Bitcoin Design Newsletter #57
Human readable addresses, Bitcoin Design Foundation first grant, new contribute page in the guide and more…
Community 🧑🤝🧑
We had a community call discussing the BTC Prague effort. We will organize another design track for hack day. We’re looking for speakers and organizers, and also let us know if you’re attending in #conferences. Join our next call today.
Planning for this years event for Global Accessibility Awareness Day is also ramping up.
The Bitcoin Design Foundation is happy to give out its first grant to Erik. He is working on Ecash (via eNuts & Cashu) and will enhance the awareness of Ecash within the community and add related content to the guide.
We have a UX Research call coming up on 21st March at 15:00 UTC on how Bolt.Fun used the UX Research Toolkit for accessibility testing.
Would you like to be a mentor for Summer of Bitcoin? The deadline for proposing design projects for students to work on is on March 15.
Bitcoin design guide 🗺️
The new version of the contribute page is live. It’s meant to be a bit more practical in helping people to get started. What do you think?
The extensive conversation around human-readable addresses is turning into a page in the guide (see the draft).
There is a case study in the works about the Bitcoin Core App project and is open to feedback and comments.
Information about call transcripts was added to the calendar page.
If you’re looking for a design challenge, help figure out how covenants, silent payments, and FROST might be used in the future.
Seeking feedback 🗣️👂
How do you think research could be done on Open Source Bitcoin Projects? We have an Open Source UX Research playbook in the works.
Krux is looking for design feedback and contributions. They create open-source firmware that enables anyone to build their own Bitcoin signing device.
We are thinking of adding a how-to page about bitcoin protocols and layers to the guide. Would you find this helpful?
Jurjen is looking for feedback on a website for onboarding local Dutch merchants.
omg21btc is looking for feedback on a logo.
The Bitcoin Search team asked for design feedback on Stacker News.
Everything else
Paulo shared his field study on Pix, the Brazilian payment system, and learnings for the bitcoin community.
There is an change.org petition to create an official bitcoin emoji. You like the idea? Add your (digital) signature. Vote here if you think the community should actively support this effort.
Saunter shared his new Raycast extension for using lightning right from your desktop.
Jurjen updated one of the bitcoin logos on Wikimedia.
design_r shared an exploration for adding Cashu to Blue Wallet.
Foundation revised their address and amount screens (and gives a nod to the design community).
BTCPay has a new plugin which allows you to streamline payrolls for your employees.
Foundation shared some background on their new product videos.
Coinbase custody now has the ability to send to taproot addresses (post, whentaproot.org).
Bitcoin Magazine shared their editorial policy on what makes a bitcoin layer 2.
LDK just released a new library to simplify adding LSP support to lightning wallets.
Conferences:
TABConf shared a call for proposals.
The Advancing Bitcoin conference and LDK Hackathon are happening this week in London.
BTC Nashville 2024 is happening in July and Open Source contributors can apply for a free 3-day pass.
For more, visit the Bitcoin Design website and follow us.
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