Lightning is dead. Long live Lightning. That’s the headline this month, and everything else in March backs it up: we said goodbye to seed phrases, Primal went non-custodial, and the Breez SDK keeps getting better and better.

• 📝 Lightning Is Dead, Long Live Lightning

• 🔑 Say Goodbye to Seed Phrases

• 💬 Primal: Powered by the Breez SDK

• ⚡️ Lightning in the Wild: Stacked

• 🎙️ Shoot the Breez with Cake

Lightning Is Dead, Long Live Lightning ⚡️

Roy’s latest article focuses on where Lightning has been and where it’s going.

Lightning used to mean channels you managed, liquidity you balanced, and infrastructure you babysat. That version is dead. New last-mile technologies have turned Lightning into the common language that connects everything in bitcoin, from wallets to social apps to cross-chain bridges, without users or developers needing to think about what’s happening underneath.

Roy uses Cake’s journey with the Breez SDK to make the point. Cake tried Lightning before but it was lacking for users. Rather than compromise, they waited. What brought them back wasn’t a single feature. It was Lightning itself changing, and the Breez SDK evolving with it.

The result: one million users, instant bitcoin, value moving like information.

Say Goodbye to Seed Phrases 🔑

Last month, we launched Passkey Login for the Breez SDK, releasing the future of bitcoin UX and transforming the onboarding experience forever.

A problem every developer building with bitcoin has faced: seed phrases work for security, but they’re a wall for everyday users. People lose them, misunderstand them, or never write them down in the first place. For apps trying to reach millions of users, that’s a dealbreaker.

Passkey Login removes the wall entirely. Users authenticate with the biometrics already on their device, Face ID, fingerprint, or a hardware key, and the Breez SDK handles the rest. Their wallet is created, secured, and recoverable without ever seeing a seed phrase.

This isn’t custodial convenience dressed up in new clothes. Users still hold their own keys. The difference is they don’t need to know it. For developers, the integration is minimal and your users get the onboarding experience they expect from any modern app.

If seed phrases were the last thing stopping you from shipping bitcoin in your app, that excuse just disappeared…

Primal: Powered by the Breez SDK 💬

Primal, Nostr’s most popular social client, just added instant, non-custodial bitcoin powered by the Breez SDK.

For anyone who hasn’t discovered Nostr: it’s a decentralized social network where you own your identity, your data, and now, your money. You scroll your feed, see something worth supporting, and zap it. Peer-to-peer electronic cash inside your social feed.

Primal users keep their keys. Primal developers build without worrying about channels or liquidity. The Breez SDK handles the rest.

Join them and 75+ apps building with Breez: https://breez.technology/sdk

Lightning in the Wild: Stacked ⚡️

Meet Stacked, New Zealand’s home for bitcoin.

You might remember them as Lightning Pay, a Breez SDK partner from across the Pacific. They’ve rebranded, expanded, and they’re building the infrastructure for bitcoin adoption in New Zealand and beyond.

Check it out:

Shoot the Breez with Cake 🎙️

Danny sat down with Seth, COO of Cake, to talk about what it took to bring instant, non-custodial bitcoin to over one million users, and what it means for where bitcoin is headed.

As we mentioned above, Cake had been watching Lightning for years, waiting for the technology to match the promise. For their users, payments are now instant, fees are barely worth mentioning, and they stay in control of their funds. For their developers, no channels or liquidity to manage, no infrastructure headaches. The Breez SDK abstracts away the complexity so Cake’s team could focus on what actually matters: the experience their one million users get.

But for Seth, this integration signals something even bigger. Lightning shouldn’t just be for wallet apps. The next stage of bitcoin is putting it into every app that needs to move value. Bitcoin like the money in your pocket. Digital cash you hand to a friend. Value that moves like information.

That’s a wrap on March and Q1 2026.

Spring is here, momentum is building, and the best is still ahead.

Remember: the best time to add value transfer is now. It always has been.

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The shortest month of the year didn’t slow us down. AI agents can now move value autonomously, more new partners went live, and our SDK leveled up 10x. Here’s your recap on the latest at Breez:

• 💥 → The Best Build with Breez

• 🦞 → Agents With Wallets

• ⚡️ → SDK: A 10x Upgrade

• 👾 → Lightning in Space

• 🎙️ → Breez Around the World

The Best Build With Breez 💥

The partners keep rolling in. Each new one means more people with instant, non-custodial bitcoin inside the apps they already love.

First up, Cake Wallet. Lightning is now live in their much-loved multicoin wallet, bringing magic internet money to over one million users. Yep, one million people who can now move value like information around the globe. A piece of cake.

Next up we announced, recent Class of Q4 graduate, Garden. They’ve built one of the go-to bridges for bitcoin swaps, having already moved billions in volume. With the Breez SDK - Spark, those bitcoin swaps are now instant. For a service operating at this scale, it’s a very big deal.

Exolix also joined the party, going from idea to production in two weeks. No more Bitcoin and Lightning headaches, just the Breez SDK and a fortnight of focused work. There’s never been a better time to build.

And finally, remember last month when we announced European neobank, Deblock, bringing bitcoin to 300,000+ Europeans? Well, their CTO, Mario Eguiluz, shared the full story of how they built it. We’ll leave you with the headline for now:

“If you want to offer bitcoin to your users, Breez is the best partner.”

We couldn’t have said it better.

Agents With Wallets 🦞

February saw AI agents take over the internet. Everyone was building them, talking about them, and watching them do things autonomously. Spin up a server? Sure. Browse the web? Easy. But what about move value without a human?

Well, now an OpenClaw skill for the Breez SDK makes it possible (shout out to Rob from Lightning Pay for building it). AI agents can move bitcoin autonomously: instant, borderless, no intermediaries.

Check out the guide to give your agent bitcoin with the Breez SDK.

Breez SDK: A 10x Upgrade ⚡️

Bitcoin in every app doesn’t happen by itself. It happens because developers have the tools to build it. That’s what drives every improvement we make to the Breez SDK: a better DX for builders, a better UX for the people using what they build. February was a busy month on that front. Here’s a selection of what we released:

• ~10x (🤯) TPS improvement

• Buy Bitcoin API via MoonPay

• HODL invoice support for Lightning payments

• LNURL-verify support

• Send all funds to Lightning or BTC addresses

• PostgreSQL as a backend option

• Concurrent SDK instances with shared storage

Read about all of our releases here.

Lightning in the Wild Space 👾

This month, we’re ditching the bitcoin savannah and going on an intergalactic expedition.

Bitcoin builder Daniel Modell released Bitari 2100, a retro arcade app with bitcoin baked into the experience. He built the whole thing in two days and the Bitcoin functionality was added in “under 30 minutes”.

That’s what building with the Breez SDK looks like now. Start on Friday. Ship on Sunday.

The only question left is: what are you going to build?

Breez Around the World 🎙️

February saw the Breez team online talking about our favorite topic: bitcoin.

Roy joined Hank on Roxom TV for a conversation on all things Breez: why it exists, how the Breez SDK works, and what the next chapter of value transfer looks like. One for the watch list.

And Danny jumped on Spaces on X with the folks from Exolix and Spark, to do a deep dive on their Lightning-fast integration. How do you go from idea to live product in two weeks? What is building with the Breez SDK actually like? If you’re a developer still deliberating, consider this your nudge.

That’s all for this month, folks.

Remember: the best time to add value transfer is now. It always has been.

See y’all next time ✌️

January didn’t hang around. From announcing our </time2build> winners to putting value transfer in the hands of 300,000 Europeans, it was another jam-packed month.

Here’s what’s new in the world of Breez:

• 🏦 → 300,000 More Bitcoiners

• 🏆 → Introducing Our </time2build> Winners

• 🎓 → ELI5: Spark

• 🍹 → Lightning in the Wild: Portal

• 🎙️ → Breez Around the World

300,000 Europeans Bitcoiners 🏦

European neobank Deblock became the latest Breez SDK partner to go live, bringing instant, self-custodial bitcoin to over 300,000 users across Europe.

