By Andrew Poelstra Introduction This is the third and final post in our series about the improvements we’ve deployed on Liquid as part of our Taproot launch. Our previous two posts talked about Taproot itself and Partially Signed Elements Transactions. …

By Jonas Nick We are excited to share the current progress on our research into the aggregation of signatures based on curve secp256k1: There is now an early draft Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) for non-interactive half-aggregation of BIP 340 Schnorr signatures. This proposal has a variety of potential applications in…

Take control of your Bitcoin and Liquid Network assets with Blockstream Green by Grubles The Bitcoin blockchain is a record of all bitcoin transactions that have occurred over time, from the genesis block in 2009 to now. …

Full control over your Bitcoin wallet’s unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs) By Grubles Blockstream Green is built from the ground up to provide industry-leading security and user experience. Green is the easiest way to secure your bitcoin and Liquid Network assets with multisignature technology, a key (pun intended!) …

By Tim Ruffing, Elliott Jin, and Jonas Nick Making Bitcoin and Liquid more private and more efficient is a fundamental goal of our research efforts at Blockstream Research. One particular way to achieve this goal is to make transactions of different kinds look as similar as possible on the blockchain…

Jade may be small, but it packs a ton of tech to make sure your Bitcoin keys are secure. By Grubles The ability to self-custody assets is an important aspect of Bitcoin and the Liquid Network. Holding your own keys has become quite popular thanks to the honorable efforts of…

by Christian Decker It took a bit longer than expected, but it’s finally here: Core Lightning v0.11.0 (codename Simon’s Carefully Chosen Release Name) brings new features, fixes, and performance enhancements. Over the last five months, a record number of 36 developers, half of whom are first-time contributors, have spent countless…

Australia ETFs expected next week, Morgan Stanley says the Lightning Network allows BTC to compete directly with Visa and the USD, GS and FTX CEOs meet, Russia wants to use BTC for foreign trade, US lawmakers want the EPA to look into POW mining and consolidation continues. — By Jesse Knutson Halfway Bitcoin is on pace to squeeze out a modest gain, bouncing after three consecutive weekly losses. Global stonks saw gains trimmed by hawkish comments from the Fed with Powell reiterating efforts to front-end load inflation-fighting efforts with a possible 50bps rate hike in May.

Inflation jumps to a 40-year high, BMN goes live on MERJ, Blockstream teams up with Tesla and Block on solar mining, BlackRock to be the primary manager of USDC cash, Luna loads up on another $100M of BTC, and Elon looks to take Twitter private as macro uncertainties push BTC to third weekly loss in a row. — By Jesse Knutson Stagflation Bitcoin is on track for its third weekly loss as weakness in traditional markets continued to offset generally positive headlines.