The future of finance runs on Bitcoin. 🌎⚡ At WebX2025 this weekend, @adam3us explained how Bitcoin is becoming the operating system for capital markets. Here’s the vision 👇 --- Today's financial system is fragmented: ■ 180+ fiat currencies creating friction ■ Banks charging 3-7% for international transfers ■ 2-5 day settlement times ■ Counterparty risk at every step Bitcoin fixes this with a unified platform for money and value transfer: The Bitcoin Operating System. --- The Bitcoin Operating System uses a layered approach: 🧱 Base Layer: Immutable settlement secured by PoW 🌊 Liquid Network: Financial layer for assets and securities ⚡ Lightning: Payment layer for instant global transfers 📱 Enterprise Apps: Custody, tokenization, payments, settlements --- This isn't theoretical. The internet became the OS for information by creating unified standards. Bitcoin is doing the same for money. One global standard for value transfer and programmable finance. --- Blockstream's track record for building the future: 🔹 First Bitcoin Layer 2: >$4B | 23,225 BTC TVL 🔹 Pioneering Lightning R&D with Core Lightning 🔹 Enterprise custody, tokenization, and treasury solutions --- Blockstream Enterprise solves the three barriers to Bitcoin adoption: 🔒 Secure Bitcoin treasury and custody 🪙 Tokenization and smart contracts 🔗 Sidechains-as-a-Service --- Enterprise Custody: Brings cryptographic security with the usability enterprises need. 🔧 Configurable controls for speed, security, or convenience 👥 Segregated accounts & spending rules 🏛️ Policy engine to remove single points of failure 🔗 API integrations with existing systems --- Asset Management Platform (AMP): AMP + Simplicity unlock programmable enterprise finance on Bitcoin: 🪙 Tokenized assets 📜 Smart contracts with Simplicity from Blockstream Research 🏛️ Automated compliance checks --- Liquid as a Service: Customizable federated sidechains enable stakeholders to set rules for: ⏱️ Settlement times 🌿 Network fees ⚖️ Compliance regimes --- The numbers show institutional adoption accelerating: ☑️ Bitcoin ETFs: $150B | 870,928 BTC+ in assets 🏛️ Corporate treasuries: 900,000+ BTC 🌍 Nation-states: 300,000+ BTC 🏦 Traditional finance entering rapidly --- From individual HODLers to institutions managing billions, Blockstream builds secure, scalable infrastructure to integrate Bitcoin into global finance. --- The alt-coin narrative is dead. The future is Bitcoin: secure, layered, and programmable. While others build on experimental blockchains, Blockstream builds on the most secure network ever created. 🚀

Simplicity is live on the . To celebrate, we’re bringing back the Blockstream Research t-shirt that sparked the meme and carried it into the Bitcoin spotlight. 9 combinators. Pure Bitcoin minimalism. Premium threads built to last. Available now on the Blockstream store. 🧵⬇️ Simplicity goes live on , the shirt returns. https://store.blockstream.com/products/simplicity-t-shirt

Gold is a $20T market. Bitcoin is $2T. Parity means $1M Bitcoin and that may still understate the upside. Our CIO Sean Bill explains why 2025 in Las Vegas.

The Blockstream app brings the tools you need for Bitcoin self-custody into one place. Download today to get 20% off the Jade Plus hardware wallet in-app until Sept 7.

More than half the world is locked out of the global economy. No bank, no contract, no access. breaks down why Bitcoin’s real market is billions strong and why the upside is still ahead. You don’t need a bank to be part of the global economy. The Blockstream App gives anyone with a phone access to real Bitcoin self-custody no permission required. https://blockstream.com/app

Jade Plus is the only Bitcoin hardware wallet with Genuine Check technology a feature that lets you verify your device is authentic before every use. Because in Bitcoin, security means trusting no one and verifying everything. Jade Plus is fully open source, Bitcoin only, and the only hardware wallet with Genuine Check. Secure yours today ⬇️ https://store.blockstream.com/products/jade-plus

On this day in 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto emailed about citing Hashcash in the Bitcoin whitepaper. Adam replied the next day and later co-founded Blockstream to help build Bitcoin’s future. That future is now. Bitcoin’s here. Make it yours with the Blockstream app.

READY. SET. GO! 🚀 Core Lightning v25.09rc1 is tagged and ready for testing before the final release! ⚡️ We’re inviting the open-source community to try it out and share feedback with the project. Testing and collaboration are what power open-source projects like CLN. 🔗👇 If you run a Lightning node, now’s the time to dive in. Exploring the new features and sharing feedback makes CLN stronger. https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v25.09rc1

In this clip, clears up a common mistake: Your hardware wallet isn’t where your Bitcoin lives, it’s just how you use it. Your seed words are the Bitcoin. That’s why serious Bitcoiners back them up on metal, not paper. Protect your seed with Blockstream Metal. Fireproof, waterproof, offline backup. https://store.blockstream.com/products/blockstream-metal-offline-backup

Following the launch of Simplicity on the mainnet, Blockstream Research Director Andrew Poelstra and Blockstream CEO joined to discuss its capabilities and the STARK verifier built directly in the language. Details 👇 https://blog.blockstream.com/blockstreams-adam-back-and-andrew-poelstra-discuss-simplicity-on-liquid-with-starkware/

Bitcoin payments have levelled up. explains how trustless layer-2 swaps between the and Lightning enable payments that are fast, private, and even possible offline. Try it on , , , and Misty Breez by .

Stay vigilant 🚨 With Bitcoin near all-time highs we’re seeing more impersonations of Blockstream using fake posts, websites, and emails. Don’t trust, verify. If you spot suspicious content claiming to be us, submit a support ticket via the link in our bio. 🚨 Reminder! 🚨 Never give your seed phrase to anyone and never enter it on a website or software given to you via DM or email. If you need assistance with an issue or bug, open a ticket. ⬇️ http://help.blockstream.com

To celebrate Bitcoin Pizza Day, we donated 1,000 Blockstream Jade hardware wallets to the Node Network to support hands-on Bitcoin education around the world. Here are 7 more communities putting them to use 🧵 ⬇️ The Bitcoin Ubuntu team are set to educate with Jades at their upcoming self-custody workshop. 🇿🇦 A grassroots push in Zambia is being powered by Bitcoin Vic Falls using their donation to expand Bitcoin education. 🇿🇲 A fresh delivery of Blockstream Jade wallets has reached in South Africa through the My First Bitcoin Node Network. 🇿🇦 A special unboxing saw Free Madeira receive new Jades to strengthen digital sovereignty on the island. 🌊 Students and Bitcoin project leaders across Kenya will soon receive Jades from Mutonga Nakamoto, Founder of BTC Nairobi, to advance education and self-custody. 🇰🇪 In Nigeria, DigiOats is equipping Bitcoin diplomats with Jade hardware wallets to promote open-source Bitcoin education. 🇳🇬 The Bitcoin Matatu team led by Master Guantai in Nairobi is preparing to give away Jade wallets at upcoming community events. 🇰🇪 Watch the recap from NYC to see the moment this donation was announced. https://youtu.be/GOl8zJ1JOqQ