Bitcoin Design

A free, open-source community resource for designers, developers, and others working on non-custodial #Bitcoin products. https://bitcoin.design

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Last Notes

2025-04-10 13:16:04

Got a feature you’d love to see designed? Or an idea you’ve been sitting on that deserves to exist? Share it. These ideas will help others form teams and build cool stuff during the Designathon. https://event.bitcoin.design/#ideas
https://image.nostr.build/9bcc4188ceba3bf781dc848af77a6b0c220c62f3c108497d547e3694b500f69d.jpg

2025-04-04 13:25:29

Designers, it’s time. Sign up for the Bitcoin Designathon 2025. Join us! https://event.bitcoin.design
https://video.nostr.build/e38374dbddee1fb4e95ca6a2aa4f29a48a9790ce77344f7a42fd8c78507e85c1.mp4

2025-02-27 11:55:53

Coming up in 3 hours ⏰ #note13mk…82ck

2025-02-25 11:43:33

In our design review call on Thursday, we'll speak with the @npub1gal…z3t2 team about Lana, their new platform for bitcoin loans. Get all the call details here (including slide deck and podcast link): https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/758

2025-02-21 09:27:10

🙏 Big thanks to the Proton Wallet for sharing insight into their design process and answering our questions about bitcoin-via-email, user feedback, and more.
https://youtu.be/apKzBF2EU-s
Have you tried the product? What do you think?

2025-01-09 11:45:10

Applications for Summer of Bitcoin 2025 will open on February 1. Will you join? https://www.summerofbitcoin.org

2024-12-18 14:35:07

The latest (and last for 2024) newsletter is out. Take a peek. https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-design-newsletter-69

2024-12-18 07:09:31

The final page of the Inheritance Wallet reference design is now live. It covers succession and transfer of funds, maybe the most crucial moment in this use case. Shout-out to @npub1aa0…6zud for completing this massive reference design. https://bitcoin.design/guide/inheritance-wallet/succession/

2024-12-16 14:25:25

These are the four fellows taking part in the Bitshala design fellowship, and the projects they will be contributing to. Very diverse projects covering merchant software, Bip 353 Human Readable Addresses, Ecash/Lightning/Nostr, and this very design community.
Sanya will support the BTCPay team, partnering with Pav and Dstrukt. It’s a big project, so there is always a lot of design work that needs to be done, from fixing UX issue, to designing case studies, and tackling new features. http://btcpayserver.org
Deeksha is joining TwelveCash, working with Stephen to design for a long list of planned upcoming features for managing and pushing adoption of bitcoin usernames (aka BIP 353 Human Readable Addresses). http://twelve.cash
Sushant is helping Sovran, the Cashu and Lightning Wallet (+ nostr integration), to improve the application and balance it both being easy-to-use and feature-rich. @Erik https://sovranbitcoin.com
Paperpsych will help the Bitcoin Design Community & Foundation with various activities, such as organizing the next Designathon, reviewing Bitcoin Design Guide PRs, writing the newsletter, and more. http://bitcoin.design
🙏 Huge thank you’s to everyone for making this fellowship happen and spending your time and energy helping make bitcoin better. https://image.nostr.build/a0b25bcedec6129bbc1ac3030ed80254514b0ef7daefbe89fbf748038c945b65.jpg

2024-12-11 12:43:06

🍃 Calling South American UX Designers
✨ Are you ready to revolutionize the world of finance through UX design?
💫 This is your chance to make a real impact in the world of Bitcoin and beyond!
🌎 Start Your Journey To Becoming A UX Designer In The Bitcoin Industry
🎯 We're offering 10 promising UX designers an unparalleled opportunity:
🎁 Attend the BTC++ Conference 2025 for FREE
🎟️ Participate in an intensive 2-day UX training bootcamp
💡 Immerse yourself in the Bitcoin ecosystem and be exposed to career opportunities 🌟 https://image.nostr.build/4e787d58d75e8f125fc5de399459a82c85cff5a4e1fe06c32e047bb5d6258ef5.jpg