Self-custody isn’t a feature for Deblock. It’s the foundation of their product. By integrating bitcoin with the Breez SDK, their users can now:

• Buy and sell bitcoin with euros, instantly

• Send and receive bitcoin in seconds

• Stay fully self-custodial

No more delays. No more expensive fees. Just euros in, bitcoin out. In seconds.

Bitcoin in every app. Let’s go.

Introducing Our </time2build> Winners 🏆

Back in October, we launched </time2build> with a simple idea: give developers the tools, and they’ll bring bitcoin to the apps people already use. Two months later, the results are in.

Builders from around the world delivered integrations across merchant tools, social platforms, game engines, forums, and more. Here are our winners:

$3,500 Prize Winners

• BTCPay Server (Aljaz): A plugin that makes bitcoin super simple for merchants worldwide.

• Evento (Brianna, Andre, Aaliyah): Value transfer built into a social events platform, proving value can move peer-to-peer in the moments that create it.

• Portal (Alessandro, Gianluca, Gabriele, John): Lightning integrated into a universal identity and payments protocol, making value transfer a native capability for any app built on top.

• Primal (Daniel): Self-custodial bitcoin brought to Primal’s web client, removing onboarding friction for Nostr users.

$1,000 Prize Winners

• OBS Studio Donations Plugin, Backend for Nutshell Mints, SatsMobi, CDK Payment Processor, Godot Engine Breez Plugin, Umbraco Marketplace NuGet Package, Discourse Breez Tipping, and CTFd Bitcoin Rewards Plugin.

Special Prizes

• Lib de Satoshi & B4OS (DraperU), Sparkihonne (PlebLab).

The era of building has begun. Check out the full announcement here.

Spark Explained Like You’re Five 🎓

Eight years ago (seriously, how?!), Roy wrote Understanding Lightning Network Using an Abacus to demystify how Lightning worked. Lately, he’s been noticing similar questions around Spark. So he’s taken the same approach again.

The result? Spark Explained Like You’re Five.

Published on Bitcoin Magazine, Roy uses a simple two-piece puzzle analogy to show how Spark works, from how ownership can change hands, to how trust is distributed across multiple operators.

If you want to learn how it all works under the hood, this is the place to start.

Lightning in the Wild: Portal 🍹

This month’s Lightning in the Wild takes us to Portal, one of our </time2build> winners.

The Portal team didn’t just add Lightning to their app. They built it into the protocol itself. Any application built on Portal now inherits the ability to move value globally, with Lightning as the common language.

Here’s what that looks like in practice:

Breez Around the World 🎙️

January saw the Breez team on stages, podcasts, and panels around the world.

First up: Roy was on stage in El Salvador at Plan ₿ where he broke down why value must move like information, why Bitcoin’s the only way to do this, and how AI means anyone can now add value transfer to any app. Simple.

Roy also joined Guy Swann to discuss how Bitcoin has completely transformed over the last three years. They dove into why Lightning is the common language, what value transfer is, and how Breez’s newest implementation, Spark, works.

Meanwhile, Danny joined Stephan Livera, alongside </time2build> winners Aljaz (BTCPay Server) and Brianna (Evento), to discuss the challenge, building with the Breez SDK, and why more developers are bringing bitcoin to everyday apps.

That’s all for this month, folks.

Remember: the best time to add value transfer is now. It always has been.

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Bye bye 2025, hello 2026. While the year was winding down, December didn’t take a holiday. It was another packed month for Breez, Bitcoin, and Lightning. Let’s dive in:

• 🎓 Welcome Class of Q4

• 👷‍♂️ A Great Time to Build

• ䷰ Stablecoins: Revolution Evolution

• ☕️ Lightning in the Wild

• 🎙️ Let’s Talk Breez

Welcome Class of Q4 🎓

2025 will be remembered by many as Lightning’s breakout year and we closed it out in style by welcoming twelve new partners to the Breez SDK.

In Q4, builders brought the SDK into crypto wallets, trading platforms, payroll, healthcare, and more. There was no single product category. That flexibility matters because it’s how bitcoin finds its way into every app.

Our Class of Q4 2025 included Bitnomi, Blockschmiede, Crinkl, DGEN Technologies, Flashnet, Garden, Hodle, Layerz Wallet, PaidIn, Quantum Vault, SOUND HSA, and Split Loyalty.

For builders everywhere, it couldn’t be clearer: it’s no longer a question of if Lightning belongs in your app. It’s when. And the next step is already obvious.

A Great Time to Build 👷‍♂️

December marked the final stretch of our global developer challenge, </time2build>.

Over the past few months, builders from all corners of the globe got involved. The end result was long-lasting integrations across merchant tools, social apps, event platforms, crypto wallets, and more.

We saw just about everything in the challenge. And to be honest, that was the point. Give developers the tools to build, and they won’t disappoint.

Stay tuned as our prize winners will be announced shortly.

Stablecoins: Revolution Evolution ䷰

Stablecoins are having a moment.

They move fast, work globally, and have unlocked real utility. Roy’s latest piece for Bitcoin Magazine doesn’t argue with that. It acknowledges it, then points out what often gets missed: stablecoins improve how today’s system works rather than redefine it.

The piece lays out why stablecoins were inevitable, why they’ve scaled as quickly as they have, and where the tradeoffs start to matter. From there, Roy draws a clear line between two very different paths. One optimizes how money moves inside today’s system. The other is entirely different: value transfer without issuers, permission, or legacy constraints.

If you’re thinking about where we should be heading, this one’s worth a read.

Lightning in the Wild ☕️

For this month’s Lightning in the Wild, we trekked to the West Coast to join Lightspark’s David Marcus buying an espresso.

He was using a freshly built demo app by Alex from the Lightspark team. He put it together in just “half a day”, despite not being an engineer and having never built an app before.

That’s how easy it is to build with the Breez SDK.

Let’s Talk Breez 🎙️

December gave us plenty to talk about. So we did. Breez, Bitcoin, and Lightning. As usual.

First up, Danny joined Michael on The Bitcoin Way Podcast. On the show, he laid out a future where bitcoin becomes part of everyday apps by focusing on its utility: value transfer.

December also saw Roy’s talk at Arkade Activation Day in Lugano released. In the discussion alongside Francis from Bull Bitcoin and Gareth from Class of Q4 graduate LayerzWallet, the Breez CEO spoke about where the next generation of bitcoin-powered apps are headed.

That’s all for this month, folks.

Until then, remember: the best time to get into Lightning is now — it always has been.

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Lightning hit the mainstream in November, and the momentum keeps building as we head into the last month of 2025. One thing is clear. There’s never been a better time to build on Bitcoin, so let’s jump in:

• 🚀 Lightning Goes Mainstream

• 👀 Spark or Liquid?

• ⚒️ It’s (Still) Time to Build

• 🥗 Bringin(g) Bitcoin to Everyday Life

• ⚡️ Amsterdam & Why Lightning

Lightning Goes Mainstream 🚀

It’s official folks: Lightning is now mainstream.

Square just enabled bitcoin for FOUR MILLION merchants across the US. Four million more reasons for developers to pay more attention.

For developers everywhere the message really couldn’t be clearer: if your app doesn’t have Lightning yet, you’re going to be left behind. And if history is anything to go by, the clip below is a perfect preview of what happens when you ignore a seismic shift like this.

The good news is that it’s easy to catch up. The Breez SDK gives you everything a developer needs to add Lightning to any app. Minimal effort. Maximum flexibility. Start building today and join the future of bitcoin-powered apps.

Spark or Liquid? 👀

We get this question a lot: What’s the best Breez SDK implementation? Spark or Liquid?

Our answer: You can’t go wrong with the Breez SDK.

Choosing between our Spark and Liquid implementations is a developer’s dream dilemma. That’s why Roy has broken things down in his latest post, walking through the differences between the two Nodeless implementations, and how each one unlocks different superpowers for your app.

