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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/ 🧵🔚