2024-12-07 14:57:38

⚽ It’s kicked off! Today the first ever Bitcoin UX Bootcamp right in Kenya. Today 10 African UX designers sat together and had a journey of learning and collaboration
🌟 We learnt about UX Design Principles specific to Bitcoin, UX research, Bitcoin Development philosophy. Next to that students got hands on doing desk research and each group is assigned to an African Bitcoin wallet which they will be conducting usability testing on.
🍃 Thank you to Femi for the presentation about Bitcoin Development philosophy and to CK for always showing up and connecting with the students. Thank you Marcel for the support in operations and logistics.
Also to Mark for the help with setting up the usability testing structure which the students will be doing on 5 African built wallets.
A big thank you to HRF for supporting this initiative. Many resources from the Bitcoin Design Community have been used in the bootcamp such as the Bitcoin Design Guide, Open Design Guide & UX Research toolkit.
🌟Last but not least to the students, without you this would not be possible.
Super inspiring to see all of these people making Africa shine. https://image.nostr.build/dde8d645263e25d0f1dbd2dcbe4b57ecdeeb61e25da026d2c7fc9cb8d56fb007.jpg

2024-12-05 15:15:01

Another new page in the Bitcoin Design Guide by @npub1aa0…6zud 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼. His epic inheritance wallet reference design now covers making changes to existing wallet setups. If it looks complicated, take a look at the overview page first. https://bitcoin.design/guide/inheritance-wallet/making-changes/

2024-12-03 16:04:46

👏🏽 Let us give a round of applause to these 10 ladies and gentleman. These 10 talented UX designers will join us in the first ever Bitcoin UX Bootcamp in Africa.
⚽ Kicking off in just 3 days they will put their skills to the test as they up skill their knowledge and learn UX design for Bitcoin.
🌟 Meet Wandia, Oladimeji, Olayinka, Elizabeth, Afolabi, Flora, Loïc, Brenda, Williams and Adeyemi
🍃 We believe in all of you and looking forward to seeing you all shine. Lets go Africa! https://image.nostr.build/ad4387b75b14a58509034b11d51decad835c45675a22ed85210dba62a230a284.jpg

2024-12-03 12:46:51

A brand-new ecash section just went live in the Bitcoin Design Guide, courtesy of @npub1zqs…cqrs. It covers all the basics, and dives into Casu & Fedimint, as well as best practices for design. Take a look. https://bitcoin.design/guide/how-it-works/ecash/introduction/

2024-12-02 14:28:14

This week, the first ever Bitcoin UX Bootcamp is happening in Africa. 🔥🔥🔥
10 talented UX designers from Africa will learn & get hands on by doing UX research on wallets. We will then bring this data about these user experiences back to the ecosystem.
Builders of these wallets can then improve them and make data driven iterations to the designs to improve the user experience.
We’re also thrilled to announce that the next edition already has a confirmed location: Brazil! 🇧🇷 To all UX designers in South America eager to learn and connect with the Bitcoin industry, stay tuned, we’ll be sharing more details in the coming days! https://image.nostr.build/2a53ec2e848e1724ab8b5453f12391bf2af4b4546daf6cdfe78a01aaa0bc59db.png

2024-11-22 09:43:06

🪴 Today at 12:00 UTC we will watch live as the next generation of Bitcoin Designers onboard themselves into an exciting learning path leading up to the first ever Bitcoin UX Bootcamp 2024.
📺 10 talents African UX designers will be learning in public
🏘️ It's all happening in the Bitcoin Design Community
👉🏽 They will be reading through the Bitcoin Design Guide - Getting started section and learning the foundational knowledge to support them as UX designers. https://image.nostr.build/4949c57a636a01c228e120db68d0bccb41eb55bfd321d6c4db5b77101d4679b8.jpg

2024-11-20 10:04:09

Learn about how Silent Payments work in this new page in the Bitcoin Design Guide, courtesy of @npub1yas…adnu. https://bitcoin.design/guide/how-it-works/silent-payments/