Bitcoiners know the value of being early. Bitcoin is still young and reshaping global finance. Lightning is younger and reshaping Bitcoin. Spark and Liquid are even younger, and they’re finally turning bitcoin into the peer-to-peer electronic cash the world has been waiting for.

Choose Spark if you want instant settlement and offline support. Choose Liquid if privacy is your priority. Either way, the best move is to start building now because the future belongs to the developers who don’t wait for tomorrow.

It’s (Still) Time to Build ⚒️

Builders around the world continued to answer the call for </time2build>.

As the challenge progresses, submissions are starting to roll in. We’ve already seen integrations across events, gaming, Nostr, and more.

The global meetups haven’t slowed down either. Developers are still gathering across Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia as they look for inventive ways to bring bitcoin to existing open-source apps. And just in case you thought you’d missed the boat, there are still two weeks left, with submissions closing on December 16.

You know the drill by now. It’s time to build.

Bringin(g) Bitcoin to Everyday Life 🥗

For this month’s Lightning in the wild, we’re heading over to Europe.

Bringin is freshly out of beta and ready to make bitcoin part of everyday life for Europeans. Since their release in October, we’ve seen a wave of videos showing the app in action.

Bitcoin in every app, used every day. Let’s go.

Amsterdam & Why Lightning? ⚡️

November saw Roy head over to Europe for the Bitcoin Conference in Amsterdam. He kicked things off with a Q&A hosted by Shinobi on unlocking Bitcoin’s utility to make value move like information.

Later, on the Oranje stage, he joined Jesse Shrader (Amboss) and Veronika Kütt (Arkade) for a panel on the user experience of bitcoin payments, where he reinforced what is fast becoming the mainstream view: Lightning is the common language of bitcoin as the technology moves into the spotlight.

With Lightning front and center, the online conversation followed the same energy as our partners took to social media to answer a simple question: “Why Lightning?”.

Have a read of what they had to say 👀

That’s all for this month, folks.

Until then, remember: the best time to get into Lightning is now — it always has been.

See y’all next time ✌️

From global builders answering the call to new apps going live with Nodeless on Spark, it’s been another packed month for Breez. Developers are building, partners are shipping, and even AI is getting in on the action. Here’s what’s new in the world of Breez:

• ⚡️ The World’s Building

• 🇪🇺 Bringin’ Bitcoin to Europe

• 🤖 AI Agents are Bitcoiners

• 🔥 SatGo Goes Nodeless

• 🌍 Breez Around the World

The World’s Building ⚡️

We’ve been shouting it from the rooftops: it’s time to build.

In case you’ve been off the grid, here’s the rundown. We launched </time2build> — a global developer challenge to bring bitcoin to existing open-source apps using the Breez SDK.

Thanks to the support of our sponsors and bitcoin communities, the challenge has spread like wildfire across the globe. From Sofia to Hong Kong, Taipei to Kampala, Lusaka to Lugano, Tokyo to Amsterdam, builders everywhere are getting involved. India, Mexico, and beyond have also joined in — with the UK, El Salvador, Brazil, and South Korea up next.

If you’re a builder, now’s the moment. Jump in, build something that lasts, and help bring the utility of bitcoin to millions.

Bringin’ Bitcoin to Europe 🇪🇺

For Europeans looking to live on bitcoin, life just got a little easier. Bringin has officially launched, helping anyone buy, sell, and spend their bitcoin.

We sat down with their founder, Prashanth Chandrashekar, who explained how the idea for the company came from experience when he moved from India to Estonia. He was paid in BTC but waited days to access euros. Holding bitcoin was easy. Using it wasn’t. So he built a way to change it.

After 18 months in beta, Bringin is now live, helping users pay rent, bills, and move value across borders. The European-based app is the latest to go nodeless with the Breez SDK. No nodes, no channels, no liquidity headaches. Just an effortless integration for developers and a world-class experience for users.

Bringin(g) bitcoin to every app ⚡️

AI Agents Are Bitcoiners Too 🤖

AI just got a way to speak Lightning. The new Breez MCP Server lets developers plug the Breez SDK – Nodeless into AI tools, built with our latest Spark implementation.

It means AI agents can now create invoices, send sats, fetch wallet data, and more with Lightning.

Another step toward making value move as easily as information, check it out on GitHub.

Ready, SatGo! 🚦

Our newest Nodeless SDK is already out in the wild — and builders are loving it.

SatGo is the first partner live in production using the Spark implementation, showing how fast builders can go from idea to launch with the Breez SDK.

Check them out and see our latest SDK implementation in action.

Breez Around the World 🌍

It’s been a busy month.

Alongside the global meetups for </time2build>, our team has been on the road (and in the skies) spreading the good word of Bitcoin. First stop: Los Angeles. We kicked things off at Lightspark’s Sync, connecting with builders and innovators from across the tech world.

From there, Roy headed to Lugano for the Plan ₿ Forum, hosting an in-person builder meetup for </time2build> and joining panels at Bitcoin Suisse, Arkade Day, and the main event itself. There, he shared how Lightning is becoming the common language of the Bitcoin economy and later joined Stephan Livera to discuss what’s next for Breez.

Finally, Danny from the Breez team sat down with Rob Clarkson, CTO of Lightning Pay, to talk with the co-founder about how the company is bringing bitcoin to Kiwis — with Lightning powered by the Breez SDK, of course.

That’s all for this month, folks.

Until then, remember: the best time to get into Lightning is now — it always has been.

See y’all next time ✌️

From launching a global developer challenge to releasing a new SDK implementation, to new apps and partners, we’ve kicked off autumn with a bang (or a flash, if we’re talking Lightning). Here’s what’s new in the world of Breez:

• 🔑 The Utility of Bitcoin

• ⚡️ It’s Time to Build

• 🎓 Class of Q3

• 🔥 Nodeless on Spark Goes Public

• 🌳 It’s Klever to Add Swaps

• 📰 Breez in the News

The Utility of Bitcoin? Moving Value Like Information ⚡️

Last month, Roy was busy putting words to what we’ve all been feeling.

Yes, we all know Bitcoin is the best asset. But there is a bigger opportunity, one that can transform our lives just like the internet has done for billions around the world.

In his latest piece, published on Bitcoin Magazine, The Utility of Bitcoin: Moving Value Like Information, Roy explains how Bitcoin’s real innovation is not payments but value transfer, the ability to move value directly, freely, and without intermediaries. Just as the internet made information flow, Bitcoin is doing the same for value.

He describes how fintech and stablecoins still depend on permissioned systems, while Bitcoin, Lightning, and a growing ecosystem of subnetworks such as Spark, Ark, Liquid, and Fedimint are together enabling a new era of peer-to-peer value transfer.

It is a deep dive into how Bitcoin’s utility is redefining how value moves online and how apps are becoming the engines of that change.

If you read one thing this week, make it this one: The Utility of Bitcoin: Moving Value Like Information.

It’s Time to Build on Bitcoin ⚡️

This week the world stepped up to answer the call as we launched </time2build>, a global developer challenge to bring bitcoin to the open-source apps used by millions.

Together with our friends at Tether, Lightspark, Plan ₿ Network, Fulgur Ventures, Draper University, Pleb Lab, and Geyser, we are inviting developers everywhere to help move value like information and build the next era of our online lives.

From Lagos to London, and Buenos Aires to Tokyo, more than 50 communities have joined the global grassroots movement, sharing the challenge with members and hosting in-person meetups.

And a quick reminder: this is not a hackathon or a bounty. It is an ambitious experiment to accelerate bitcoin adoption in the apps we use every day, rewarding only merged code and the developers who work hand in hand with project maintainers.

So why now? Lightning is becoming the common language of the Bitcoin economy. Subnetworks are growing. And the tools are finally ready, with the Breez SDK – Nodeless making it simple for any developer to add bitcoin to their app.

Stay tuned as we spotlight submissions, partners, communities, and some seriously awesome projects in the weeks ahead. So whether you are merging code, mentoring devs, or just cheering them on...

