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Community Call #23 is today. It will be a Twitter Space again and we’ll discuss Lightning UX. Join us.
The SuredBits team introduced their new Krystal Bull DLC oracle product in Design Review Call #21 (recording).
The Wallet Improvement Project has done a deep-dive further into Breez and also the first-use review of Blixt Wallet.
Design Guide Jam Session #16 is on Monday, November 1, we will discuss current work on the Bitcoin Design Guide, review Milestone #8 and Milestone #9, and plan the next one.
The Mastering the Lightning Network reading group discussed Chapter 15, about Lightning Payment Requests. Only 2 chapters to go in the book.
Bitcoin design guide 🗺️
Milestone #9 is focused on updating the Onboarding section of the guide with Lightning-related content. Good progress is being made, shoutout to everyone helping.
Alexa is in the middle of revising the Open Design page. It’s a big topic that’s at the heart of this community. Take a look and share your thoughts.
Stephen does not like orphans 😱😉.
A Twitter thread lead to an issue for a page about handling errors. What errors do you encounter that could be handled more gracefully by applications?
Seeking feedback 🗣️👂
Since there is no standard for Lightning node backups, the various implementations each have their own. This can get messy when trying to switch wallet providers and also goes against the interoperability principle in the guide. Stephen made a video to explain the problem and a FigJam. There have also been several discussions in slack, let’s talk about it.
Bosch & Johns have been working on contacts UX for Bitcoin which is being adapted for Zeus. Cool fact; Blixt Wallet also has implemented contacts separately based on Lightning Address. This is a pattern that will certainly be in more applications as we try to abstract addresses, invoices and other payment operations. We just have to be mindful to still uphold our privacy principles. What do you think about contacts in Zeus?
Everything else
There’s an issue for adding more Satoshi symbol concepts to the Bitcoin Icons project. Want to help?
The Bitcoin UI Kit has a new screen browser to make the designs more widely accessible.
TABConf is coming up in a week. Are you going?
Podcast roundup: Stephen on TabConf, Pavlenex & Bitrefill & OKCoin on BTCPay and Bitcoin Smiles, Hampus & Bitcoin Magazine on Blixt
There is a great opportunity to help design the web-based client for the JoinMarket project. It’s all about privacy and self custody!
For more, visit the Bitcoin Design website.
This update is brought to you by Conor, Johns, and Christoph. We’d love to hear your feedback.