Community 🧑🤝🧑
Join us today for Community Call #42 on Twitter Spaces. We’ll go over this edition of the newsletter, share more behind-the-scenes details, and chit-chat.
In Wallet Scrutiny Call #4 (recording), we continued design exploration around the concept of a code supply chain, expert opinions and user personas. Want to help Mo test the site?
Dan Gould joined us to talk about Payjoins (recording) on a Learning Bitcoin and Design Call.
We had another two UX Research calls discussing the UX Research toolkit. Check out call #8 (recording) and call #9 (recording).
The UX Research Toolkit is being built in public here and here. The project plan as well as the people involved can be found here, and you’re welcome to follow along and contribute.
We had a Merchant call (recording) where we reviewed BTCPay and walked through the interface to learn and provide feedback.
It’s going to be a more quiet in the community over the next weeks, as various members take time off for Christmas and other holidays. If you don’t, don’t let that stop you. Keep on designing and building.
Bitcoin design guide 🗺️
A big update to the prototype for the Daily spending wallet got finished. It includes first use, sending, receiving, recovery, and settings flows. Try it.
The wallet examples for emergency funds and savings were updated on the Personal finance page.
The print template on the manual backup page was updated with descriptors.
What’s a good UI for Payjoins? Step up to this new challenge on the Design challenges page.
Is it “5 sat” or “5 sats”? Find out in the new pluralization section of the Units & symbols page (TLDR: It depends).
We wrapped up milestones 16 and 17. In January, we’ll chat and set our next milestones to continue improving the guide and make it an even better resource for the bitcoin community. You’re always welcome to contribute.
Seeking feedback 🗣️👂
Marc, Reyna, and Kroum published the first edition of ₿LOID ZINE 2212, an experimental magazine about bitcoin. Check it out and provide feedback.
Stephen & co have been working on header images for various pages in the Bitcoin Design Guide and would appreciate feedback. The one for the First use page is already live.
Stephen has hacked together a few designs and ideas for the user experience around BOLT 12 and Async payments. Let him know what you think.
Bitcoin Beach is looking for people who have used their wallet for user testing.
Jonas would like feedback on his AI-generated artwork for
Christoph would like feedback on the Code Supply Chain design concept he created for Wallet Scrutiny.
Inter-wallet communication on mobile is not smooth yet. How can this be improved?
What are some conferences you are excited about in 2023? Where should bitcoin design represent? In which way - workshops, talks? Chime in.
Everything else
The Advancing Bitcoin conference is looking to showcase creative work around bitcoin. Feel free to reply to Cain on Twitter.
The Wallet UI Kit for Swift now has button and text styles thanks to Daniel.
Christoph was interviewed by Bolt.fun for their Meet the Makers series where he spoke about his experience designing for bitcoin.
“Who is up for some lightning web app hacking during the Christmas holidays?“ Bumi is wondering.
The Legends of Lightning tournament is a wrap and the results were announced. Read the summary and catch up on the live stream here.
Interested in learning more about open-source funding, take a look at this guide.
Team Saving Satoshi is working away and continuing to build out the website. Feel free to jump into their Slack channel to see what’s going on.
The FOSDEM open-source conference is happening in Brussels on February 4 & 5. Mo will likely present on her UX research work.
Pacific bitcoin is conference in Los Angeles on November 10 and 11, 2023.
In #opportunities, Simple Crypto is looking for a freelance designer for a bitcoin educational app. Message Yannic on Slack if you are interested.
We would like to wish you a merry festive season and happy new year. Thank you for hanging out with us and we look forward to seeing a whole lot more of you in 2023.
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