It’s time to build ⚡️

It’s Graduation: Welcome Class of Q3 🎓

As Q3 comes to a close, we’re welcoming a new class of bitcoin-powered apps built with the Breez SDK. This cohort marks a series of milestones worth celebrating.

SwapSo, a bitcoin super app built in India, went live just five days after downloading the Breez SDK. Yes, FIVE DAYS. That’s how quickly builders can go from idea to production with Breez.

Meanwhile, Bitnob, Open Wallet, and SatGo became the first partners to integrate with the newest Spark implementation of the Breez SDK, making it faster and simpler than ever to add bitcoin to any app.

Honestly, this class has it all: AI assistants charging by the second, family apps teaching kids to stack sats, and chat platforms turning conversations into payments. It shows the full range of what’s possible with the Breez SDK.

So without further ado, meet the Breez SDK Class of Q3 2025: AvatarTalk.ai, Bitnob, BTCBitByBit, EvoMone, Open Wallet, RETI, SatGo, SatSails, SwapSo, and ZapLN Bot.

What’s next? Well, the next class is already forming and builders everywhere are making value move like information ⚡️

Nodeless on Spark Goes Public 🔥

The wait is over. The Breez SDK – Nodeless (Spark implementation) is now open to everyone.

This marks a new chapter for builders everywhere. With our Nodeless SDK, developers can bring bitcoin to any app effortlessly, without the headaches of running a node, managing channels, or paying setup fees.

For anyone who missed the memo, Spark is a Bitcoin-native Layer 2 built for speed, scale, and simplicity. It powers real-time, low-fee, self-custodial payments and supports Bitcoin-native assets such as stablecoins. And we’re bullish.

Whether you are building a wallet, a social app, or an entirely new kind of product, the Breez SDK – Nodeless gives you the freedom to build with bitcoin in just a few lines of code.

What are you waiting for? Add bitcoin to your app today ⚡️

Lightning in the Wild (Again)⚡️

Spotted again in the Bitcoin rainforest: the Brazilian-born Klever Wallet just expanded its Lightning superpowers.

Earlier this year they added Lightning to their wallet, and now it powers their swaps, bringing instant, low-cost, and secure bitcoin swaps straight to users — another reminder of how flexible the Breez SDK can be.

This herd is growing fast, keep your eyes peeled for the next sighting 🔭

Breez in the News 📰

It’s been another busy month for Breez. The </time2build> launch had people talking, with features in Bitcoin Magazine, Cointelegraph, Lightning News, and Atlas 21. Danny from the Breez team also joined #CHAINREACTION with Robert Baggs and Gareth Jenkinson from Cointelegraph to unpack the challenge and what it means for builders.

Roy has also been active on every front. In addition to publishing The Utility of Bitcoin: Moving Value Like Information in Bitcoin Magazine, he released a new piece on channel factories, exploring how Ark and Spark revive the promise of channel factories, cementing Lightning’s central role in Bitcoin’s future. He also joined the Mr. M Podcast to discuss Lightning and where AI could intersect with Bitcoin’s evolution, and spoke at Infobip’s Shift in Croatia about life building a Bitcoin startup.

And it’s not just Roy. Breez’s very own Ivan Makedonski was featured in Bitcoin Magazine’s Lightning Issue with Lightning Strikes: The Value-for-Value Future of Money and Work, exploring how Lightning will reshape how we earn, spend, and create value online.

That’s all for this month, folks.

Until then, remember: the best time to get into Lightning is now — it always has been.

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Summer’s wrapping up but the pace at Breez hasn’t slowed for a second. From new partners to fresh features, it’s been months of nonstop building and more people using bitcoin every day. Here’s what’s new in the world of Breez:

• Lightning is Sorted ⚡️

• Breez is the Word 💥

• Summer’s for Building ⚒️

• Let’s Talk Breez 🚀

Lightning is Sorted ⚡️

If bitcoin is for everyone, it can’t be limited to expensive smartphones. It has to work on the devices billions of people actually use every day.

That’s exactly what Sorted are doing.

Their mission is to bring bitcoin to over a billion feature phones and low-powered smartphones. Backed by Tether and already at 250k+ downloads, they’ve just gone live with Lightning, powered by the Breez SDK.

You can see the integration in action above: magic internet money moving from one person to the next at Lightning-fast speeds, all on a $10 feature phone.

See, the next wave of newly minted bitcoiners won’t just come from those who can afford fancy phones. They’ll come from anyone in the world — from people on iPhones to those tapping $10 devices.

This is how the future of money reaches truly everyone.

Breez is the Word 💥

We could shout from the rooftops about why your app needs to add bitcoin with the Breez SDK. But honestly, it’s always better when it comes straight from the people building with it.

This month we heard from Klever, Yopaki, ordermoon, and Flash — just a few of our 50+ partners. They shared what it’s like to add bitcoin with Breez, why developers find it so simple, and why their users are loving the results.

From neobanks in Mexico to restaurants in Sofia to feature phones across Africa, one thing is clear: if you’re building the next generation of bitcoin-powered apps, you should do it with the Breez SDK.

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Summer’s For Building ⚒️

School might be out, but at Breez the building never stopped. July was packed with big updates for both the SDK and our reference app, Misty Breez.

For the SDK, we rolled out cross-asset payment support on Nodeless. That means users can now pay in USDT with BTC balances, or the other way around. We also added on-chain monitoring enhancements and new routing configurations, giving developers even more tools to deliver a world-class UX.

Misty Breez leveled up too. Users can now receive bitcoin without specifying an amount first, there’s also support for BOLT12 payer notes, plus a bunch of improvements and fixes across the app.

Let’s Talk Breez 🚀

Another month talking about bitcoin. We love it.

Roy spent much of July driving home one key message: Lightning is the key to bitcoin’s future growth. First up he was in Riga for the Baltic Honeybadger Conference, where he was on the main stage moderating a discussion on why Lightning is the common language of the bitcoin economy. He also sat down with Tomer Niv of Entrée Capital, where he went into more detail on how Lightning is transforming bitcoin from a store of value to an everyday currency.

This month also saw Danny catching up with the folks at ordermoon to share why Breez wants to see bitcoin in every app and how it’s already happening. And, finally, Umi joined Scott Sibley of SHAmory to talk about her path into bitcoin and the mission she’s on to bring it to everyone around the globe.

That’s all for this month, folks.

Until then, remember: the best time to get into Lightning is now — it always has been.

See y’all next time ✌️

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School’s out for the summer but, like bitcoin, the building never stops. Last month, builders used the Breez SDK to create everything from onboarding side quests to meme wallets for Gen Z attention spans, to bringing bitcoin to restaurants in Bulgaria, and much more. Here’s what’s new in the world of Breez:

• ✨ Building for Gen Z & Alpha

• 🎙️ Shooting the Breez

• 🫶 Misty Breez Gets More Love

• 🍊 Lightning in the Wild

• 🇨🇭 Plan ₿ Is the Best Option

Bitcoin for Gen Z & Alpha Fr Fr ✨

The Breez SDK is one of the easiest ways for any developer to add bitcoin to any app or service. And this was highlighted last month by the Skibidi.cash bounty experiment.

Set up by Pavlenex, this meme-fueled challenge brought together developers to ‘reimagine what bitcoin looks and feels like’ for Gen Z and Alpha — even spawning a global community of builders pushing boundaries in the process.

We loved seeing the SDK in action, as builders experimented and brought their playful ideas to life with both the winning app and third place powered by Breez. The winner, Skibidi Satoshi Wallet, even turned onboarding into a game, where users go on a quest to conquer the seed phrase — all wrapped in full skibidi chaos.

Breez SDK. Built diff, no cap.

Shooting the Breez 🎙️

We’ve been sitting down with the leaders building the future of bitcoin-powered apps in our new video series, Shoot the Breez. This month we sat down with Francisco Chavarria, the CEO of Yopaki, and Atanas Tonchev, the CTO of ordermoon.

