Bitcoin Design Newsletter #55

Jan 31, 2024

We had a learning bitcoin & design call about covenants (recording). Another one to dive deeper into use cases is coming up on February 2 (info). Join and help us figure out how covenants can improve bitcoin usability.
If you’re more interested in silent payments, we have a learning call on February 8 (info).
Join our community call today at 15:00 UTC.
We had two design huddles, where we got our hands dirty and loosely collaborate on designs. These are casual and not recorded, and you’re invited to join future sessions.
Erik shared his experience planning design sprints and user interviews (recording).
The Bitcoin Core App team is working on assumeUTXO user flows, navigation, prototyping, and more user research (calls 1, 2, 3, 4).
We are also in the process of adding a research page to the Bitcoin Core App design docs.
BDG wallet now has a working QR scanner, and is working on adding support for Just-in-time channels, and beta testing upcoming LSPS2 support in ldk-node
The Bitcoin UX research toolkit was updated with new video content.
The website of the Bitcoin Design Foundation got a refresh.

Dan added a new design challenge to imagine how covenants might help scale bitcoin.
The Stabilizing bitcoin value page is ready for your review.
The page about how multi-key wallets work got updated with helpful diagrams.
There were some small fixes made to the time-based recovery page after we had a learning & reading session (recording).
We had two more jam sessions about ongoing work on the guide (recordings one and two).
Other in-progress and upcoming work includes an update to the contribute page, better backup guidance for multi-sig and descriptor wallets, revision of section landing pages, and a Bitcoin Core App case study.

The difference of the impact of fees in low- vs high-income countries is 200x. How does this impact bitcoin usage? Discuss.
Erik would like feedback on his design for sending Ecash tokens in eNuts.
Will bitcoin wallets need extensive cross-chain/layer UI? Discuss.
OMG21 has just launched his new website and is looking for feedback.
A Bolt12 website is in the works, Stephen is seeking feedback.
Christoph used AI to summarize Telegram chat histories of several bitcoin wallets. What can we learn about user needs and problems this way? See the results.
What are some confusing terms around bitcoin layers and protocols that you would like clarified? Share here.
Have you tried assumeUTXO? Yashraj is looking for test results.

A bitcoin wallet mock-up and prototype from 2011!
Oladimeji shared a design case study of Stealth Money.
Kumly pocket bitcoin app also did a nice case study.
There are now Open Design Challenges on Stacker News.
Watch recordings of the Creative Freedom Summit, an online conference about open-source design tools.
Play Bitcoin Battleship.
Johns wrote a helpful article about user journey maps and personas.
Erik discussed bitcoin scaling with Ecash on The Progressive Bitcoiner podcast.
Alby shared an article about setting up lightning nodes.
An interesting post about the UX challenges in bitcoin and their solutions.
Meet Hashi, the number-crunching monster that fits in your pocket.
Joseph shared design concepts for bitcoin cards.
Synonym used LDK to build Bitkit which is its self-custodial wallet.
In #opportunities:
- Bitcoin FilmFest is looking for logo design help.
- Swan is looking for a Senior Product Designer to join the team.
- CoinKite is looking for a Senior Web Designer.
- POW PUNK is looking for an Apparel Graphic Designer

This update is brought to you by Christoph & Mo. We’d love to hear your feedback.

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