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Below is a comprehensive list of all the Bitcoin projects that we track for discussing updates on the Bitcoin.Review podcast.
Bitcoin Core
Coinkite Products
- COLDCARD Firmware: Firmware and simulator for Coldcard Hardware Wallet
- COLDCARD Edge Firmware
- SATSCHIP: Add #Bitcoin authenticity to your artwork
- SATSCARD: Like cash in hand, pass physical Bitcoin along multiple times
- TAPSIGNER: The simple Bitcoin wallet in your pocket.
- BLOCKCLOCK: an electro-mechanical display
- BLOCKCLOCK MINI: Bitcoiner’s new favorite display art device
Signing Devices:
- Ledger
- Trezor
- Keystone
- Seedsigner: Use an air-gapped Raspberry Pi Zero to sign for Bitcoin transactions
- Specter DIY: DIY airgapped hardware wallet that uses QR codes for communication with the host
- Krux: Open-source signing device firmware for Bitcoin
- Krux Installer: A GUI based application to flash Krux firmware on K210 based devices (WIP)
- BitKey: Self-custody bitcoin wallet with an app, hardware, and recovery tools.
- Frostsnap: Firmware and software for Frostsnap - easy, personalized, secure Bitcoin multisignatures
- Portal: Firmware and supporting libraries for the Portal Hardware Wallet
Desktop Wallets:
- Fully Noded: Self sovereign, secure, powerful, easy to use wallet that utilizes your own node as a backend.
- Electrum: Electrum Bitcoin Wallet
- Electrs: An efficient re-implementation of Electrum Server in Rust
- Specter Desktop: A desktop GUI for Bitcoin Core optimised to work with hardware wallets
- Sparrow Wallet: Desktop Bitcoin Wallet focused on security and privacy. Free and open source.
- Wasabi Wallet: Open-source, non-custodial, privacy preserving Bitcoin wallet for Windows, Linux, and Mac.
- Liana: The missing safety net for your coins
- Mycitadel-Desktop: MyCitadel Wallet app for Linux, Windows & MacOS desktop made with GTK+3
Servers
- Electrum Personal Server: Maximally lightweight electrum server for a single user
- Floresta: A fully-validating Bitcoin node powered by Utreexo, with an integrated Electrum Server
- Phoenixd: Server equivalent of the popular Phoenix wallet for mobile.
- Fulcrum: A fast SPV server for Bitcoin
Mobile Wallets
- BlueWallet: Bitcoin wallet for iOS & Android
- Blockstream Green: A multi-platform, feature-rich Bitcoin and Liquid wallet
- Nunchuk: Security and privacy. Get both with Nunchuk Bitcoin wallet.
- Zeus: A mobile Bitcoin wallet fit for the gods
- Muun: Self-custodial wallet for bitcoin and lightning
- Wallet of Satoshi: simple Bitcoin Lightning wallet
- Breez: Breez is a Lightning Network mobile client and a hub
- Blixt: Bitcoin Lightning Wallet with focus on usability and user experience
- Phoenix: self-custodial Bitcoin wallet using Lightning to send/receive payments.
- bitnob: Send and receive money globally
- Bitcoin Tribe: A simple bitcoin wallet made to be used with Friends and Family
- Cash App: Send and spend, bank, and buy stocks or bitcoin
- Keeper: open source, bitcoin-only app designed for seasoned bitcoin hodlers
- Keeper Desktop: a secure, cross-platform desktop app for using hardware wallets with the Bitcoin Keeper mobile app.
- Pouch.ch: The Philippines’ top app for bitcoin savings + global payments
- Simple Bitcoin Wallet: non-custodial Bitcoin wallet for Android.
- Osmo: Send, receive, pay, invest and save through Bitcoin.
- Plasma: Core Lightning Wallet
- Aqua Wallet: free, open-source wallet for iOS and Android.
- Silentium: BIP352 light mobile wallet
- Volt: modern descriptor-based bitcoin wallet
- Bitcoin Jungle Mobile: fork of GaloyMobile, Bitcoin Beach Wallet mobile application
- ProtonWallet: open-source, E2E-encrypted, and self-custodial Bitcoin wallet
- Bitcoin Safe: A Bitcoin Wallet for the entire Family
- BullBitcoin mobile: The Bull Bitcoin Mobile Wallet and Exchange App
- Diamond Wallet: self-custodial Lightning wallet from built using Breez SDK and Blockstream’s Greenlight nodes
- Alby Go: The easiest mobile app to use bitcoin on the Go and that works great with Alby Hub
- Kyoto, Bitcoin Light Client: An implementation of Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 157/158
- Valet: Bitcoin + Lightning wallet for Android
Bitcoin Testnet
Lightning Implementations
- Core Lightning: Lightning Network implementation focusing on spec compliance and performance
- LND: Lightning Network Daemon
- LDK: A highly modular Bitcoin Lightning library written in Rust.
- Eclair: A scala implementation of the Lightning Network.