2024-11-07 09:54:24

The latest newsletter is out, including news about the UX bootcamp at ABC Conference, Bitcoin Design Foundation Q3 report, Guide updates, and more. https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-design-newsletter-67

2024-11-06 12:46:52

3 calls coming up in the next 3 days in the community. Come and hop in and join in on sharing your ideas and contributing to projects within the ecosystem that are building in public. https://bitcoin.design https://image.nostr.build/b3f158a735448115d4c82cf98b88da6a67c27a30a0737272c71b7d31a3d3c0ce.jpg

2024-10-30 11:31:11

There's a call for participation for the Open Source Design Devroom at FOSDEM (Brussels, Feb 1-2). Check it out: https://opensourcedesign.net/2024/10/23/fosdem-cfp-2025

2024-10-24 12:42:30

The Bitcoin Design Foundation published its Q3 report. Big news is the announcement of the newly formed board. Take a peek. https://opencollective.com/bitcoin-design-foundation/updates/q3-2024-review

2024-10-18 06:58:59

More and more wallets now include multiple layers/networks/protocols, mostly looking to balance fees and security for different use cases. The bitcoin design guide has some ideas for how to build user interfaces around this approach. https://bitcoin.design/guide/multiple-wallets/

2024-10-16 10:23:11

The latest newsletter just went out. There are quite a few calls, events, and conferences happening, along with various project updates. Take a peek. https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-design-newsletter-66

2024-10-15 10:33:56

Catch up with the recording of the call with Dana Wallet, which focuses on silent payments and donations. They are looking for design contributors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eS3OPWBK8k

2024-10-15 10:16:13

Join us on Thursday at 14:00 UTC for a design review call with the Saving Satoshi team. https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/707 https://image.nostr.build/4c85a0e7d0d5db53f90a0e7ec62ee30fef99074c1fc7a3d0de98f0dc4cb777c2.jpg

2024-10-14 12:01:00

Is your project looking for design contributions? Or your company looking to hire a designer? Let us know (if it's related to bitcoin and open-source), we'll share and include it in the newsletter.

2024-10-11 14:40:43

With BOLT12, silent payments and BIP353, contacts are becoming more common in wallets. Good thing there's a page in the Bitcoin Design Guide that lays out how to build a good user experience around contacts. https://bitcoin.design/guide/daily-spending-wallet/contacts/

2024-10-11 08:06:19

Yesterday we got 2 great presentations of design projects from Summer of Bitcoin. If you're looking for young and eager designers for your project, here you go.
https://youtu.be/HHecz_JzqNE

2024-10-10 08:55:38

We have two calls today, and you are merrily invited to join. In the Open Design Guide reading session, we'll dig into collaborative workflows. And in the community call, this year's Summer of Bitcoin students present their work. Join us.
More info here:
https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/721
https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/716 https://image.nostr.build/b369f849ccf230ae77f30f7176ed069d13e6287c5fc19680dd7aa596e45b2a64.jpg

2024-10-09 05:51:33

We have an open project intro call with Dana Wallet today at 14:00 UTC. Dana focuses on donations via silent payments. Join us. https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/722 https://image.nostr.build/bb53e6c995cfe974dd7bec1e374d5556ead5f229e67d278546a2860074f74b9e.jpg

2024-10-04 06:16:43

Collaborative reading sessions have been a great way to get feedback on new writing and design for the Bitcoin Design Guide. Here's one from yesterday around Erik's work on ecash. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjgpNVRe4uY

2024-10-03 07:23:11

Join us today at 12:00 UTC for our Open Design Guide reading club, which dives into how to get started in open-source as a designer. https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/719

2024-09-25 11:18:50

The latest newsletter just went out. Get your quick summary of what has been happening around the community. https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-design-newsletter-65

2024-09-24 14:57:57

Did you know there's a Bitcoin Design Foundation? It has a simple mission: to accept donations and use them to support designers and design work in the open-source bitcoin ecosystem. Good design is good for adoption. https://bitcoindesignfoundation.org