First up was Francisco. His team is building the Mexican-born bitcoin neobank, Yopaki. They saw how the noise of speculation and hype was drowning bitcoin’s potential in their homeland. So they flipped the story — putting culture up front and bitcoin at the core — blending games, onboarding and payments into a single experience. Now, in just minutes, anyone can become a bitcoiner in Mexico and beyond. Vamos.

Next up, we spoke with Atanas. His Bulgaria-based team is bringing bitcoin to restaurants across Sofia, one plate at a time. In this episode, Atanas explained how they’ve worked with local businesses and global initiatives like Bitcoin Beach and Geyser to accelerate adoption — with the result leading to 21 restaurants already moving to the bitcoin standard. Хайдеее.

Misty Breez Gets More Love 🫶

Misty Breez is our reference app built to showcase what the Breez SDK can really do and users are loving it. It was the first wallet to offer fully customizable Lightning addresses with support for both BIP353 and LNURL and if you haven’t tried it yet… what are you waiting for? It’s exceptionally excellent, after all.

You’re sold but want to see it in action? We got you covered. BTC Sessions dropped a full walkthrough for folks, and if you’re a German-speaking bitcoiner, Jens Leinert now has you covered too.

Ist sehr gut.

Lightning in the Wild 🍊

July saw a wave of Breez SDK-powered apps share exciting updates — from launches to beta tests and everything in between: Klever rolled out Lightning support on Android, BitPost entered beta, and with the Class of Q2 released, there’s plenty more in the pipeline.

So, what else have we spotted this month? Well, while roaming the global bitcoin savannah, we caught this from our friends at DidX. They were seen testing their newly Breez-powered app paying for oranges at their local Pick n Pay.

Sweet, right?

Plan ₿ Is the Best Option 🇨🇭

Look folks, we are obsessed with talking about bitcoin. And this month was no different.

Roy headed over to Lugano for Plan ₿’s Summer School, where he hosted a session on “The Utility of Bitcoin”, explaining why value must move like information, why bitcoin is much more than just fiat-thinking “payments”, and what we’re doing to build this new reality at Breez.

That’s all for this month, folks.

Until then, remember: the best time to get into Lightning is now — it always has been.

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We’re halfway through the year and summer’s in full swing — with temperatures hitting record highs. But nothing is as hot as the updates we’ve got for you this month. Here’s what’s new in Bitcoin, Breez, and Lightning:

• 👋 Welcoming New SDK Partners

• 🤳 Bringing Bitcoin to Simple Devices

• 🤓 Klever’s Journey in Bitcoin

• ⚡️ Lightning in the Wild: Bansko

• 🚴 Breez on the Road

Welcome, Class of Q2 🎓

It feels like only yesterday that we celebrated our first Breez SDK graduates. But just like that, we’re back with a whole new class — consisting of twelve new, innovative apps bringing bitcoin inside the products people use every day.

From wallets to Telegram-based saving communities, these new graduates prove that bitcoin can power everything from e-commerce to food delivery to feature phones — and that building with the Breez SDK is easier than ever.

A big Breez welcome to Bitmo, Bitpost, Brio, DIDx, Grimm App, Klever Wallet, Loom21, Mooze Labs, ordermoon, Sorted, Tokyo Bitcoin Base, and Yolat.

Now they’ve graduated, it’s your turn to enroll — get in touch to get started ⚡️

Bitcoin on Every Phone: It’s Sorted 📱

If we really want to bring bitcoin to everyone, we have to meet them where they are.

And right now across the world, there are around a billion people using feature phones and old Androids — the kinds of devices that dominate where banks don’t reach and most people are shut out from the global economy.

These are the folks that Sorted is looking to reach. After talking with the team behind KaiOS — one of the leading OS for feature phones — they saw an opportunity to build a wallet that works on the hardware people already have. It wasn’t just Sorted that saw the opportunity either — Tether backed the startup with pre-seed funding to help make it happen.

And now, with the Breez SDK under the hood, Sorted gives users full custody of their keys, a world-class UX, and support for both BTC and USDT — all on phones with less power than your fridge.

So while some are busy stacking bitcoin on corporate balance sheets, others are out there putting it in the hands of people. We love to see it.

A Klever Journey to Bitcoin 🤓

Last month, we kicked off a new series — Shoot the Breez — where we talk to founders and product leads building for people around the world — and discuss how bitcoin sits at the center of it all.

First up, we spoke with the awesome Bruno Campos, the CEO of Klever, who have 100,000+ monthly active users across Brazil, Nigeria, India, and beyond.

Bruno and the Klever Wallet team have always believed that bitcoin is best when it’s used — not just held. But turning that belief into a product was another story. They spent years trying to make Lightning work. It was clunky, hard to integrate, and the UX didn’t click.

The dream kept slipping just out of reach…until they found the Breez SDK.

Suddenly, the building blocks were there — and so was the momentum. With Breez, Klever were finally able to deliver the dream, bringing bitcoin payments into their app — no infrastructure headaches, no compromise on custody or UX.

Check out the full conversation with Bruno — the Klever journey, his insights along the way, and what it really takes to build for the people who need bitcoin the most.

Bitcoin in Bansko 🥡

Buckle up — this month we’re heading to Bulgaria (virtually) to catch up with the team at ordermoon. They’ve built a full-service, bitcoin-based food delivery app that’s helping grow bitcoin payments among restaurants, drivers, and droves of hungry Bulgarians.

Here’s a peek at what they’ve built, live from Black Honey Coffee Shop in Bansko.

Наздраве! 🍻

Breez on the Road 🚴

It was another busy month for the Breez team, with events stretching across Europe and North America.

First up: Ross headed to BTC Prague’s Dev/Hack/Day, where he hosted a workshop diving into the Breez SDK – Nodeless, WASM, and how any dev can effortlessly bring bitcoin to the web. Ross is a bit of a Breez guru, so you should also check out his 21-minute YouTube tutorial on how to add bitcoin to any app with our SDK below.

Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, Umi braved the 100°F heat (that’s 38°C for everyone else) at Blockworks’ Permissionless. She was spotted cycling between events, spreading the word about Breez, Bitcoin, and Lightning. While others pitched blockchains, she pedaled bitcoin.

That’s all for this month, folks. We’ll see you all again soon.

Until then, remember: the best time to get into Lightning is now — it always has been.

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Apps everywhere are adding Lightning — bringing borderless, Lightning-fast, peer-to-peer Bitcoin payments to users around the world. And in the last month alone, over 100,000 people joined the Bitcoin economy through apps powered by the Breez SDK. Let’s dive in:

• ⚡️ Breez + Lightspark Join Forces

• 🚀 SDK Partners Go Live

• 💥 Nodeless Keeps Getting Better

• 🌬️ Lightning Made Easy with Misty Breez

• 🌍 Breez Around the World

Breez + Lightspark Join Forces ⚡️

Breez is teaming up with Lightspark — making it even easier for developers to bring self-custodial Lightning payments into everyday apps and services.

We’ve just announced a new implementation of the Breez SDK on Spark — a Bitcoin-native Layer 2 built for speed, settlement, and scale. This implementation brings everything developers need to power Lightning payments: bindings for all major languages, support for LNURL and Lightning addresses, and more — unlocking new ways to use Bitcoin as a global, permissionless currency across use cases like streaming payments, monetizing social apps, in-game currencies, cross-border remittances, and AI micro-settlements.

As Roy put it:

“We need developers to bring Bitcoin into apps people use every day. That’s why we built the Breez SDK. We’re excited to build on Spark’s revolutionary architecture — giving developers a powerful new Bitcoin-native option and continuing to strengthen Lightning as the common language of Bitcoin.”

As part of the collaboration, Breez will also join Lightspark as a Spark Service Provider to help scale the ecosystem. We’ll be sharing more details soon — with the new implementation set to launch later this year — so make sure to follow us for the latest.

Breez SDK Partners Go Live 🚀

Another month, another 100,000 people with access to Lightning.

