🌊 #001: Feel the Breez
Lighting up apps everywhere, adding some Liquid, and letting Bitcoin flow.
Welcome to the first edition of Feel the Breez — an action-packed newsletter, full to the brim, with the latest on all things Breez.
A lot has been happening at Breez. A lot. The newsletter is our way of keeping the community of Breezers up-to-date with what’s happening, as we flip the world of payments on its head with Lightning.
In this edition, we’ll be sharing updates on:
👀 The latest partners integrating P2P money into their apps
💧 How the Breez SDK got even better this summer
🗣️ Why Lightning is the common language of the bitcoin economy
📍 Where to meet the Breez team
So sit back, grab a drink, and let’s dive in.
We’re Lighting Up Apps Everywhere ⚡️
Over the past eight months, more and more people have onboarded to Lightning — and we love to see it.
At Breez, we’ve been tirelessly working with our new SDK partners, bringing P2P bitcoin payments to their (now very) happy users, as we continue our mission to bring P2P to everyone by bringing bitcoin to every app — welcoming Cake Wallet, Relai, Volt, SATO, Flash, Crowdhealth, Bringin, lipa, BitBox and Picnic to Lightning, with many more announcements coming up.
From crypto wallets to healthcare, mining to banking, apps across different industries recognize the power of permissionless, P2P money — and Lightning is the key, making transferring value as frictionless as transferring information online.
Drop us a message, if you’re ready to add Lightning to your app!
(Even) More Options to Help Bitcoin Flow 💧
Everyone likes options.
So, we’ve made the Breez SDK even better for developers with a new nodeless Lightning integration — the Liquid implementation.
Alongside the existing Greenlight implementation, it also provides developers with an end-to-end solution for effortlessly adding self-custodial Lightning payments to their apps and services.
Here are some of the advantages of the Liquid implementation:
Simplified User Experience: channel management complexity is avoided —with no Lightning nodes, payment channels, or Lightning Service Providers (LSPs).
No Setup Fees: no channel opening fees reduce onboarding friction when Bitcoin mining fees are high.
Self-Custody: users retain full control of their funds, stored in a user’s Liquid wallet, with no third-party control.
If you want to learn more, you can read this article or dive into the GitHub documentation.
That’s Me Breez In the Spotlight 🔦
For the Readers 🤓
For the Listeners 🎧
Stephan Livera Podcast
Build With Bitcoin Podcast
The Transformation of Value Podcast
Remember to Say Hi, We Don’t Bite! 👋
If you’re at an event and see folks with lightning bolts tattooed across their foreheads, you’ve found the Breez crew (this is, sadly, not true but we are really obsessed with Lightning). We love meeting new friends, so make sure you say hi at the events listed below:
Aug 24 - 25 | Baltic Honey Badger
Sep 17 - 20 | Token 2049
Sep 21 - 22 | Bitcoin Tokyo
Oct 25 - 26 | Plan ₿ Conference
Not an fan of IRL? Follow us on X, LinkedIn, and Nostr to stay in the loop.
Just like that, the first edition of Feel the Breez is coming to a close — as fast as sending a payment over Lightning. To sign off, we’ll leave you with some words from Roy’s piece on “Lightning Is the Common Language of the Bitcoin Economy”:
Lightning is going nowhere but up, so it’s never the wrong time to get started. Better yesterday than today, better today than tomorrow, but tomorrow is good too.
The best time to get into Lightning is now. Always has been.
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See y’all next time!
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