Randy Naar

Lightning ↔ Liquid swaps are live. 🌊 No matter where you take your bitcoin, the Blockstream app ensures you can spend effortlessly, reliably, and privately. Fully open-source. Fully self-custodial.

Blockstream hit a new stride in Q3! ⚡️ Simplicity launched on @Liquid_BTC mainnet, @Core_LN v25.09 released, @BlksGreenlight boosted Lightning scalability, Explorer API powered new infrastructure, and @BlockstreamJade expanded self-custody adoption worldwide. 🌐

Day 1 of the @Liquid_BTC bootcamp by @Blockstream — co-hosted by us as part of @satsconf_’s São Paulo Bitcoin Week — is done! Day 2 just kicked off — 70 participants diving into Simplicity today, gearing up for the hackathon on Thursday!

Tomorrow marks the start of an exciting week of Bitcoin @satsconf_ with the Simplicity & Liquid bootcamp hosted by @Blockstream & @Vinteum_org. Join us and get ready for the Simplicity hackathon. Three winners, $6k in BTC rewards, and the legendary @BlockstreamJade Plus are up for grabs. Don't miss your chance!

Had an unforgettable time at the amazing @tabconf 🤩 last week. Felt lucky 😇 to be a tiny part of the action, as i delivered a talk titled: Solving Async Payjoin UX Challenges Thx @bitcoin_design Foundation for making it possible🫡 Presentation 🔗 in next tweet

@stutxo 🤣

this was a huge mistake, pls stop sending me sats

Fulmine: A daemon for payment hubs to optimize Lightning Network channel liquidity through native Arkade integration. Arkade Wallet: Our reference wallet. Self-custodial, instant transactions, Lightning support. Fork it, learn from it. Try it today: arkade.money

Excited to share "Provable Cryptography for Bitcoin: An Introduction" - a comprehensive workbook that teaches formal security definitions and proofs through hands-on exercises. Solutions included!

Most people don't know, but two years ago I was depressed and miserable. I came to the Bitcoin space seeking an escape from academia. Learning the protocol was hard as hell. There's too much noise about "number goes up" and too little signal. "This can't continue", I decided. Last year, I created a Bitcoin Protocol course at @unb_oficial, with recordings available for Portuguese speakers. About a year ago, I partnered with @Vinteum_org to build the best protocol training programs in the ecosystem. We have helped at least 10 new talented contributors start working on foundational open-source projects. Today, @mitDCI just announced our joint course on cryptocurrency design and the research network. This is not to brag about myself, but to say: never underestimate what you can do in a year once you choose a purpose. Find inspiring people and don't stop changing the world into a better place.

1/3🪐PLEBFI IS BACK!!!🪐 Join us in Miami July 26-27 as we explore the universe of metaprotocols.

Super smooth

An Ark wallet dropped at the recent @btcplusplus hackathon, vibe-coded in record time with our bark client by @cryptocryyp (Randy808).

Overdue post for one of the best hackathons in the Bitcoin space! After attending @btcplusplus , we became aware of the centralization risks of Bitcoin pool mining. 🧵👇

Recently I was targeted by an extremely sophisticated phishing attack, and I want to highlight it here. It exploits a vulnerability in Google's infrastructure, and given their refusal to fix it, we're likely to see it a lot more. Here's the email I got:

1/ Today we're launching our implementation of the Ark protocol on signet! This is our first major step toward bringing Ark to bitcoin mainnet, and we're inviting developers to help us test, explore, and break things (preferably in that order).

Self-custody is the only way to truly 'own' your Bitcoin, but too many people don't, concerned about it being too complicated. In our latest Deep-Dive, our friends Rich and Drew @drewfischer of @BlockstreamJade talk about the ease and security of their opensource hardware wallet - don't miss it!

@PeterSchiff 🤣

Attention Bitcoiners: You guys are running out of time. Most of you are too young and inexperienced to recognize what the markets are telling you. The Bitcoin bubble has popped. Real gold is in and digital fool's gold is out. You fail to recognize this shift at your own peril.

The magical collaboration known as the Bitcoin Vortex is right around the corner! Organizers across South Florida have aligned for a week of Bitcoin happenings from March 9th through the 16th. Find the events at btcvortex.com

Livestream | bitcoin++ | hacking edition | Feb 19 - 22, 2025 | Florianopolis, Brasil x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

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