In May, more apps went live with the Breez SDK — bringing real-world Bitcoin payments to even more people around the world.

First up: Klever went live. With 100,000+ users across Brazil, Nigeria, India, and beyond, Klever’s mission is to make crypto accessible in underbanked regions. They’d been trying to add Lightning for years — but building it from scratch was far too complex. What they needed: effortless onboarding, no setup fees, zero channel management. That’s exactly what they found in Breez.

As Baiano, Klever’s CEO, put it:

“Breez was the winger who crossed the ball into the middle for Klever to score.”

Also going live in May: Cowbolt, a team chat and cost-splitting app built for families, friends, and teams to split and settle payments. The team announced their public release at Bitcoin 2025 — powered, once again, by the Breez SDK.

Welcome to Lightning, Klever and Cowbolt⚡️

Nodeless Keeps Getting Better 💥

The Breez SDK – Nodeless is our most popular implementation, and over the past month, we’ve added even more features for developers to deliver the best Lightning experience in their apps and services. The latest release brings complete support for both BOLT 12 and BIP353. Alongside this, Nodeless now also supports LNURL-Verify.

With everything you need for a world-class UX, you can now vibe-code Bitcoin payments into your next unicorn. Aljaz created context files for folks to use, so AI tools can work their magic. Check it out here → Context Files

And you don’t have to take our word for how easy it is now.

Here’s what a partner shared with us after using Cursor to add Bitcoin payments to their app:

I was playing around the JS SDK and used Cursor AI and was able to build a functional secure self-custody lightning wallet in just a few hours. The documentation and the functionalities of the SDK is amazing! And it just works.👏

Lightning Made Easy with Misty Breez 🌬️

As a result of the SDK improvements, Misty Breez now has complete support for BOLT 12 and BIP353 too. It’s also the first wallet to offer a customizable Lightning address that supports both BIP353 and LNURL.

That’s a lot of acronyms, we know — but here’s the short version: Lightning just got way more usable. And even better, any partner using the Breez SDK can offer the same experience. Plus, for freelancers and businesses using Zaprite, Misty Breez was announced as the latest integration to accept payments on the platform.

If you’re looking to learn more about Misty Breez, BTC Sessions dropped a new tutorial. In the (very) helpful video, he breaks down how the app works and explains why he believes it’s “as easy as Venmo.”

Breez Around the World (In 31ish Days)

From pasta to panels, the Breez team’s been busy — spreading the word on what’s next for Bitcoin payments.

We kicked off May with our annual team offsite. The team made the trip to Italy, where we mapped out plans, ate incredible food, and attended the (excellent) Tuscany Lightning Summit. The summit brought together the brightest builders in the space to discuss the future of Bitcoin and Lightning — all in the picturesque seaside town of Viareggio. Bitcoin, Lightning, and pasta — wonderful.

Later in the month, Umi and Roy flew to Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas, with Roy taking the stage twice during the 3-day Bitcoin extravaganza. First, he joined a panel on the latest developments in Lightning, moderated by Jordi Montes (Fewsats), followed by a conversation on Bitcoin’s evolution from digital gold into an everyday currency, moderated by Stephan Livera.

That’s all for this month folks. We had a lot to share.

We’ll see you next month for more on what’s happening in Breez, Bitcoin, and Lightning.

Until then, remember: the best time to get into Lightning is now — it always has been.

See y’all next time ✌️

And just like that, we’re back again to share all the latest happenings in the world of Breez, Bitcoin, and Lightning. Here’s what we’ve got to talk about this month:

• 🌬️ Misty Breez: Lightning Made Easy

• 🌐 Lightning-fast Bitcoin Payments on the Web

• 🌴 A Flash of Lightning Spotted in the Caribbean

• 🐐 Goats, Beers, and Bitcoin at PubKey

Misty Breez: Lightning Made Easy ⚡️

This month, we announced Misty Breez — our new reference app built on the Breez SDK (Nodeless) — in Bitcoin Magazine. Just like how Bertha Benz proved what cars were really for with her 104km joyride (read the full story in our announcement), Misty Breez shows what Lightning can be with the Breez SDK.

It’s built in Flutter, fully open source, and designed to showcase best practices for building intuitive UI/UX for Lightning payments. We’re also offering Misty Breez as a ready-made white-label solution for partners building new apps — and it comes with features like:

• ➡ Send payments via Bolt11, Bolt12, BIP353, LNURL-Pay, Lightning address, BTC address

• ⬅️ Receive payments via Bolt11, LNURL-Withdraw, LNURL-Pay, Lightning address, BTC address

• 📬 Receive payments even when the app is offline (requires notifications)

• 👤 A customizable Lightning address like user@breez.fun

• 🔐 Users control their keys

• 🪄 No nodes or channel management

Try Misty Breez on Android or iOS — use it or make it your own!

It really is Lightning Made Easy.

Lightning-Fast Bitcoin Payments on the Web 🖥️

Hot on the heels of Misty Breez, we dropped another big release: the Breez SDK (Nodeless) now supports WebAssembly (WASM).

That means developers can now add Lightning-fast Bitcoin payments directly into browsers and Node.js environments — no installs, no nodes, users just open and go. This new feature was part of the latest release (0.8) of the Breez SDK – Nodeless, and it represents a big leap forward in our mission to bring Bitcoin payments to every app. The SDK now runs anywhere you build: mobile, desktop, and (now) the web.

Pulling this off took serious engineering effort behind the scenes — you can read the full breakdown here — and it was featured in Bitcoin Magazine, where Shinobi had this to say about why the feature matters:

People need to be able to open any device, any app, and be able to access whatever bitcoin they have available for spending. That won’t happen magically by itself. That requires work. That requires collaboration on standards. That requires doing the engineering work that doesn’t make for attention grabbing headlines.

Breez has been absolutely killing it in terms of doing this kind of work.

And that’s not all that was shipped in the 0.8 release:

• ⬇️ We dropped the minimum send amount to 21 sats

• ⬇️ We lowered the minimum receive amount to 100 sats

• 💵 Users can now pay fees with non-Bitcoin assets like USDT

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Lightning in the Wild: A Flash! 🌴

More and more developers are putting Bitcoin payments at the heart of the apps they’re building — solving real problems for real people.

This month, we spotted a fresh update from our friends in the Caribbean: Flash. Their app just became the latest to go Nodeless, using the Breez SDK to bring Bitcoin payments to their community.

You can read more about Flash’s journey — and why they chose the Breez SDK — on our blog.

Goats, Beers, and Misty Breez 🥃

What do goats, beer, and Bitcoin have in common? A memorable night at NYC’s favorite Bitcoin bar, PubKey. Danny and Umi joined Jonathan to host this month’s Lightning Meetup, where the trio demoed Misty Breez — even paying sats to feed the Lightning Goats (yes, really). If you haven’t tried it, you should.

This month, Danny also joined Lynne and Israel on the Build with Bitcoin podcast to talk through Breez’s Bitcoin Payments Report, alongside 1A1z’s Dan O’Prey. Together, they made the case for why Bitcoin is much more than just digital gold.

And to wrap things up, Roy joined Juan Galt’s Bitcoin Magazine Spaces to discuss the big developments in Lightning since the start of the year — and the ever-growing momentum we’ve been building at Breez.

Time to saaaaayy goodbyeeee (for this month).

We’ll see you all next month for more on what’s happening in Breez, Bitcoin, and Lightning.

Until then, remember: the best time to get into Lightning is now — it always has been.

See y’all next time ✌️

Welcome back friends! We’ve made it to the end of March, congratulations. Here’s what we’ve got to share this month:

• 🎓 The SDK Class of Q1

• 🤓 Back to School with Antonio

• ⚡️ Lightning is Everywhere

• 🎙️ Shooting the Breez with Danny, Umi & Roy

The SDK Class of Q1 2025 🎓

We’ve been talking a lot about momentum at Breez and we’re seeing it build every day. More partners are adding Bitcoin payments with our SDK and more sats are moving freely around the world. By offering the choice of two implementations, Nodeless and Native, we’re truly building the best Lightning developer experience out there.