2024-09-19 06:26:20

Our second reading club session for the Open Design Guide is coming up at 12:00 UTC. Today's chapter is an intro to open source - written for designers. Join us. https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/712 https://image.nostr.build/373c0cf41e41b321e1614614fb977ae1c98540fd7254ab548edb1fe7c32e19aa.jpg

2024-09-11 12:57:01

Our first reading club session for the Open Design Guide is coming up tomorrow at 12:00 UTC. Join us. https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/708

2024-09-04 10:53:39

Has there been more work recently on localizing recovery phrases? Much easier to read, write and remember them when they are in your own language. https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/291 https://image.nostr.build/3d723da68de7a774d0070759fa0f25c416fccd1aa227b4547260d360821d532d.png

2024-09-04 10:34:39

It's summer, yet still lots happening in and around bitcoin🔄design. Check out the latest newsletter.
https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-design-newsletter-64

2024-08-29 08:04:40

How was Baltic Honeybadger? Did you snag some of our stickers? https://image.nostr.build/25f2b773794b2e086c8e75049a7186f966591c7fc605b98b6a493fd0292e7117.jpg

2024-07-31 10:43:31

The latest newsletter just went out. https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-design-newsletter-63

2024-07-18 08:40:15

Looking to contribute as a designer or UX researcher to a bitcoin education initiative? Take a peek at My First Bitcoin. https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/697

2024-07-10 10:55:50

The latest newsletter is out, including a Q2 update from the foundation, an upcoming call about designing for Gen Z, BOLT12, and a good amount of designers looking for feedback on their work. Take a look. https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-design-newsletter-62

2024-07-03 07:45:09

The first pages of the new inheritance wallet reference design are live in the Bitcoin Design Guide, authored by @npub1aa0…6zud. Check it out (and share your feedback). https://bitcoin.design/guide/inheritance-wallet/

2024-07-02 09:04:49

Join as at 13:00 UTC for a discussion about the UX challenges in building lightning wallets. https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/682 https://image.nostr.build/246da828d898505df760cb83aa66864018ca0e20b20e9b4de4063b0269f12ee3.jpg

2024-06-24 07:31:33

The @npub1rwh…7avv in Nashville is coming up end of July. Did you know there's an open-source contributor program? If you contributed before May 1 to one of the ~80 listed open-source projects and initiatives, you can apply for a free 3-day pass.
https://b.tc/conference/2024/opensource-ticket
And you know, they might have this program again next year. Good reason to contribute to your favorite projects, even in a non-code way like design, translations, testing, accessibility, project management, etc.

2024-06-19 11:42:08

The latest newsletter is out with a brief summary and some photos from @npub167n…zu3r , and the usual summary of activities from around the community. Check it out. https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-design-newsletter-61

2024-06-12 09:07:50

The design track at @npub167n…zu3r hack day is in full swing. We kickoff off this morning with Ioni Appelberg and Kardashev Type 1 money. https://image.nostr.build/afe5416e66808a3f78ba715c7c7d96eae04e1a7bbd2d57c9e192090a67a05655.jpg

2024-06-07 13:58:00

Only a few more days… #note1eq8…j4jd

2024-06-02 12:13:13

The Bitcoin Design Foundation is supporting @npub1urh…7ueh with a grant for her work in the community and foundation, as well as the Bitcoin Design Guide, Bitcoin Core App, and Bitcoin UX Research Kit projects.
https://opencollective.com/bitcoin-design-foundation/updates/grant-6-mo-and-ux-research
Interested in how these grants work? Find out more here: https://bitcoindesignfoundation.org/apply

2024-05-27 07:30:43

The Bitcoin Design Foundation is supporting @npub1aa0…6zud with a grant for this work on the Bitcoin Core App across design and other project contributions like testing, communication, and project management.
https://opencollective.com/dashboard/bitcoin-design-foundation/updates/k3z8arxv-eymko60y-x48qgl5n-bj9w704d
Interested in how these grants work? Find out more here: https://bitcoindesignfoundation.org/apply

