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MEGATHREAD: Building on Liquid

Liquid is a #Bitcoin sidechain built for traders & exchanges & includes new tech not available on Bitcoin.

Learn about the new tools, libraries, webinars, tutorials, projects, & tech being built for the #LiquidNetwork. 🌊 liquid.net

Nigiri is a one-click personal #Bitcoin network and #LiquidNetwork. It provides a command line interface that manages a selection of docker containers to have a ready-to-use Bitcoin and Liquid regtest environment so you can write code and test quickly. nigiri.vulpem.com

Liquid.Coach is a browser-based tool for Liquid devs & power users for doing operations like checking the balance of an address, creating & importing a PSET (Partial Signed Elements Transaction) or even sign it, all from the browser! medium.com/@vulpem/announ…

LiquidJS is a new Javascript library that simplifies access to the #LiquidNetwork and makes it easy to integrate Liquid support into your app. 🌊📱 github.com/provable-thing…

Go-Elements is a Go package developers can use to create, manage, and sign Liquid transactions. It also supports Blech32 addresses, blinding and unblinding, asset issuance, and more. github.com/vulpemventures…

Interested in launching an STO? Learn how to issue a security token on Liquid using Javascript with this guide and NodeJS wrapper for the #LiquidSecurities API. medium.com/@anishaboubi/m…

TDEX is a new Liquid-based decentralized exchange protocol now in Open Alpha which focuses on ad-hoc atomic swaps -- a way of conducting a trade between two counterparties without intermediaries. #DeFi #LiFi 🤝⚛️ tdex.network

.@dmpsim recently announced research on confidential asset-based lending smart contracts on Liquid. Watch his presentation and demo to learn more. #DeFi #LiFi #CoFeFi ruggedbytes.com/articles/ll/

Want to play around with Liquid but don't have any assets? Order a free Liquid beer from Drunkoshi Franziskanoto. On tap are Liquid IPA, double malt, Weissbier, Blanche, and other pints. 🍻 liquid.beer

For testing out #LiquidSecurities with #BlockstreamGreen, you can also order a free Liquid Pinot. 🍷

liquid.wine

blockstream.com/liquid/securit…

Watch and learn about how Liquid works, OTC swaps, stablecoins, issuing assets, and more with this playlist of webinars from @Blockstream, @GustavoJ_Flores, and others! 📺 youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Liquid is built using the Elements open source blockchain platform.

Learn and understand what Elements is, what features and benefits it offers, how blockchains built with Elements work, how to setup your own Elements chain, and more using the Elementsproject.org website.

@Blockstream produced a collection of explainers and how-to guides for the #LiquidNetwork. These easy to digest guides will help you better understand how Liquid works, how to set up a Liquid full node, how to use a #BlockstreamGreen wallet, & more. 📚🌊 help.blockstream.com/hc/en-us/categ…

python-elementstx is a Python3 library that supports Elements transactions and includes examples for atomic swaps, confidential cross-chain atomic swaps, unblinding a confidential tx, and more. 🐍🌊 @dmpsim

github.com/Simplexum/pyth…

Few understand this, but Liquid can also have its own #LightningNetwork! c-lightning has support for Liquid and L-BTC with support for other assets like $USDt planned. ⚡️ blockstream.com/2019/07/31/en-…

Interested in building on Liquid? Join the discussion! 📣🌊

#Elements channel in the Bitcoin Core Community Slack

#sidechains-dev on Freenode IRC

Liquid Community on Telegram

t.me/liquid_communi…

nix-bitcoin is a collection of @nixos_org packages and modules that allows preconfigured, secure operation of a Liquid full node, Liquid Swap Tool (for atomic swaps), and c-lightning for L-BTC #LightningNetwork payment channels. 🌊⚡️ @nixbitcoinorg github.com/fort-nix/nix-b…