Lightning Tools and Projects
- Alby: Wallet interface to multiple lightning nodes and key signer for Nostr, Liquid and onchain use
- [Website]((https://getalby.com/)
- Github
- Alby Hub: Your own lightning node connected to every app
- Alby Lite: Lightning address server powered by NWC
- LNbits: free and open-source Lightning wallet and accounts system
- ZEBEDEE: free and open-source Lightning wallet and accounts system
- Mutiny Wallet: self-custodial lightning wallet that runs everywhere
- Mutiny Node: SDK behind Mutiny Wallet
- Lightning Terminal: browser-based interface for managing channel liquidity
- mercury-node: Lightning node (service) for mercury wallet
- Polar: One-click Bitcoin Lightning networks for local app development & testing
- Lightning Loop: on-Custodial Off/On Chain Bridge
- Spark wallet: all-in-one software solutions for the cryptocurrency payments, online payments, and financial transactions
- LNp2pBot: Peer-to-peer lightning network telegram bot
- Bijli: Non-Custodial Bitcoin Lightning Wallet
- lnrecc: A tool for streamlining recurring lightning payments
- Iris Wallet Desktop: RGB on Lightning from a simple interface
- BlitzWallet: Self-custodial bitcoin lightning, liquid, and Ecash wallet using the Breez_SDK, Greenlight, Liquid, and Boltz
- Misty Breez: A mobile app built with Flutter that serves as a reference implementation for the Breez SDK (Nodeless).
- Hydrus: Lightning liquidity management agent
Lightning Testing
- lnprototest: Lightning BOLT Protocol Test Framework
- scaling-lightning: A Testing Toolkit for the Lightning Network
Payments
- BTCPay Server: Free and open-source Bitcoin payment processor which allows you to accept bitcoin without fees or intermediaries
- Swiss Bitcoin Pay: Accept Bitcoin payments in your business
- Speed Bitcoin POS: Lightning Bitcoin payment processor for businesses of all sizes to accept online or in-person payments
- lipa
- LDK node: A ready-to-go node implementation built using LDK
- Musqet: Securely accept payments in store or online and receive Bitcoin from anywhere in the world
Dev Kits/Primatives/Protocols
- Bitcoin Dev Kit (BDK): A modern, lightweight, descriptor-based wallet library written in Rust
- Breez SDK: end-to-end solution for integrating self-custodial Lightning payments into apps and services
- libwally-core: cross-platform, cross-language collection of useful primitives for cryptocurrency wallets
- libwally-swift: Swift wrapper for LibWally, a collection of useful primitives for cryptocurrency wallets
- Nix-Bitcoin: collection of Nix packages and NixOS modules for easily installing full-featured Bitcoin nodes with an emphasis on security.
- rgb-core: command-line tool & wallet runtime library for desktop and mobile integration
- Descriptor wallet library: Library for building descriptor-based bitcoin wallets using rust-bitcoin
- alby-js-sdk: JavaScript SDK for the Alby OAuth2 Wallet API and the Nostr Wallet Connect API.
- taproot-assets: layer 1 daemon, for the Taproot Assets Protocol specification
- libsecp256k1: Optimized C library for EC operations on curve secp256k1
- ckcc-protocol 1.4.0: Coldcard CLI and Python Interface Library
- BIP-329 Python Library: provides a set of tools for working with BIP-329 compliant label files.
- Smart Vaults: Bitcoin multi-custody signature orchestration
- coinselect: TypeScript library for Bitcoin transaction management
- Alby Bitcoin Connect: Enable WebLN in all browsers with a single button
- Liquid Wallet Kit: collection of Rust crates for Liquid Wallets
- Ark: layer-two protocol designed to scale Bitcoin transactions
- Ark Wallet SDK: A TypeScript library for building Bitcoin wallets with support for both on-chain and off-chain transactions via Ark protocol
- Lark App: Command line application for the Lark USB Hardware Wallet library
- Coinswap: Functioning, minimal-viable binaries and libraries to perform a trustless, p2p Maxwell-Belcher Coinswap Protocol
Nodes
- Umbrel: home server OS for self-hosting with an app store
- RasPiBlitz: do-it-yourself Bitcoin & Lightning Fullnode running on a RaspberryPi 4&5
- StartOS: Open source Linux distro optimized for self-hosting
- MyNode: run a dedicated, easy to use, Bitcoin Node and Lightning Wallet
- Citadel: simple, minimalistic host system components for running a Citadel server
- MicroBolt: self-hosted Bitcoin & Lightning full node guide on a personal computer
- Fully Noded - Server: A one click Bitcoin Core, Core Lightning and Join Market server to connect to Fully Noded apps
Node management
- Torq: Advanced node management software that helps lightning node operators analyze and automate their nodes.
- Thunderhub: ThunderHub LND Lightning Node Manager in your Browser
- Clams Remote: Remote control your Core Lightning node
- Bolt.Observer: enterprise-grade solutions for node management, liquidity, and observability.
- Coffee: Reference implementation for a flexible core lightning plugin manager
- BitBanana: Lightning Node Management for Android
- Website
- Github -Oak Node: Oak is a tool that lets you do more with your LND node.
- Repository
- validating-lightning-signer: library and reference implementation for a signer module to secure Lightning nodes.