And the momentum just keeps growing stronger.

In fact, we’ve welcomed so many new partners that we had to bundle them all into one big announcement — it’s our pleasure to welcome the SDK Class of Q1 2025: Assetify, Cowbolt, DexTrade, Flash, Lightning Pay, OpenAgents, Satoshi, Shakesco, Tidebinder, and ZapZap.

Back to School with Antonio 🚌

We tell everyone we meet that adding Bitcoin payments to apps is really easy with the Breez SDK. But rather than just tell you this, we’ve decided to show you.

Antonio, one of our talented developers at Breez, has produced a video tutorial showing how you can add Bitcoin payments to React Native and Expo apps with the Breez SDK - Nodeless.

Join him as he guides you through each step and shows that it really is that easy to add Bitcoin payments to any app with our SDK.

Lightning is Everywhere.

It’s true — Lightning is everywhere.

Bitcoin payments aren’t just a thing for the few, they’re for the many.

This month, we’re showcasing our friends at Cowbolt. They’ve just released their collaborative cost-splitting, team-chat, and self-custody app (check it out).

PS: If you want to collaborate with us (see what I did there?) — just get in touch to add Bitcoin payments to your app.

Shooting the Breez 🌬️

Since releasing our Bitcoin payment report — where we explained that Bitcoin isn’t just digital gold, it’s a thriving everyday currency accessible to millions of people around the world — Bitcoin payments have been the talk of the town.

As co-author of the report, I joined the Stephan Livera Podcast to discuss the growing trend in more detail. I also met up with Bo Jablonski to explain why more and more apps are taking notice on the newly-formed Guardians of Bitcoin radio show.

Developments have come thick and fast over the past month — most notably, the announcement of USDT coming to Lightning (check out Roy’s take on the good, the bad, and the unknown in Bitcoin Magazine). Breez’s BD Lead, Umi, joined a Spaces on X with UXTO, Amboss, and Lightning Labs to discuss the stablecoin’s imminent arrival on the network.

That’s not all from Umi, she also joined her alma mater at the Cornell Bitcoin Club to explain why bitcoin is a medium of exchange, thanks to Lightning.

And last but not least, Roy was spreading the good word of Bitcoin, joining Bitfinex’s podcast to explain how Lightning is truly changing the game.

And there we go folks, another edition of Feel the Breez has come to a close.

As always, we’ll leave you with our usual parting comment: the best time to get into Lightning is now — it always has been.

Stay tuned for exciting announcements we’ll be releasing soon.

Until next time ✌️

Hello folks, we are back for 2025’s first release of Feel the Breez. It’s been a great start to the year — and one that’s shaping up to be formative for bitcoin payments. In this edition, we discuss:

• How Breez Has Been Building Momentum

• Why 2025 is the Year of Bitcoin Payments

• How You Can Party on Lightning

• Who’s Talking Plan ₿, PubKey, and Consensus HK

Full Steam Ahead with Breez 💨

Technology doesn’t sit still and money isn’t called currency for nothing — it has to flow. Likewise, at Breez, we’ve been making moves. In 2024, we steadily built momentum bringing bitcoin payments to even more apps and people.

Over the past 12 months, we worked with some of the biggest names in bitcoin and beyond — helping them bring bitcoin payments to their users with the Breez SDK.

Relai, Cake Wallet, Klever, Yopaki, Elysium Lab… and the list keeps growing. Bitcoin payments are now flowing — real people using real peer-to-peer money, every day. With the Breez SDK - Nodeless, developers can add bitcoin payments in just a few lines of code — no liquidity headaches, no setup fees, just the simplest Lightning UX out there.

Thanks to all the momentum we have built, we just raised $5 million — backed by Entrée Capital, ego death capital, Plan ₿ Fund, and Timechain.

And the best part? We’re just getting started — contact us to add bitcoin payments to your app.

2025: The Year of Bitcoin Payments 🐍

Breez teamed up with 1A1z to release a new industry report on bitcoin payments, Bitcoin Payments: From Digital Gold to Everyday Currency, detailing how bitcoin has evolved from “just” digital gold into a working, everyday currency.

The report reveals how over 650 million people can now access bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network, as well as showcasing the thriving bitcoin payments ecosystem that has subsequently developed over the last six years (there are too many companies to mention in one graphic).

The report also features case studies from global businesses like Mercari, Pick n Pay, and Proton, that have all adopted bitcoin payments, showing the business impact on both individuals and companies.

You can check out the full report here: https://breez.technology/report

Party on Lightning ⚡️

Buying a coffee with bitcoin is overrated, so how about buying a drink at a bar? Well, that’s where we spotted Yopaki this month. The Mexican bitcoin neobank’s app was seen helping party-goers at the Plan ₿ conference (El Salvador) buy their drinks. Cheers!

Talking Plan ₿, PubKey, and Consensus HK 🗞️

We say it every month but honestly, we really like talking about Bitcoin and Lightning — and January was no exception.

At Plan ₿ Forum - El Salvador, Roy took to the stage to discuss six years of Lightning on a panel moderated by Stephan Livera.

The day before in NYC, Umi and Danny from Breez were joined by 1A1z’s Dan O’Prey to host an event at everyone’s favorite bitcoin bar, PubKey, where the trio discussed the details of the new bitcoin payment report Breez and 1A1z released. The trio also joined PubKey’s Daniel and Mike on PubKey Spaces.

Finally, next week Breez will be at Consensus — so make sure to come and say hi. In Hong Kong, we’ll also be co-hosting Lightning Connect — a Bitcoin and Lightning event with notable speakers from Blockstream, OKX, and Mercari.

You won’t want to miss it, head over to our event page for more details.

And just like that, another edition of Feel the Breez has come to a close.

We’ll be back next month with more updates on all things Bitcoin, Breez, and Lightning.

But for now, remember: the best time to get into Lightning is now — it always has been.

See y’all next time ✌️

Bitcoin may have hit six figures as an early Christmas gift but the mission to bring peer-to-peer money to the world has only just begun. We’ve been busy building at Breez and, as we head into the holiday season, we can’t wait to share what we’ve been up to.

In 2024’s final edition of Feel The Breez:

🤓 → Why It’s Klever Going Nodeless

🎓 → Heading Back to (Bitcoin) School with Ross

⚡️ → OpenAgents & Relai: Latest Breez in the Wild

🎙️ → Preston Pysh Hosts Roy on the Investors Podcast

💥 → Jeff Booth Explains How Breez Is Changing Payments

It’s Klever Going Nodeless 🤓

Bom dia! Klever Wallet, the Brazilian-born crypto app with over 100,000 happy users, made their users even happier by adding bitcoin payments with the Breez SDK. Klever has joined the ever-growing numbers of apps going nodeless — saying goodbye to nodes, LSPs, and setup fees — to create a new, frictionless, payment experience for Klever Wallet users.

It’s been awesome collaborating with their team to help them bring peer-to-peer money to their users — we’ve loved joining forces to build something special for the Klever community with the Liquid implementation of our SDK.

The first part of our collaboration will be released before the end of the year, where Lightning will help reduce swap times by up to 70%, as well as fees, for Klever Swap users. The second part of the collaboration will be released in early 2025, where Lightning will be fully integrated into the Klever Wallet app bringing Lightning-fast, P2P money to their global community.

The bitcoin payment revolution is well and truly underway.

Become a part of it today.

Back to (Bitcoin) School with Ross 🎓

If you don’t know Ross, he’s a Lightning developer and all-around great guy.

Our team gets asked often, “how easy is it to add bitcoin payments with the SDK?”, and to answer this, Ross decided to show, not tell.

The talented Lightning developer recorded an awesome tutorial and workshop combo for developers to follow along to. Now, in just 21 minutes, developers can effortlessly add bitcoin payments to any app — with the nodeless implementation — by just following his lead. It’s that simple.

