On-Chain Swaps and Lightning Come to the Blockstream Desktop App
The Blockstream desktop app 3.1.0 brings the full Bitcoin stack to your laptop computer. Receive Liquid bitcoin (LBTC) through Lightning, pay Lightning invoices out of your LBTC steadiness, and swap between bitcoin and LBTC. The identical functionality that made the cell app a whole self-custodial Bitcoin platform is now accessible on desktop.
The Full Payment Stack, Now on Desktop
Paying a Lightning bill used to imply reaching for a cellphone. The desktop app now lets customers pay Lightning invoices instantly from LBTC balances and obtain Lightning funds that land as LBTC. No channel administration, inbound liquidity considerations, or switching between units.
When sending a Lightning fee, the Blockstream app generates an bill and an atomic swap mechanically converts the incoming funds to LBTC in your desktop pockets. Sending works in reverse: paste a Lightning bill, and pay with LBTC by an atomic swap. In the unlikely occasion a swap fails, funds return mechanically. No custodian handles any a part of the course of.
Swap Between Bitcoin and LBTC
Hold LBTC for Confidential Transactions and Lightning interoperability. Swap again to on-chain bitcoin whenever you need base layer finality. The whole stream occurs inside the open-source Blockstream app, with none intermediaries.
On-chain charges high? Stay in LBTC and accumulate. Fees low? Sweep to on-chain chilly storage. On-chain swaps lets customers time settlements with out giving up self-custody at any level.
Jade Genuine Check — Dedicated Drawer
Knowing a {hardware} pockets is genuine is as essential as the pockets itself. The Jade Plus Genuine Check stream now has a devoted drawer in the desktop app, making machine verification quicker to entry and simpler to full.
Genuine Check makes use of Blockstream’s attestation server to cryptographically confirm {that a} machine hasn’t been tampered with.
Download the Blockstream App on Desktop
The Blockstream desktop app 3.1.0 is out there now. Three layers. One open supply app. Full self-custody out of your laptop computer.
