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The Bitcoin Design Guide is a reference for the design of bitcoin applications. |
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Bitcoin is a global payment protocol that anyone with Internet access can participate in and contribute to. However, because bitcoin’s use cases are as vast as its user base, building bitcoin applications can be complicated.
We designed this guide to help anyone navigate those complexities—regardless of where they live or work. We can’t imagine every possible use case, but we can help you build for them.
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New to bitcoin? This section provides top-level overviews of [open design]({{ '/guide/designing-products/open-design/' | relative_url }}), [visual language]({{ '/guide/getting-started/visual-language/' | relative_url }}), [design principles]({{ '/guide/designing-products/principles/' | relative_url }}), a [technology primer]({{ '/guide/getting-started/technology-primer/' | relative_url }}) and more.
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A closer look at the design process and frameworks, from [personal finance use cases]({{ '/guide/designing-products/personal-finance/' | relative_url }}) to [units & symbols]({{ '/guide/payments/units-and-symbols/' | relative_url }}), the [usage life cycle]({{ '/guide/designing-products/usage-life-cycle/' | relative_url }}), [user research]({{ '/guide/designing-products/user-research/' | relative_url }}), and more.
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An in-depth exploration of a mobile wallet for a lightning-first, on-the-go use case. Covers primary user flows like [first use]({{ '/guide/onboarding/first-use/' | relative_url }}), [sending]({{ '/guide/payments/send/' | relative_url }}) and [requesting]({{ '/guide/payments/request/' | relative_url }}), features like [backup]({{ '/guide/onboarding/backing-up-a-wallet/' | relative_url }}) and [contacts]({{ '/guide/payments/contacts/' | relative_url }}), and more.
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A multi-key mobile wallet design that provides great security for larger amounts, and low-friction for smaller transactions.
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Exploring the concept of progressive security, in which applications help users navigate varying security configurations appropriate to their holdings and use case.
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An overview and considerations for bitcoin wallets that are managed by multiple owners.
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How to design for use cases where it is important to manage multiple wallets in a single application.
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An in-depth exploration of a multi-key wallet designed for long-term savings and inheritance. It covers everything from wallet creation, backup, change management and succession.
Explanations of various technical aspects of bitcoin and lightning.
[Private key management]({{ '/guide/how-it-works/private-key-management/introduction/' | relative_url }})
[Automatic cloud backup]({{ '/guide/how-it-works/private-key-management/cloud-backup/' | relative_url }})
[Manual backup]({{ '/guide/how-it-works/private-key-management/manual-backup/' | relative_url }})
[External signers]({{ '/guide/how-it-works/private-key-management/external-signers/' | relative_url }})
[Multi-key]({{ '/guide/how-it-works/private-key-management/multi-key/' | relative_url }})
[Bitcoin backups]({{ '/guide/how-it-works/backups/' | relative_url }})
[Payment request formats]({{ '/guide/how-it-works/payment-request-formats/' | relative_url }})
[Coin selection]({{ '/guide/how-it-works/coin-selection/' | relative_url }})
[Nodes]({{ '/guide/how-it-works/nodes/' | relative_url }})
[Transactions]({{ '/guide/how-it-works/transactions/' | relative_url }})
[Wallet privacy]({{ '/guide/how-it-works/wallet-privacy/' | relative_url }})
[Wallet selector]({{ '/guide/how-it-works/wallet-selector/' | relative_url }})
[Custom spending conditions]({{ '/guide/how-it-works/custom-spending-conditions/' | relative_url }})
[Stabilizing bitcoin value]({{ '/guide/how-it-works/stabilizing-bitcoin-value/' | relative_url }})
[Lightning liquidity]({{ '/guide/how-it-works/liquidity/' | relative_url }})
[Lightning services]({{ '/guide/how-it-works/lightning-services/' | relative_url }})
[Sign in with bitcoin]({{ '/guide/how-it-works/sign-in-with-bitcoin/' | relative_url }})
Collaboration summaries including [Blixt Wallet]({{ '/guide/case-studies/blixt-wallet/' | relative_url }}), [Payjoin]({{ '/guide/case-studies/payjoin/' | relative_url }}), [WalletScrutiny]({{ '/guide/case-studies/walletscrutiny/' | relative_url }}), and [Bitcoin Core App]({{ '/guide/case-studies/bitcoin-core-app/' | relative_url }}).
[Research references]({{ '/guide/designing-products/user-research/resources' | relative_url }}), [shared design files]({{ '/guide/designing-products/design-resources/' | relative_url }}), and other useful assets.
Helps you learn the most need-to-know bitcoin terminology, from [Address]({{ '/guide/glossary/#address' | relative_url }}) to [ZPUB]({{ '/guide/glossary/#zpub' | relative_url }}).
Join our open community and help us improve the Bitcoin Design Guide. Here’s where you can get involved and [contribute]({{ '/guide/contribute/' | relative_url }}).
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