current bitcoin wallets? Jason would like to hear from you. https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/127535/what-recent-accessibility-issues-have-users-with-disabilities-encountered-in-bit
Newsletter time - check out some photos from the design track at the BTC Prague dev/hack/day, along with the usual updates. https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-design-newsletter-76
nostr:npub1zqsu3ys4fragn2a5e3lgv69r4rwwhts2fserll402uzr3qeddxfsffcqrs tested this for BTC Prague. Scratch-off stickers are pretty cheap, the problem is that it turned out to be pretty tedious to scratch the whole QR code area. Unlike other uses, where you just need to clear a number, you need to be very thorough so the QR code can be scanned properly.
We also toyed with other ideas, like crossing out the QR code after scan, or adding your signature, or using an origami-like folding technique where the QR code is initially not visible. Could be fun to explore this further.
The Units & Symbols page in the Bitcoin Design Guide got a small addition to discuss BIP-177, a proposal to redefine bitcoin's base unit. What do you make of it? https://bitcoin.design/guide/designing-products/units-and-symbols/#-only-format