Signing what you cannot read is the riskiest moment in any contract. @Blockstream engineer Kyrylo Riabov shows Liquid assets that tell you what they actually are when you sign. In alpha across Blockstream Explorer, the app and Jade.

Other chains retrofit security tokens and end up with complicated, expensive, hard-to-secure messes. Liquid's AMP is a 2-of-2 multisig. The blockchain doesn't need to know anything else. nostr:npub1qg8j6gdwpxlntlxlkew7eu283wzx7hmj32esch42hntdpqdgrslqv024kwon the security track record.

High-assurance Bitcoin contracts are here. Simplicity is a next-generation smart contracting language for Bitcoin, built for verifiable security and financial correctness. Simplicity Office Hours is your direct line to the Blockstream team building it. Bring your questions. Every Tuesday 08:00 PT. Recent sessions have covered covenants, prediction markets, lending tools, and trustless swaps. docs.simplicity-lang.org/office-hours/

New zero-confirmation (0-conf) infra is now available, giving enterprises near-instant, privacy-preserving acceptance flows on Liquid. It’s part of Liquid’s 2026 roadmap, alongside a quantum-ready testnet and BitVM whitepaper by year-end.

The Liquid Blog: Tracking the Latest in Bitcoin’s Financial Lay

0-Conf for Elements and Liquid: A Technical Explainer

Blockstream introduces new zero-confirmation (0-conf) infrastructure for Liquid and Elements-based deployments.

Liquid doing the heavy lifting here for bitcoin-based capital markets. After years of building, the market is finally catching up to the thesis. Bitcoin-derived. Security-first. No misaligned governance token. Confidential, yet auditable. Explore issuing RWAs with @Blockstream AMP.

Blockstream: Bitcoin and digital asset infrastructure

Blockstream AMP: Digitize your assets

Issue and manage digital assets on the Liquid Network with Blockstream AMP’s flexible API.

Moving shares between brokerages still feels like there's a fax machine behind it somewhere. @Adam Back on how Liquid is a neutral platform for moving tokenized assets between wallets, OTC platforms, and licensed security token exchanges.

You can see the UTXOs moving on the Liquid block explorer. You can't see the amounts, and you can't see which asset moved. A zero knowledge proof lets every full node verify the transaction is valid, without seeing a single number. @Adam Back on how Confidential Transactions actually work.

Near-instant settlement on Liquid is in public beta testing. 0-conf lets services act on transactions before block confirmation, removing friction from swaps and payment flows where waiting a single block is already too long.

Blockstream

Liquid Network Roadmap: 0-Conf, Quantum Readiness and BitVM

Over the last several years, Liquid has become an increasingly important part of how bitcoin is used every day, powering payments, asset issuance a...

The ecosystem is open and builders are shipping on Liquid. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpy3fg4melylapvm4nug40c7elgs08lfycju09084yr9v7ey67amdqyvhwumn8ghj7urjv4kkjatd9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wshsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wshsqgrjxut8nx25x3h4gxldcgych450rysfqpjh8ngtlz9c7u8g3rfmvqu9tuuanostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpy3fg4melylapvm4nug40c7elgs08lfycju09084yr9v7ey67amdqyvhwumn8ghj7urjv4kkjatd9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wshsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wshsqgrjxut8nx25x3h4gxldcgych450rysfqpjh8ngtlz9c7u8g3rfmvqu9tuua

The Liquid Federation is excited to welcome seven new member companies: Cowbolt, Eulen, illuminodes, Mooze, OrderMoon, Sorted Wallet, and SOUSTA, bringing total Federation membership to 87. Together, they represent a meaningful expansion in both where Liquid is being deployed and how it is being used. The new members broaden Liquid’s usage across three distinct sectors: everyday payments, decentralized protocols and infrastructure, and Bitcoin capital markets. Details:

The Liquid Blog: Tracking the Latest in Bitcoin’s Financial Lay

Liquid Welcomes Seven New Bitcoin-Native Companies to the Federation

The new members broaden Liquid’s usage across three distinct sectors: everyday payments, decentralized protocols and infrastructure, and Bitcoin ...

Liquid isn't theoretical. @Blockstream, @JAN3's Aqua, @BULL BITCOIN, Side Swap, and @Boltz - Non-Custodial Bitcoin Exchange are all interoperating today. @Stephan Livera breaks it down: peg in BTC, move LBTC with one-minute blocks and confidential transactions.

Offline parties? Misbehaving oracle? @Blockstream Research Director Andrew Poelstra explains how Simplicity handles backups elegantly, making DLCs more reliable, flexible, and practical for real users.

Andrew Poelstra of @Blockstream Research explains Liquid: a federated sidechain for Bitcoin and issued assets. Offering fast, Confidential Transactions anchored to the BTC mainchain with new blocks every minute.

The countdown for Simplicity has officially kicked off! With the voting period now complete, Simplicity is scheduled to go live on Liquid mainnet by the end of next week. Bookmark the site below. In the coming days, @Blockstream Research will be adding new developer documentation, tutorials and onboarding materials to help Bitcoin developers get started with Simplicity from day one.

Simplicity

Simplicity: Next-Generation Smart Contracts for Bitcoin

Build secure, transparent Bitcoin smart contracts with Simplicity. Learn, write, and deploy powerful contracts using Simplicity and SimplicityHL.

Liquid offers more than just fast, UTXO-based Confidential Transactions. Stablecoins and custom assets can be issued on Liquid, making it a truly flexible Bitcoin sidechain. Learn how it works under the hood with @Blockstream Engineer @bizzle.

Lower fees and faster transactions make Liquid the perfect tool for when Bitcoin fees surge.

We're on a world tour to empower developers with Bitcoin layer-2, Liquid & Lightning. Free to attend. More dates and cities soon: ☑️Viareggio, IT ☑️Taipei, TW ☑️San Salvador, SV ☑️Buenos Aires, AR 🔳Plovdiv, BG [May 17-18] Apply today:

The Liquid Network

Liquid Bootcamp: Hands-On Training for Bitcoin Layer-2 Developers

Apply to Liquid Bootcamps for hands-on Bitcoin building, collaborating with developers, and turning your ideas into real projects on Bitcoin’s fi...

Breez CEO @Roy states that the possibilities on Bitcoin layer-2 are endless. Innovation is happening from leveraging the Lightning and Liquid networks together with Greenlight and Elements, as well as the early implementations of the Ark protocol by @Ark Labs and 2ndbtc.

We're on a world tour to empower developers with Bitcoin layer-2, Liquid & Lightning. Free to attend. More dates and cities soon: ✅ Viareggio, IT ✅ Taipei, TW ✅ San Salvador, SV ✅ Buenos Aires, AR 🔲 Turin, IT [April 15-17] 🔲 Plovdiv, BG [May 17-18]

The Liquid Network

Liquid Bootcamp: Hands-On Training for Bitcoin Layer-2 Developers

Apply to Liquid Bootcamps for hands-on Bitcoin building, collaborating with developers, and turning your ideas into real projects on Bitcoin’s fi...

The Liquid Developer Bootcamp in Argentina is a wrap! A special thank you to La Crypta, Kripton, and others in the Bitcoin community who attended and contributed to the success of the training! Next up: Italy and Bulgaria -->

The Liquid Network

Liquid Bootcamp: Hands-On Training for Bitcoin Layer-2 Developers

Apply to Liquid Bootcamps for hands-on Bitcoin building, collaborating with developers, and turning your ideas into real projects on Bitcoin’s fi...