Bitcoin UX Designer
It was a good week. Plenty of cool things are happening at Voltage right now, but we'll share more on that some other time. We had a great Bitcoin Socratic Seminar 36 at ATLBitLab on Wednesday night. Jordan and I dropped another episode of the Sovereign Computing Show about p…
You can now choose your own username with TwelveCash! In our early-access beta, that is. That's right, Chad and I have our own carefully timed Bitcoin 2024 product announcement. Go to the beta website and select the paid option. Then you can type in whatever username you want…
Introducing Twelve Cash, a simple way to share your bitcoin payment info with the world. Some folks have already tried out this service through the latest @ZeusLN release or casual hearsay. However, @chdwlch and I never formally introduced Twelve Cash to the world after building…
Here's my 5th weekly update. This week went by fast, and with Christmas approaching, it wasn't the most productive, but that's OK. Bitcoin Developers Twitch I added a tags feature to the upcoming website for the Bitcoin Developers twitch stream. This will allow the us…
Holiday Party The highlight of my week was definitely the Atlanta BitDevs + Atlanta BitPlebs holiday party. Credit an ATL pleb I wanted to do something special for the folks who show up to the ATL meetups week after week. After fantasizing about making cryptographic puzzles or da…
It's a way of life. That's how it feels after executing my weekly update for the 3rd time. PlebFM Where I left off, I was preparing to spend the weekend hacking on PlebFM. Well, I spent the weekend hacking on PlebFM. And Monday, and Tuesday. https://vimeo.com/779770174 De…
But there's always next week. Where I left off, it was almost time for Thanksgiving and the Legends of Lightning submission time was drawing close. PlebFM Nick and I worked late into the night to get our submission polished up for Legends of Lightning. I worked on building ou…
I'm planning to post a weekly update. It's something I want to practice so that I form better habits around sharing my work early and often instead of hoarding it and attempting to perfect it (in other words, participating in delusion). I'll probably be making these o…
UPDATE: Taproot offers space savings and potential transaction fees savings, however it's complicated and requires nuance to be accurate. There were several things I didn't understand properly when I wrote this for the first time. Thanks to Murch for pointing this out for…
Like many others in the US, I recently got access to the Lightning update for CashApp. Here are some of my thoughts as I tested it out. Onboarding I open the app and switch to the bitcoin tab. When I press the "Send" button on the Bitcoin home screen, it shows me this m…
I did some thinking about Lightning invoice expiration times, which can be an annoyance or a tool to protect the user.
I have noticed Lightning Address receiving a lot of attention over the past few months. It has quickly gained adoption by many Lightning wallets. I think it's a pretty useful tool for making Lightning payments easier for the user to accept. I've also heard some criticisms…
An incredible experiment is unfolding before our eyes in El Salvador. Adopting Bitcoin was focused on how we make this experiment a success.
The day before Adopting Bitcoin, I did some more Lightning payments to various merchants around town and had some misadventures with a Chivo Bitcoin ATM.
The day where I find a new version of Chivo that accepts Lightning payments with minimal issue and hike a volcano.
On day 4, I visited the Palacio Nacional, explored the marketplace in Centro Histórico, and went to the mall.
I started the day off with a breakfast of huevos revueltos, with tortillas and frijoles refritos, then ventured out into the city. I decided to head over to Starbucks to get some work done on my laptop and checkout the Bitcoin UX there.
I've participated in several discussions in the Bitcoin Design Community about hiding wallet balances. The Basic Summary By default, most wallets display the bitcoin balance very prominently on the home screen of the app. This could be a risk to the user, as they may not want…
One trend I am beginning to notice is that some businesses who accept Bitcoin treat it as a special edge case. I call this the "designated bitcoiner" approach.
A recap of my first day in El Salvador: my first payment with Bitcoin as legal tender, Mi Primer Bitcoin, and learning about the country.
I'm typing this out while flying over the Gulf of Mexico, about halfway between Orlando and Cancun. I'll be landing in San Salvador in a little less than 2 hours. I'll be in the country for about 2 weeks. I'm using the Adopting Bitcoin conference as my excuse for…
My name is Stephen DeLorme. I'm a designer and front-end developer working on Bitcoin. My current project is helping out on the Bitcoin Design Guide, where I focus my efforts on crafting UX best practices for Lightning network applications. I received a grant from Square Cryp…
I am pleased to have had the opportunity to design the Wapuu for this year's WordCamp Atlanta. Thanks to Diana Nichols and Kathy Drewien for roping me into it! I want to share some of the design process for arriving at this little guy. But first, here's a little backgroun…
Materials and lighting test in Blender 2.79. I've been playing with the Principled BDSF shader in Blender 2.79 lately. Good node! :)
I decided to enable encryption my Android phone this week (at the urging of an acquaintance). I don't know why I haven't pursued this in the past, but it's never too late to start. The process seems simple enough on the surface. Settings > Generals > Privacy >…
[EDIT] For the very first time in my life, I've decided to edit this post instead of delete it outright. Hey, there's a first time for everything, and I'm not shutting myself off to new experiences. Not just yet. Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or…