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Building the rails for Bitcoin finance. Enterprise, consumer, asset management. The future of finance runs on โ‚ฟitcoin. ๐ŸŒŠ Download the Blockstream app https://blockstream.com/app ๐Ÿ”’ Get a Jade Plus hardware signing device https://store.blockstream.com/ ๐Ÿ”Œ Plug into Bitcoin & the Liquid Network https://blockstream.info/explorer-api โœ‹ Make a support request https://help.blockstream.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=8613 Dont trust, verify.

Check out the latest #BlockstreamTalk podcast with the Director of Blockstream Research and #Bitcoin legend Andrew Poelstra to find out more about Codex32, a book that will teach you how to wield Shamirโ€™s Secret Sharing schemes with paper computers โฌ‡๏ธ

https://blockstream-talk-23225031.simplecast.com/episodes/stewarding-blockstream-research-with-andrew-poelstra-blockstream-talk-29

Join the Blockstream Ecommerce Operations Manager Drew in #BuildOnL2 to learn how to:

๐Ÿคย Acquire USDt with Lightning and Liquid swaps

๐Ÿ”‘ย Securely cold store with the #BlockstreamJade

Share this post on Nostr to get zapped and drop your npub in the live stream comments on the day to stack more zaps! โšก๏ธ

Join the live stream on Wednesday 7:30 to 8:30 PM CEST with Q&A โฌ‡๏ธ

https://community.liquid.net/c/events/sending-stablecoins-on-bitcoin-layer-2-to-cold-storage-in-jade-q-a

Join nostr:npub1q6a63z0w4agvuj043l670g3sm39zchhnzay9rpv49wemg08elehqcs52xv & nostr:npub1wg2m9ku823y5l5699dlj6294dc3cvwu4g34ldrtelxq20t27clxsd7dzaw in the CLN #BuildOnL2 community to get across #CoreLightning v23.08 and explore amazing new features like:

๐ŸŒฒย Taproot address support by Gregory Sanders

โœ‚๏ธย Channel splicing developed by nostr:npub1vmpf90hq56wzyxht6teg3llpa74rzcepw9suj5unxl3tph24zd4qgtxhm7 and implemented by nostr:npub1fuk7q4y0wzqw7vjrg7xeuuva79pg7ctg69a53zsxq6gepksufrrst9mzly

Share this post on Nostr to get zapped and drop your npub in the live stream comments on the day to stack more zaps! โšก๏ธ

https://community.corelightning.org/c/events/exploring-the-latest-core-lightning-release-v23-08

The final post detailing the new CLN release is out! Dive into the experimental features of v23.08 and keep that reckless Lightning spirit alive! We cover:

โšก๏ธ Dual funding upgrade

โšก๏ธ Splicing, yes, splicing!

โšก๏ธ Renepay from Rene Pickhardt

Read more ๐Ÿ‘‡

https://blog.blockstream.com/core-lightning-v23-08-satoshis-successor-part-iii-experimental-features/

In the next post of the ongoing CLN 23.08 blog series from

Rusty Russell, we focus on new features and enhancements for developers, including:

โšก๏ธ An official REST API via a new plugin called clnrest

โšก๏ธ Runes

โšก๏ธ Pay and wait command upgrades

https://blog.blockstream.com/core-lightning-v23-08-satoshis-successor-part-ii-developer-experience/

Today, we welcome the latest Core Lightning โšก๏ธrelease, v23.08, codenamed "Satoshi's Successor." The release has such an overwhelming array of changes that we are splitting it into three separate blog posts.

The first covers user experience: updated plugins (pay, reckless) and new commands (setconfig, ignorefeelimits).

https://blog.blockstream.com/core-lightning-v23-08-satoshis-successor/

โšก๏ธ The Core Lightning v23.08 release is imminent and itโ€™s an EPIC one.

Join CLN Lead Rusty Russell, Lightning Protocol Engineer Alex Myers, and Front End Software Engineer Shahana Farooqi on Nostr Nests to get across all of the significant improvements in user experience, taproot address support, new REST APIs, and Lightning channel splicing.