2024-05-22 11:54:29

The latest newsletter is out, with some tasty bits about @npub167n…zu3r, accessibility day, @npub1mut…23vg, @npub10at…02w3 and lots more great contributions and conversations by bitcoin builders.
https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-design-newsletter-60

2024-05-22 09:06:55

The next grant by the Bitcoin Design Foundation is for @npub1yas…adnu and his work around best practices for silent payments UX. https://opencollective.com/bitcoin-design-foundation/updates/grant-4-yashraj-and-silent-payments
Interested in how these grants work? Find out more here: https://bitcoindesignfoundation.org/apply

2024-05-21 14:41:09

Erik is going to try to convince us that ecash improves upon custodial solutions at @npub167n…zu3r. You think he's got some good arguments? And are you going to join us for dev/hack/day? https://btcprague.com/dev-hack-day/ https://image.nostr.build/c48b508bccdce5a47e8e7f670c9536b340959fb4beb0604fac5b4c826dc3cc68.jpg

2024-05-20 09:14:29

The Bitcoin Design Foundation supports @npub1m0s…gcru with a grant for his design and UX research work on the Bitcoin Core App. https://opencollective.com/bitcoin-design-foundation/updates/grant-3-jakub-and-bitcoin-core-app
Did you already see the case study for the project? https://bitcoin.design/guide/case-studies/bitcoin-core-app/

2024-05-16 08:40:37

Which bitcoin/lightning/ecash/nostr apps should we do accessibility tests on today for Global Accessibility Awareness Day?

2024-05-15 10:11:15

Did you already see the program for BTC Prague dev/hack/day? The design track is in the Zurich room. https://btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/dhd-2024-agenda-v5.pdf

2024-05-14 10:32:04

Accessibility day is in two days (May 16). We'll have a kick-off workshop with an intro, and then spend the day testing apps and improving things. Join us, and in the mean time, check out the accessibility page in the guide. https://bitcoin.design/guide/designing-products/accessibility/

2024-05-14 08:15:58

An update from the Bitcoin Design Foundation on a new donation from
Spiral and taking on more responsibility for giving design grants in the ecosystem.
https://opencollective.com/bitcoin-design-foundation/updates/spiral-donation-and-design-grants

2024-05-09 09:34:30

6 days, 12 hours and 26 minutes until global accessibility awareness day. Let's use that day to remove barriers to using bitcoin and make it even more permissionless. https://accessibility.day

2024-05-09 06:42:41

The Bitcoin Design Foundation now (finally) accepts donations in bitcoin. https://opencollective.com/bitcoin-design-foundation/updates/now-accepting-bitcoin-donations

2024-05-06 06:33:28

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Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH5sbZRR-uc&feature=youtu.be

2024-05-02 13:45:52

The design review with @npub1mut…23vg is coming up in 15 minutes. Join us in our Discord.

2024-05-01 13:05:24

The latest newsletter is out. Catch up on accessibility day and BTC Prague events, BOLT 12 adoption campaign, Bitcoin Layers design, eNuts UX issues, AI-based UI Kit theming, and lots more... https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-design-newsletter-59
The newsletter is a straightforward summary of what is happening in the community. It reaches about 800 subscribers. You're welcome to help contribute to it.

2024-04-29 09:02:05

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As you may know, we are helping organize the design track at BTC Prague dev/hack/day. Are you joining? Interested in doing a presentation or workshop? Reach out.
Talks lined up so far include Ecash and Nostr Wallet UX, scaling <> adoption, ensuring product quality, open design collaboration, silent payments, PIX, and more. The program will take more shape over the next few weeks. We'll also have another design battle, like last year, which was a blast.
You find some snaps from last year's design track in the newsletter. https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-design-newsletter-45

2024-04-24 09:34:02

Join our design review call with @npub1mut…23vg on May 2. https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/672

