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What if building Simplicity contracts didn't require managing the entire toolchain yourself? @Arvolear at @blksresearch built Simplex - a Rust development framework with CLI tooling, SDK utilities, and local regtest integration for building high-assurance smart contracts. Artem will demo how it works at Simplicity Office Hours next Tuesday.

look i understand you’re not familiar with the problem domain of turing incomplete predicate-based language systems for cryptographic applications but you’re in luck! Russell O’Connor spent a decade working on the problem and it’s live on Liquid right now

Doing God's work. Saturday afternoon. Friedrichstraße, Berlin.

You're doing God's work! Simplex will be great.

Tune into Simplicity Office Hours 🔧 Ask questions, share ideas, and learn how high-assurance smart contracts on Bitcoin work. Every Tuesday, 8am PST. http://docs.simplicity-lang.org/office-hours/

Blockstream doesn’t get enough credit for its contributions to bitcoin research.

Day 1 of the @Liquid_BTC bootcamp by @Blockstream — co-hosted by us as part of @satsconf_’s São Paulo Bitcoin Week — is done! Day 2 just kicked off — 70 participants diving into Simplicity today, gearing up for the hackathon on Thursday!

fun fact: the most trivial Simplicity contract that compiles down "just spend this coin" (fn main() { () }) compiles as "JA==" (yes in many languages). This is purely coincidental. https://blockstream.info/liquidtestnet/tx/9fc633dfcbf8ef17a572bf8d1c229b112be6fa75ec7d463332544979d7f81bfc?expand

Simplicity is the best thing to come to Bitcoin. And we're only just getting started.

For an opportunity to get hands-on with Simplicity smart contracts and learn from experts at @Blockstream, @Boltzhq + @Vinteum_org, join us for the upcoming Liquid Bootcamp and Simplicity Hackathon in São Paulo, Brazil, early Nov. Details + application: http://liquid.net/bootcamp

Nothing says end of summer like going on a boat ride and bringing your Jade.

Two great tastes: @bitcoinoptech and Simplicity: this week's episode has Russell O’Connor discussing the designing and building of Simplicity. https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/09/05/#details-about-the-design-of-simplicity

The Liquid Developer Bootcamp world tour continues.🌊 Next stop: São Paulo, Nov 3-4, with a focus on Simplicity. The bootcamp is excellent prep for the hackathon @satsconf_, which will have a Simplicity track. Apply now. 👇

Simplicity is now live on @Liquid_BTC mainnet. Still waiting on OP_CAT? Still debating OP_CTV? Still dreaming about OP_VAULT? Start building.

Simplicity is live on the @Liquid_BTC Network. To celebrate, we’re bringing back the @blksresearch t-shirt that sparked the meme and carried it into the Bitcoin spotlight. 9 combinators. Pure Bitcoin minimalism. Premium threads built to last. Available now on the Blockstream store. 🧵⬇️

To celebrate Bitcoin Pizza Day, we donated 1,000 @BlockstreamJade hardware wallets to the @MyfirstBitcoin_ Node Network to support hands-on Bitcoin education around the world. Here are 7 more communities putting them to use 🧵 ⬇️

In 2017, Blockstream set out to develop a smart contract language that outperforms Bitcoin Script and EVM, offering more expressiveness with stronger safety assurances. Eight years later, we believe we've done it.  Introducing Simplicity. 🧵 http://blog.blockstream.com/simplicity-launches-on-liquid-mainnet/

Dollar hits new all time low against bitcoin.

Our big monthly meetup is on again tomorrow night at Molly Malone's Irish tavern. @locate2u CEO @sorenstein will join us to discuss how it became the first ASX listed company to add Bitcoin to its balance sheet. Please share. Details and RSVP⏬ https://www.meetup.com/bitcoin_sydney/events/308588306/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events

Is anyone else appreciating the lack of shitcoinery this cycle? It feels like the world has woken up to the "like bit coin but with added...." nonsense. I'm even hearing less of the cringe "crypto" and more "Bitcoin". Have people finally realised that there is "no second best"?

Anyone know the last time the Treasury Secretary was forced to say this?

Lyn Alden gave one of the clearest breakdowns of why the U.S. is on an unstoppable fiscal path—and why Bitcoin matters more than ever because of it. @LynAldenContact walks through the numbers behind the federal deficit, interest expenses, Social Security, and the structural changes that happened post-2008. The short version? We’re in a new era. One where the government can’t slow down even if it wanted to. The debt is compounding. The interest expense is rising. The trust funds are running dry. And the political will to do anything about it doesn’t exist. Her phrase: “Nothing stops this train.” Not because of ideology, but because of math—and human nature. This isn’t hyperinflation doom-talk. It’s a sober look at what happens when a system built on ever-growing debt reaches its limits—and why Bitcoin, with its fixed supply and transparent rules, is the opposite of that system. Highly recommend watching this one all the way through.

Fuck credit card points: Square's new Bitcoin payment could offer Bitcoin payers a 2.34% price reduction. $50 Payment Fee Breakdown: 💳 Credit Card Fees - Interchange: $0.90 - Assessment: $0.07 - Processor: $0.20 Total: $1.17 (2.34% of $50) ⚡ Lightning Network Fee - Transaction: $0.001 LFG!