We had a nice project intro session about Arké yesterday, covering the origin story, ambitions, UX and design details, and lots more. Check it out. youtu.be/ORIjqn1YMbQ

TestFlight waitlist signup is available if you'd like to help feel out and refine Arké. arke.cash

When you hide your balance in Arké, you see a scenic view of a Tuscan landscape.

I've been working on an Ark protocol desktop wallet prototype and it's been a ton of fun busting out the UI. Been sharing video updates for the past four weeks, all summarized in this thread here: community.second.tech/t/arke-macos...

I have a very bad feeling about this...

What a great design talk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DPW...

Happy pizza day!

Dig this. What are you going to release!?

The Bitcoin Designathon kicks off tomorrow! We’ve got two calls lined up. Join to hear how it all works, learn about prizes, and get your questions answered about projects, teams, or anything else. event.bitcoin.design

Designathon kick-off is Sunday. Would love to see you there. event.bitcoin.design

Spent the weekend with my son on the Runway 48-hour hackathon and we came up with this goofy short-film. Was a great chance to tinker with all the latest AI video/image/sound tools. Tons of limitations still, but also very powerful (and fun). www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pvN...

Have you tried Saving Satoshi to learn bitcoin tech & coding? Would love to hear what you think. savingsatoshi.com

Fully in event planning mode at the moment. Between the Designathon, Oslo Freedom Forum, BTC Prague, and Presidio Bitcoin events, there's a lot to organize in the Bitcoin Design Community.

"This is what arbitrary, absolute power looks like. And this is why the men who wrote the Constitution never wanted anyone to have it" www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Designathon website and sign-ups are now live. Check it out. event.bitcoin.design

We're organizing another Designathon in the Bitcoin Design Community, from May 4-18. Should be fun.

Hard to make a better case for bitcoin as a credibly neutral global money than the global news section of the HRF financial freedom report. us14.campaign-archive.com?e=063899928b...

It was a pleasure presenting the Open Design Guide (opendesign.guide) last week at FOSS Backstage with @erioldoesdesign.bsky.social. It's an effort to provide a smoother path into open-source for designers. Interestingly, there were 3 other talks at the conference that brought up the same problem.

"We've been successfully removing all friction from our apps — think about how effortless it is to scroll through a social feed. But is that what we want? Compare the feeling of doomscrolling to kneading dough, playing an instrument, sketching...

I used Penpot (penpot.app) for a presentation at FOSS Backstage last week. It worked great, with a few small hiccups. If you're not ready to go 100% Penpot yet, I'd recommend trying it for smaller design tasks (and give the team feedback). One step at a time.

Did my usual voting day routine. Show up at 8 right when they open and then go for a run. I hope we get a strong Germany to tackle our short- and mid-term geopolitical challenges and economic issues, while also staying on track on longer-term climate goals. And no more right-wing nonsense, please.

Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

So, competitive authoritarianism is where this is heading? www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Summer of Bitcoin applications are open. We're helping organize a design track again via Bitcoin Design, like the last two years. Take a peek. summerofbitcoin.org

The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

Defining user experience design is pretty straightforward. Our life is a linear series of events. Things we had never heard of slide into our awareness. Maybe someone tells us about something, maybe we walk around and see something or someone, etc.

Cool to see that Block has an OSPO (open-source program office, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_So...). block.xyz/open-source

New page about Human-Readable Addresses ("bitcoin emails" 😀) is live in the Bitcoin Design Guide (focusing mostly on BIP-353 and Lightning Address). Take a peek and let me know what you think. bitcoin.design/guide/how-it...

My talk for FOSS Backstage about the Open Design Guide (opendesign.guide) was accepted. There are several other talks about the role of design(ers) in the line-up. Looking forward to it. 25.foss-backstage.de/sessions/

The Saving Satoshi case study in the Bitcoin Design Guide is live. It provides lots of background about this unique and ambitious project. I'm super thankful to and proud of everyone who chipped in (you're all ₿OSSes). bitcoin.design/guide/case-s...

Design should capture and express the essential properties of a product/technology. If users can't tell the difference between self-custodial and custodial bitcoin apps, then we're doing it wrong.

What time is it? It's PR review time.

Here's a visual for a planned transaction visualizer in the Bitcoin Core App (Sparrow-inspired). Does that look useful to you? You can also try the work-in-progress web prototype: lively-kashata-cfde7e.netlify.app/screen/coin-...

Latest weekly open-source/design contributions update. Less about contributions this time, and more thoughts around naming things. A bit rambly, but maybe it's useful. gbks.substack.com/p/112-a-rose

I cannot even begin to express how much joy it gives me to learn that The Onion bought InfoWars in the bankruptcy sale. And this explanation…. Oh I needed this laugh today. theonion.com/heres-why-i-...

My BlueSky Discover feed is 90% uninformed anti-government whining. Can’t stand this stuff and so the muting begins. Is that the dynamic to expect here?

Alright, our Legends of Lightning hackathon submission for Saving Satoshi is out. Here's the demo video we put together: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW6t...

The latest Bitcoin Design Newsletter is out. Amongst all Bitcoin Design Newsletters in the world, it's probably amongst the top 1,000. At least in the top 1,000,000. bitcoindesign.substack.com/p/bitcoin-de...

We've had over 400 calls in the Bitcoin Design Community since the inception mid-2020. About 250 those are recorded and on YouTube & BitcoinTV. Creating video covers is always a fun exercise. www.youtube.com/c/BitcoinDes... bitcointv.com/a/bitcoin_de...

My weekly update is live on my open-source design work. Anyone know how long until AI can do all this stuff and also post here, so I can ride into the sunset? gbks.substack.com/p/79-eight

Chapter 4 is live for Saving Satoshi, where you learn how to write code for deriving an address from a private key. The team is already busy with chapters 5 (message verification) and 6 (constructing transactions). t.co/3XZln48Kpu

HODL streaks! Having fun with this little character on a Duolingo-style feature idea to make users feel good about saving. herecomesbitcoin.org

Some rendering for indian sci-fi bitcoin miners in 2139, for Saving Satoshi. More controlled prompts at the top left, getting more loose and wild further down. Can't use any of those, but exploring the possible range is pretty important and then leads to "the right one".

Slides are ready for BTC Prague. One slideshow for the Bitcoin Design expo booth, a presentation on the Bitcoin Core App, and another one around AI art. Should be fun.

Happy monday and happy bitcoin pizza day 🍕 https://bitcoinpizzaindex.net

Accessibility awareness day is over. We had a nice event in Bitcoin Design yesterday with lots of interest and quite a few teams participating. We also included the topic in the Bitcoin Design card game.

We just had a great session in Bitcoin Design on accessibility with an intro, how-to test, common issues and open chat. This is for Global Accessibility Awareness Day (https://accessibility.day), which is today, a good opportunity to dig into this topic a bit. https://youtu.be/9eiBVLIWF_Q

When you're feeling comfortable with your multi-key setup...

Bitcoin Block Munich had a nice soft open event last night bringing local Bitcoiners together. They have a full program for the weekend and the space will also serve as a Café and co-working space. https://bitcoinmunich.de/