2024-04-16 14:31:39

The Bitcoin Design Foundation posted its first ever quarterly review for Q1 2024. Take a peek and see how this initiative is shaping up. https://opencollective.com/bitcoin-design-foundation/updates/q1-2024-in-review

2024-04-15 08:51:08

We had a design review call with the https://www.bitcoinlayers.org team, which analyzes bitcoin layer 2 and "bitcoin layer" risks. A collab is now kicking off to help improve the site design. You're welcome to contribute to this important project.
https://t.co/uPAELCkAZe
More details in the collaboration issue.
https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/671

2024-04-10 11:09:08

The second grant of the Bitcoin Design Foundation goes to @npub1u2j…50au and his continued contributions to the Bitcoin UI Kit. Find out more here: https://opencollective.com/bitcoin-design-foundation/updates/second-grant-announcement-chris-and-bitcoin-ui-kit

2024-04-10 10:24:51

Hm... the latest community newsletter appears to have just gone out... https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-design-newsletter-58

2024-03-11 07:59:28

We are organizing another event for Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 16. There were 230 events last year, looks like we are starting our planning very early. Accessibility is important for making bitcoin as widely usable as possible. https://accessibility.day
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If you'd like to participate or help planning, join the accessibility channel in Discord, or check out our planning issue: https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/627

2024-02-21 13:46:04

The latest newsletter is out. https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-design-newsletter-56

2024-02-21 10:19:50

Help review the call transcript for our learning call about silent payments with @npub1uaj…665u, and earn a few sats.
https://btctranscripts.com/bitcoin-design/learning-bitcoin-and-design/silent-payments/

2024-02-20 09:37:35

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Want to keep the Euro/Dollar/... value of your bitcoin stable, without actually selling your bitcoin? The new Stabilizing bitcoin value page describes techniques for just that. Some are more experimental than others, and each one has different pros and cons. Do you already use some of these?
https://bitcoin.design/guide/how-it-works/stabilizing-bitcoin-value/

2024-02-14 17:48:38

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Join our design review tomorrow at 13:00 UTC about the satsymbol.org proposal with the Synonym crew. More info here: https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/632

2024-02-09 12:44:18

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We are starting several UX explorations of bitcoin tech that is being discussed. We started with learning calls to get a basic understanding, and are hoping to end up with detailed designs and prototypes. We'd love to have more contributors. Join us.
Here are the respective issues:
https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/607
https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/636
https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/635
Design can play a very helpful role in projecting forward what using these technologies might be like, way before they can practically be used. For more, join our Discord.
https://bitcoin.design

2024-02-07 15:26:12

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Join us tomorrow to learn about FROST (8 UTC) and silent payments (15 UTC). Good design is based on thorough understanding, so let's get together and discuss this interesting bitcoin tech.
https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/616
https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/622

2024-01-31 11:28:58

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The latest newsletter is out, and this one is quite packed. https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-design-newsletter-55

2024-01-30 15:54:49

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Two of the calls we have coming up this week. The community call is about catching up what is happening in the community and a few organizational things. On Friday, we dig deeper into covenants use cases in an open discussion format.
The call issues:
https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/621
https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/623

2024-01-26 12:31:44

The multi-key wallet management page got updated with diagrams to better help convey user interactions. What do you think? https://bitcoin.design/guide/how-it-works/private-key-management/multi-key/#general-user-flow

2024-01-22 10:01:36

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Two of the calls this week dive into planning UX research sprints and interviews, and time-based recovery. Join us. Thanks to Mo and Michael for organizing.
Here are the respective issues, if you'd like to dig in a bit.
https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/611
https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/598
Generally, the best way to stay up-to-date with calls is the calendar.
https://bitcoin.design/calendar/
And if you missed one, you can catch up on the 'tube.
https://www.youtube.com/c/BitcoinDesign

2024-01-16 14:37:46

The Creative Freedom Summit is a free online conference about open-source design tools, happening next week on Jan 23-25. Right up our alley. Organized by Fedora. https://creativefreedomsummit.com

