How it works
This section provides practical explorations of common user experiences with wireframes, design mock-ups, prototypes, etc.
Bitcoin backups
A straightforward guide to safe manual backups.
Coin selection
Learn how coin selection is used to choose which UTXOs (or “coins”) to use as inputs when making an on-chain bitcoin payment.
Lightning liquidity
A primer on liquidity in the lightning network.
Lightning services
Common user experience problems of the lightning network that can be resolved by third-party service providers.
Nodes
Learn about how nodes help keep bitcoin decentralized and enforce its rules.
Payment request formats
Learn about the different types of payment request formats, from a standard on-chain address to a lightning address, that exist in bitcoin.
Private key management
Learn about the different schemes used to control and manage bitcoin private keys.
Transactions
An overview of bitcoin payments, common concepts, and the transaction lifecycle.
Wallet privacy
Basic aspects and best practices for protecting the privacy of wallet users.
Sign in with bitcoin
How lightning wallets can support authentication and payments with external applications and web services.
Silent payments
A simplified explanation of how silent payments work, along with its impact on bitcoin’s interaction model and wallet flows.
Wallet selector
Documentation of an interface pattern for letting users choose which external wallet to use when withdrawing, sending, or receiving in a bitcoin application.
Custom Spending Conditions
Overview about advanced capabilities that enable users to create more flexible bitcoin wallets.
Stabilizing bitcoin value
An explainer for the different techniques for stabilizing bitcoin againts other currencies, from a basic swap at a third-party exchange, to the use of Discrete Log Contracts.