Bitcoin Design Newsletter #64
Gen Z, Designathon, Open Design, Ecash, and so much more.
Community 🧑🤝🧑
Join the PR review session for a new Ecash section in the Bitcoin Design Guide, on September 5 at 14:00 UTC.
The Bitcoin Core App block clock has been implemented in Voltage. The team shared their implementation experience on a call (recording). It is also available open-source as a web component (GitHub).
We’ve had another UX research call (recording) about GenZ and their psychology around bitcoin use/adoption. This was initiated by Autumn.
The bitcoin.design homepage has a new banner theme, courtesy of Abhijay and Sushant, who created it as part of their Summer of Bitcoin project.
Would be interested in another Designathon this fall? Chime in.
Erik brought new community stickers to Baltic Honeybadger.
The Bitcoin Design Foundation now has a LinkedIn company page.
Bitcoin design guide & co 🗺️
Chapter 2 of the Inheritance wallet, about co-signer onboarding, is almost wrapped up.
The American Bitcoin Survey Report was added to the design research page.
The UX research toolkit got a homepage refresh and an additional playbook.
Help review the Ecash and Silent Payments PRs.
The addition of the page about Human Readable Addresses is still waiting for resolution of the editorial question about new proposals.
Want to contribute? Take a look at some of the open issues and share your thoughts.
Seeking feedback 🗣️👂
Andreas is building a wallet for long term savings and is looking for feedback on the send flow.
Share your thoughts on the Open Design Guide, which aims to help designers find their way into open-source. It is in an early stage and feedback on the content is most welcome. We are also planning a reading club on it. More in #education.
Lurai is looking for feedback on a label he is designing for a bitcoin-branded hot sauce.
Everything else
Saunter compiled various logos he designed for bitcoin projects over the last year.
Ferreyro shared research results around the usability of recovery phrases.
Eric shared a design idea for multimint payments.
Hunter Beast shared his experience working on BVaulty.
Christoph posted his 100th open design update.
Frostsnap showed off a new hardware prototype for their signing devices.
Fedi publicly launched, combining community features with bitcoin (via Fedimint).
Check out the uMlando wallet case study here.
BTCPay showcased their upcoming mobile app at Baltic Honeybadger.
Blue wallet implemented payment codes (BIP47) and (sending to) Silent Payment addresses.
Watch talk recordings from Nostriga.
Alby has a new hub feature. Message Tomek on Discord if you’d like to try it out.
Geyser launched their redesign.
The Bitcoin Dev Project has a new Good First Issues board.
Saving Satoshi found its way into a classroom.
RaspiBlitz 1.11.1 went live with a new onboarding flow design.
Bitrefill shared insights into what payment methods are being used across their services.
OpenSats continues their streak of supporting bitcoin and Nostr builders. Get an idea of everything they do on their blog.
Spiral came up with billboard ads for Nostr. Then Sebastix created a real one. What’s next?
ZapRite introduced a point-of-sale feature. Check out their designs.
Strike now supports BOLT12. Have you seen the BOLT12 adoption campaign?
In #opportunities…
Chaincode is awarding a bitcoin scholarship covering 100% tuition for an undergraduate anywhere in the world.
A company in the bitcoin food sector is looking for a design and marketing expert.
Setzeus is looking for a contract visual designer and brand expert.
Peach wallet is looking for a product designer.
For more, visit the Bitcoin Design website and follow us.
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