2024-01-15 13:52:15

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Some of the calls happening in the community this week. Open to all, you're welcome to join.
Easiest way to stay up-to-date with these is the calendar. https://bitcoin.design/calendar/

2024-01-15 12:53:55

How might we interact with covenants in the future? A new design challenge, added by @npub1yev…qrkl. https://bitcoin.design/guide/resources/design-challenges/#challenge-7-covenants-for-scale

2024-01-12 12:35:44

We recently launched the Bitcoin Design Foundation to support designers and design work in the open-source bitcoin ecosystem. If this sounds interesting to you, reach out. https://opencollective.com/bitcoin-design-foundation

2024-01-11 14:27:38

Stacker News now has a new design territory. https://stacker.news/~Design

2024-01-10 11:54:29

The latest newsletter is out. We're kicking off 2024 with calls on covenants, time-based recovery using miniscript, research sprints, a design huddle, and a review call with @Resolvr_app.
https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-design-newsletter-54
Lots of other interesting bits of activity in the community in the newsletter. Check it out and let us know how you like it.

2024-01-09 15:09:56

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We have 2 calls coming up. In the huddle, we'll loosely collaborate on designs together hands-on. In the learning call, we'll try to make sense of covenants. More info in the issues (https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/609, https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/608). Join us.
In many of our calls, we look at and discuss designs. The huddle format is about having calls where we get our hands dirty and create. Anyone can suggest a design to work on.
The covenant exploration came out of interest in the topic and general confusion about what covenants actually are. Maybe we can demystify together. https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/607

2023-12-22 15:13:09

The new "time-based recovery" page just went live. It's about designing a miniscript-based feature for recovering your multikey wallet, even if you lose lots of keys and backups. Great work by @npub1aa0…6zud.
https://bitcoin.design/guide/savings-wallet/time-based-recovery/
Many things can be done with Miniscript. It's more of a general toolbox. So it's up to us to identify good uses of the technology and build help products and features of it. An emergency recovery option is one of them, and can be a life saver in certain situations.
This new page is a sub-page to the savings wallet reference design. Over the next months, we will make more updates to this set of pages as we flesh out more miniscript based features, and multikey UX in general.
This functionality is quite complex, so we're thinking of organizing a reading/learning/discussion session on the page in the new year. Would you be interested? We'd also love to hear from projects that work in this area for possible collaboration.

2023-12-14 17:34:41

Big thanks to @BitcoinMagazine for covering the launch of the Bitcoin Design Foundation and its mission to support sustainability around design efforts in the open-source bitcoin ecosystem.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/spiral-launches-bitcoin-design-foundation-to-boost-adoption
To reach its potential of providing an alternative financial system, bitcoin needs to become more usable for more people and use cases around the world. At the same time, the technology keeps maturing and evolving and new approaches to interaction are needed.
Design can be the connective tissue and bring our human nature and technology in harmony. The Bitcoin Design Community is laser-eye-focused on this mission, and the Bitcoin Design Foundation will help support builders and initiatives who help move things forward.
It’s an effort by and for the community. If you’re interested in donating or applying for a grant, reach out via our website: http://opencollective.com/bitcoin-design-foundation
Big thanks to your first supporters @spiral, @bitbox, and individuals donors. We have big plans for 2024.

2023-12-12 11:51:41

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Join our next design review call on Thursday with the Bitcoin Keeper team on the redesigned home screens.
https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Meta/issues/604

2023-12-06 11:37:50

The latest newsletter just went out, including bits by
@npub1tcn…ctu0, @npub1fun…gs0p, @npub1kmw…xqk9, @npub1j9k…uswx, @npub1vy6…27hr, ARTSNL, @npub14e0…0m9a,
@npub1get…0nfm, @npub12cx…cxny, @npub12z9…j6uu, @npub1tg7…cxmt and others.
https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-design-newsletter-53
Shout-out to all the builders. We're taking a short newsletter break over the holidays and you can expect the next one on Jan 10 in the brand new year of 2024.

