17 years ago today, we started a new chapter with the Genesis block of Bitcoin.
Today, transaction volume is very high and bitcoin is used as everyday money by some.
At Blink, we'll continue to work towards a world where bitcoin is accessible to all.
Happy Genesis Day 🧡⚡️
Happy New Year✨
Our first brief of the year, Weekly Brief 2026/01, is live!
Ghana sees new regulatory clarity, Cuba builds out its own payment stack, and merchant counts continue to rise globally. Practical Bitcoin adoption is in full swing.
Weekly Brief 2025/51
Lightning capacity hits a new ATH, Steak ’n Shake introduces Bitcoin payroll across 400+ locations, and merchant discovery reaches 21k+ places worldwide.
Weekly Brief 2025/48
Adoption metrics surge as South African payment rails integrate Bitcoin at 650,000 locations and global merchant listings on BTC Map cross the 20,000 mark.
See the latest shaping the use of Bitcoin as everyday money.
Read it here:
Weekly Brief 2025/47
Our first weekly brief is out now, tracking how Bitcoin payments adoption is accelerating around the world.
See the latest data and stories shaping the use of Bitcoin as everyday money.
Read it here:
When you can pay for everything with bitcoin - what changes next?
New post!
Inflation is a hidden tax on everyone.
https://v.nostr.build/CKuDjrkgGbqAtcSr.mp4
Our new guide breaks down the "Cantillon Effect" and why Bitcoin is the peaceful revolution against the money printer.
Read more: blink.sv/blog/inflation
New post!
Bitcoin adoption isn't just a headline - it's happening one wallet at a time.
Our new post shares 4 real and 1 fictional stories from people in Kenya, Nigeria, the Dominican Republic, and Italy using Bitcoin in their daily lives.
Read more:
https://www.blink.sv/blog/bitcoin-adoption-stories-five-real-tales-from-all-over-the-world
"I use Blink for onboarding newbies, but it's a turn-off when SMS doesn't arrive instantly... 😪"
Say no more, fam 🧑🔧
With the latest version of Blink, it's possible to add phone number later, so onboarding is Lightning⚡️ fast!
Lightning? ⚡️
Bitcoiners asked for it.
We built it.
Everybody uses it.
The consequence?
Fast, low-cost transactions. 🎉
But no sleeping.
Let's keep on building 🚀 
Hello fellow vanity npub miners 😄
Very cool development and they are also use imo one of the best Lightning Wallets. Very easy and intuitive. Are you guys doing official nostr:npub13ljnkd633c7maxatymv3y2fqq8vt3qk7j3tt0vytv90eztwgha9qmfcfhw Education Sessions over there?
Kenya has great bitcoin communities that do the education like nostr:nprofile1qqsxetyf346j86t4st0vrp9ekq8vwzxc4u7hepnpn3zuafr83wctctqprpmhxue69uhk66tnwd4k27fww3skketgdyh8gme0qythwumn8ghj7enjv4h8xtnwdaehgu339e3k7mf0qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0869qau in the BBC News report. We support with technology and are proud Blink Wallet works for them.
Bitcoin is on the rise in Kenya 🇰🇪
African continent is preparing to leapfrog once again - follow the builders:
nostr:nprofile1qqs9m2zalgnfqq0tgm3zmlhgxgq79rq09j5y8sfravyq633lsvh20sspzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtc90qzwu / Nigeria 🇳🇬
#SPEDN
Great news! We now have nostr:nprofile1qqsglefmxagcu0d7nw4jdkgj9ysqrk9cst0fg44hkz9kzhu39hyt7jspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsxstmj8 signing their releases on Zapstore.
Hoping that all wallets follow suit.
Downloading APKs from the web on a trust me bro basis... not optimal for privacy and security.
Starting today with v2.2.325, Blink will be publishing and signing APKs of new Blink releases on nostr:nprofile1qqs83nn04fezvsu89p8xg7axjwye2u67errat3dx2um725fs7qnrqlgzqtdq0, a nostr-native alternative app store without Big Tech censorship and gatekeeping.
Users who had Blink installed from Google Play Store can switch over by uninstalling the Google Play distributed version and installing from Zapstore.
Important: make sure you have set up an authentication method to recover your account before switching.
nostr:nprofile1qqs83nn04fezvsu89p8xg7axjwye2u67errat3dx2um725fs7qnrqlgzqtdq0 nostr:nprofile1qqs8y6s7ycwvv36xwn5zsh3e2xemkyumaxnh85dv7jwus6xmscdpcygpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejz76jympz thanks for adding Blink Wallet to zapstore. Please check DMs ✌️
How paying with bitcoin feels like ⚡️😎
https://video.nostr.build/0029111bbf00b0a9f95bb642ccb6e365044d20b909b580413ee7b4b8c18d935f.mp4
All systems are operational again.
Sorry for the inconvenience this outage has caused. We've applied some hardening measure to prevent this from happening in the future. 🫡
We've deployed a hot-fix to mitigate a denial of service attack.
Blink mobile app and API are operational again.
Follow status update here:
blink.statuspage.io
We're investigating this issue.
Follow updates on Blink Statuspage