Join us in the Nest August 23rd at 16:00 CDT ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Share this post on Nostr to get zapped and drop your npub in the livestream comments on the day to stack more zaps!

Following up the open-sourcing of its Watchmen and Blocksigner code the Liquid engineering team is hosting a community discussion on Thursday in the #BuildOnL2 community.

Join us! โฌ‡๏ธ

https://community.liquid.net/c/events/ama-liquid-functionary-code-goes-foss

Learn what the Elements open-source tool kit has to offer for those that want to build on #Bitcoin form Blockstream Co-Founder & CFO Erik Svenson.

https://youtube.com/shorts/YrXcyWdoRi8?feature=share

Join the head of Liquid Engineering Pablo Greco on Thursday in the #BuildOnL2 community to explore the newly open-sourced Liquid functionary code.

Now anyone can create their own Liquid-like network with Confidential Transactions and asset issuance, itโ€™s all open source!

Share this post on Nostr to get Zapped and drop your npub in the live stream comments on the day to stack more Zaps! ๐ŸŒŠโšก๏ธ

https://community.liquid.net/c/events/ama-liquid-functionary-code-goes-foss

Learn how Liquid solves the privacy challenges faced by traditional financial systems with Confidential Transactions, a unique and battle-tested feature of the network, with Blockstream Chief Product Officer Jeff Boortz.

#BlockstreamTalk

https://youtube.com/shorts/s0SNz-75gLM

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Upgrade your Jade to 1.0.21 to be at the cutting edge of free open-source #Bitcoin self-custody technology.

"๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜บ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด."

- A Cypherpunk's Manifesto by Eric Hughes

https://jadefw.blockstream.com/upgrade/fwupgrade.html

Find out how to use the advanced features of this Cypherpunk hardware โฌ‡๏ธ

https://help.blockstream.com/hc/en-us/articles/20144489592857-Use-Jade-as-a-stateless-signing-device

Upgrade your Jade to 1.0.21 to be at the cutting edge of free open-source #Bitcoin self-custody technology.

"๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜บ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด."

- A Cypherpunk's Manifesto by Eric Hughes

https://jadefw.blockstream.com/upgrade/fwupgrade.html

Weโ€™ve just released Blockstream Talk #28 with our CFO & Co-Founder Erik Svenson! Hear stories about:

๐Ÿฅทย Meeting Cypherpunks like nostr:npub1qg8j6gdwpxlntlxlkew7eu283wzx7hmj32esch42hntdpqdgrslqv024kw, Pieter Wuille, & GMax

โ›‘๏ธย Surviving multiple #Bitcoin market cycles

๐ŸŒŠย Growing institutional interest in Liquid & Elements

https://blockstream-talk-23225031.simplecast.com/episodes/low-time-preference-bitcoin-infrastructure-development-blockstream-talk-28

Blockstream has continuously been a leader in #Bitcoin mining, from our historical connection to the proof-of-work algorithm to running one of North America's largest vertically-integrated mining operations.

The BASIC Note builds on this legacy; learn about its thesis below ๐Ÿ‘‡

https://youtu.be/meXUsZOqfIU

See the whole BASIC Note AMA including stokr.io Co-CEOโ€™s Arnab Naskar & Tobias Seidl as well as Blockstream Mining SVP Global Head of Sales & BD James Macedonio โฌ‡๏ธ

https://youtu.be/AyHAeMr5u88

Learn about Blockstreamโ€™s #BitcoinMining experience from CEO & inventor of the #Bitcoin mining algorithm nostr:npub1qg8j6gdwpxlntlxlkew7eu283wzx7hmj32esch42hntdpqdgrslqv024kw

https://youtube.com/shorts/PET4NJ_L_ZM

โšก๏ธ Today at 10AM EST, nostr:npub1q6a63z0w4agvuj043l670g3sm39zchhnzay9rpv49wemg08elehqcs52xv will be sharing a comprehensive overview of Inmessage implementation. Don't miss out on this insightful session! โšก๏ธ

RSVP here:

https://community.corelightning.org/c/events/overview-of-lnmessage-implementation