- Lightning Orb: cross-platform application for managing an LND / CLN Lightning node.
- LNDg: GUI for LND Data Analysis and Node Management
- Nodeyez: Display panels to get the most from your node.
- CLBOSS: Automated Core Lightning Node Manager
- Ride the Lightning: A full function web browser app for LND, C-Lightning and Eclair
- Mutiny-StartOS: Mutiny Wallet for StartOS
- Utreexo: Hash based dynamic accumulator
- Utreexod: Fully validating Bitcoin node with Utreexo support
- Greenlight: Build apps using self-custodial lightning nodes in the cloud
Privacy Tools
- JoinMarket: Bitcoin CoinJoin implementation with incentive structure to convince people to take part
- Joininbox: A terminal based graphical menu for JoinMarket
- Jam: A modern interface for JoinMarket
- Rust-Payjoin: Supercharged payment batching to save you fees and preserve your privacy
Block Explorers:
- Mempool.Space: The Mempool Open Source Project™
- BTC RPC Explorer: Database-free, self-hosted Bitcoin explorer, via RPC to Bitcoin Core.
- Blockstream Satellite: Protects against network interruptions and provides areas without reliable internet connection access to the Bitcoin network.
- Mempal: A Bitcoin mempool monitoring and notification app for Android.
Exchanges
- Robosats: A simple and private bitcoin exchange
- Bisq (v1): A decentralized bitcoin exchange network
- Bisq 2: Future successor of Bisq v1, implementing multiple trade protocol
- Peach: Peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange
- NOAH
- Boltz: Privacy First, Non-Custodial Bitcoin Exchange
- Twelve Cash: API for creating BIP-353 usernames
Federated Cash
- Cashu Nutshell: Chaumian Ecash wallet and mint for Bitcoin Lightning
- Cashu.me: Cashu wallet PWA
- Cashu Development Kit: CDK is a collection of rust crates for Cashu wallets and mints written in Rust
- Fedimint: Federated E-Cash Mint
- Cashu TS: A TypeScript library for building Cashu wallets
- Nutstash Wallet: Cashu Wallet with multi-mint and send-to-nostr-key functionality
- Github
- Nutstash Browser Extension: Cashu Browser Extension
- Cashcrab: A Cashu wallet with a flutter UI and with as much logic as possible in rust using cashu-crab with nostr integration for contacts and messaging.
- Minibits Wallet: (Beta) Ecash and Lightning wallet with a focus on ease of use and security
- Macadamia Wallet: A native Cashu wallet for iOS
Podcasting 2.0
Rewards
- The Bitcoin Company: Buy prepaid Visa cards with bitcoin and spend them almost anywhere
- Satsback: an evolution of cashback and loyalty rewards.
- Lolli: Earn free rewards at 25,000+ top stores
- Oshi: Integrate Bitcoin rewards into your business with ease
- Smiles Bitcoin: Get free Bitcoin rewards for walking, shopping, playing games, and surveys.
- Joltz: Unlock the Bitcoin economy with Taproot assets.
Mining
- ESP-Miner: A bitcoin ASIC miner for the ESP32
- NerdMiner: Open-source Micro Miner
- DATUM Gateway: Decentralized Alternative Templates for Universal Mining
Hobbyist Projects
- Orange Clock: OrangeClock displays moscow time
- M17-Project Module_17: M17 modem board for 9600-baud capable radios
- Sideband: extensible LXMF messaging client, situational awareness tracker and remote control and monitoring system for Android, Linux, macOS and Windows
- NomadNet:Off-grid, resilient mesh communication with strong encryption, forward secrecy and extreme privacy.
- reticulum-meshchat: A simple mesh network communications app powered by the Reticulum Network Stack
Tools & Productivity
- BIP39-XOR: Encrypt or decrypt BIP39 codewords array using exclusive OR (XOR)/Vernam cipher
- LabelBase: label management service for Bitcoin transactions and addresses
- Pylabelbase: official Python API wrapper for LabelBase
- sms4sats: Send and receive SMS without giving away your phone number
- Zaprite: Bitcoin invoicing, project management and expense tracking
- Wavlake: The first-ever Lightning-powered music streaming site
- SeedHammer: Steel backup specialized for bitcoin multisig wallets
- TX Pusher: conditional transaction broadcasting tool
- LiveWallet: An application to help estimate the effect of bitcoin transaction fees on invididual utxos and transactions containing multiple utxos.
- BTCEED: Bird’s-eye view of your bitcoin HD wallet
Smart contracts
- BitMask: Bitcoin-only web wallet and browser extension for accessing decentralized web applications on the Bitcoin timechain
Privacy Software
- SimpleX Chat: messaging network operating without user identifiers
- Keet: Peer-to-peer chat
Other
- BTC Map: Easily find places to spend sats anywhere on the planet.
- Atomic.finance: Earn returns on your Bitcoin, while holding your keys.
- Emeralize: A lightning marketplace and lightweight learning management system.
- Satoshi Escrow: A Bitcoin non-custodial peer-to-peer dispute resolution using only Nostr keys
