It’s ready! V2 of the #Bitcoin Design Guide covers the Lightning Network. Design better #Lightning products faster with our free and open-source community-made handbook. 🧵⬇️
bitcoin.design/guide/
We launched V1 of the Guide in June 2021. It collected principles and techniques for building better #bitcoin products — all non-custodial, of course. 😉
bitcoindesign.medium.com/2669f610ebc7
For V2, we refocused the Guide on the #LightningNetwork. Let’s get your users connected to Lightning! ⚡️📲
Why the focus on Lightning?⚡️
It's simple: as bitcoin usage grows, many users' first wallet experience will be on Lightning.
So, what’s new inside the Guide?
Let’s take a look. ⬇️
If you’re new to Lightning, read our updated Technology Primer to learn about the basic concepts.
bitcoin.design/guide/getting-…
What’s the best way to help users setup their Lightning wallet? How do you help them backup their funds? Take a look at our updated onboarding section! 🙌
bitcoin.design/guide/onboardi…
The payments section also got an overhaul! There are LOTS of ways to send bitcoin over Lightning.
Here’s some considerations for your users:
bitcoin.design/guide/payments/
Privacy and security are some of the most important considerations around bitcoin. Lightning introduces new challenges, which we discuss in multiple pages.
🔑 Backups: bitcoin.design/guide/onboardi…
🔐 Protecting funds: bitcoin.design/guide/onboardi…
🕵 Privacy: ️bitcoin.design/guide/payments…
You can learn more about our latest updates in a @BitcoinMagazine
bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bitco…
or bitcoin.design/guide
What's next for the Guide?
⚡️ More Lightning.
🛍 Merchants.
🔑🔑 Multisig.
♿ Accessibility.
And we invite you to help!
bitcoin.design/contribute/ 🧵🔚
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