2023-12-04 09:50:24

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If you're designing a bitcoin application that can manage multiple wallets in parallel, there's a new reference design in the guide that might interest you. It starts with use cases and key handling and dives into diverse user flows.
https://bitcoin.design/guide/multiple-wallets/
It's a quite intricate design. In the review process, the team spent 2 hours reading through the page together. If you'd like to learn by listening to these conversations, here are the recordings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0K-UG-ozb4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4ozpWl_aQc
This is the first iteration of this page and we'd love to hear your feedback to improve it. Thank you to all who contributed to this page already.

2023-11-30 12:06:16

The WalletScrutiny case study is live. @npub1j9k…uswx and the community collaborated to redesign their brand and website, which helps everyday bitcoin users verify whether their wallet app is secure and matches the open-source code.
https://bitcoin.design/guide/case-studies/walletscrutiny/
The case study walks through the discovery, branding, research and design steps of the process as well as which decisions were made and why. Thank you to everyone involved. The work is ongoing and you are welcome to join and chip in.

2023-11-30 08:05:38

We have a design review call with nostr:c55e37759af0d7fa8764a69dd3b2f73e093fede265c65d6f136d0dd5fabf69b7 coming up today at 14:00 UTC. More details here: https://bolt.fun/story/help-us-building-usdp-experience-10101--1379

2023-11-27 13:33:31

Join us on the various calls happening in the community, we have 3 coming up this week. Check Discord for details. http://bitcoin.design
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2023-11-23 13:47:13

The foundation has received a second donation. Thank you so much to Ferreyro, as well as BitBox, for being the first donors, we really appreciate it!
https://opencollective.com/bitcoin-design-foundation
On the topic of donations, the foundation can also accept bitcoin through Opensats.
https://opensats.org/projects/bitcoindesign
If you’re more of a cross-chain enthusiast (😀), the foundation also submitted a profile for the latest Gitcoin round, which has about a week to go. Maybe someday Gitcoin can also accept bitcoin, considering the name similarity?
https://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/round/424/0x98720dd1925d34a2453ebc1f91c9d48e7e89ec29/0x98720dd1925d34a2453ebc1f91c9d48e7e89ec29-159
And if you missed it, we had a community call last week to introduce the foundation - why it exists, what the goals are, how it is set up, how it relates to the community, and much more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avVK5YaRkqU&t=4s
Big thanks again to the first donors.

2023-11-23 12:01:26

PR review sessions are also an activity for designers. Here's one that just happened around a new page in the design guide about how applications can design for handling of multiple wallets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0K-UG-ozb4

2023-11-23 07:59:39

FOSDEM and Creative Freedom Summit are currently open for talk submissions. Both are great open-source conferences full of interesting people worth checking out. If you're working on design on open-source, maybe consider attending and presenting.
Creative Freedom Summit is a virtual conference dedicated solely to the features and benefits of Open Source creative tools on January 23 to 25. Proposals are due December 1.
https://creativefreedomsummit.com
FOSDEM is about free and open-source software, with a specialized track on open design. It's in Brussels, on February 3 and 4. Proposals are due December 8.
https://fosdem.org/2024/
https://opensourcedesign.net/2023/11/14/fosdem-cfp-2024

2023-11-16 12:26:48

In our community call yesterday, we discussed the newly formed Bitcoin Design Foundation. It was founded to ensure the long-term sustainability of the Bitcoin Design Community. We went over the backstory, where we are now, and the curvy path in between.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avVK5YaRkqU
Thank you to everyone who made it to the call. And an especially big shout-out to @npub1tg7…cxmt for becoming the first donor. The foundation is in service of the community, let’s use it to do more good design work and move the bitcoin experience forward together.
We use Open Collective to host the Foundation. To learn more, donate, get in touch, and more, visit the website here:
http://opencollective.com/bitcoin-design-foundation

2023-11-15 12:06:55

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Newsletter #52 just went out with community activity, updates to the design guide, active discussions and project news, and lots of small bits and pieces. Take a peek.
https://bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-design-newsletter-52