Thanks, Ross!

Breez in the Wild Everywhere 🎁

Bitcoin payments are no longer a rare sight — they're a part of everyday life. That’s why it’s maybe time to retire the safari analogy (farewell my friend) because unlike spotting a rare animal in the wild, we’re spoiled for choice when it comes to sharing apps with bitcoin payments.

This month, we have two more to share.

First up, it’s Relai. The Swiss-founded company recently announced a $12 million funding round (congrats!) and leverage the Breez SDK - Native to bring bitcoin payments to their users.

Second, we have OpenAgents, one of the latest apps to go nodeless. They’re building an AI agents marketplace, starting with their mobile app, Onyx — which is a bit like a bitcoin-powered J.A.R.V.I.S. in your pocket. Here’s their founder, Christopher, sharing what they’ve been building.

It’s The Most Wonderful Time…to Talk Bitcoin ⚡️

Last month we talked about bitcoin’s false dichotomy (check it out, if you haven’t already) and this month, we continued the conversation.

Preston Pysh hosted Roy on Bitcoin Fundamentals to discuss why Bitcoin is both a store of value and a medium of exchange. The pair also discussed the latest developments at Breez and what’s happening across the Bitcoin and Lightning ecosystem.

The Breez CEO was also on stage at Bitcoin MENA 2024. He joined Bitcoin Magazine’s Frank Corva (check out his Substack) to discuss the utility of bitcoin in front of the Abu Dhabi crowd.

Finally, Jeff Booth joined Danny Knowles on the relaunched 'What Bitcoin Did', where he shared his thoughts on Breez, the future of bitcoin payments, and why you no longer have to "pay to take payments".

Folks, that’s a wrap for 2024.

What. A. Year. And, honestly, this is just the beginning.

The bitcoin payment revolution is picking up speed.

More apps are joining the movement.

Peer-to-peer money is reaching more people than ever.

So, for one last time this year, remember: the best time to get into Lightning is now — it always has been.

See y’all in 2025!

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Bitcoin is booming. Builders are flocking to the ecosystem. Users are taking a step down the rabbit hole. And here at Breez, we’ve been busy at work — so it’s that time again to learn what we’ve been up to, where we have been, and what our community of Breezers can look forward to.

In this edition of Feel The Breez, we’ll share:

• Why Bitcoin is both a MoE and a SoV

• How Nodeless Is Making Lightning A Breez(e)

• Our Latest SDK Design Partners

• More Lightning In The Wild Sightings

Let’s do this 👇

Bitcoin’s False Dichotomy 🤝

Store of Value? Medium of Exchange?

In his latest article for Bitcoin Magazine, Roy wanted to set the record straight and bust the myth that permeates the ecosystem: Bitcoin can only be either a store of value (SoV) or a medium of exchange (MoE).

As Roy writes, these roles aren’t just connected — they’re inseparable. Bitcoin can’t be a true SoV without being used as an MoE. Why? Because value doesn’t exist in a vacuum; it emerges through exchange.

That’s why Bitcoin’s dual role is intertwined. The qualities that make it a good SoV rely on its use as an MoE, and vice versa. SoV and MoE are logically and practically inseparable. A SoV is a MoE in transactional slow motion, and a MoE is a SoV with the trading velocity cranked up.

But the underlying point is simple: Bitcoin’s future is all about using it for both, and that’s where its true potential and growth lies.

Check out the full article on Bitcoin Magazine.

It’s All About (Nodeless) Lightning⚡️

Bitcoin is booming, and so is the Lightning Network — with more users, more volume, and more apps integrating it every week. With the Breez SDK - Nodeless, we’ve made self-custodial bitcoin payments easier than ever for devs to integrate.

Gone are the complexities of managing nodes, channels, and expensive setup fees. Instead, with just a few lines of code, any developer can effortlessly add self-custodial bitcoin payments into their app. It’s the game-changer for bringing Lightning to the mainstream.

Even better, our SDK design partners are LOVING it. Keep an eye on Breez’s social accounts, as we announce a host of new apps and services that are bringing permissionless P2P payments to millions of people around the world.

If you want to learn more about the Breez SDK - Nodeless, check out this video with Roy presenting the in-demand implementation at the Liquid Network Investor Day.

If you’re interested in adding bitcoin payments to your app or service — drop us a message!

¡Hola, Yopaki! 🇲🇽

Yopaki are the latest app to add Lightning payments with the Breez SDK. The Mexican-influenced Bitcoin neobank, founded by Francisco Chavarria and Carlos Chida, is reimagining what banking can be, by infusing their own culture and traditions into the experience.

Rather than building just another banking app, they’ve gone back to the drawing board and asked, “Does banking really have to be so boring?” The answer: no way. So they started things off by adding Lotería, a Mexican card game where users can win sats daily. We don’t think you’ll see this at HSBC anytime soon…

The Yopaki app is the latest to implement self-custodial bitcoin payments with our nodeless Lightning implementation — you can see it in action by downloading their app.

Lightning in the Wild 🌴

Like Bitcoin’s very own David Attenborough, we once again journey deep into the flourishing and abundant savannahs of the Bitcoin ecosystem, to uncover the latest examples of self-custodial Lightning in the wild.

This month we’ve ‘spotted’ StashPay, a bitcoin wallet built by Tankred Hase for freelancers and digital nomads, who recently announced several new and exciting product updates.

Let’s Talk About You & Me, Let’s Talk About B.T.C. 😏

As we say often, we love to talk about Bitcoin — so here’s a rundown of where the Breez team popped up last month.

First up is Roy, who was a keynote speaker at Lugano’s Plan ₿ Forum in Switzerland, where he broke apart Bitcoin’s false dichotomy between a SoV and MoE (you know, the one we discussed above). While in Lugano, he also took the stage at the Liquid Network’s Investor Day to present the Breez SDK - Nodeless (also mentioned above). In the last edition of Feel the Breez, we shared that Roy had attended Watch Out, Bitcoin! in Madrid. Below is the recording of that panel for you to enjoy!

But that’s not all from Roy, he joined On-Ramp’s Financial Settlement podcast, diving into how Lightning is the common language of the Bitcoin economy — check it out.

Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, Umi — Breez’s BD Lead — joined Access Tribe to host a workshop on Lightning, where she explained all for their community of women bitcoiners (head on over to their substack).

Finally, over in the Netherlands, Jesse — a developer on the Breez team — joined two podcasts at Bitcoin Amsterdam: Connect the World, where he covered all things Lightning, and Bitcoin School (perfect for our Dutch-speaking Breezers).

That’s it for this month, folks. We’ll see you next time for the final (!) installment of 2024.

Remember, the best time to get into Lightning is now — always has been.

See y’all next time!

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Welcome to the second edition of Feel the Breez. We are back, baby!

We’re here to share everything we’ve been up to, where we have been, and what our community of Breezers can look forward to.

In this edition of Feel The Breez, we have updates on:

• Why Everyone’s Going Nodeless

• Breez Around the World in 6,129 Blocks

• New Partners & Releases

• Lightning in the Wild

Plus, learn Roy’s favorite analogy!

Let’s dive in 👇

Everyone’s Going Nodeless ⚡️

Imagine sending and receiving bitcoin over Lightning without needing a node, managing channels, or relying on an LSP. Sounds like a dream?

Well now, it’s a reality.

Say hello to Breez’s nodeless Lightning implementation, one of the simplest ways to integrate bitcoin payments into any app or service.

The first app to go nodeless was StashPay, a bitcoin wallet built by Tankred Hase for freelancers and digital nomads. "I built it for solopreneurs like me, tired of high fees and clunky invoicing systems," Tankred explains. When development hit a roadblock, the Breez SDK stepped in as the perfect solution.

With the Breez SDK, Tankred could focus solely on building his product, cutting costs and giving his users complete control over their bitcoin. No need for nodes, no KYC, no hassle — just effortless peer-to-peer bitcoin payments. Magic internet money.

You can catch Tankred on Stephan Livera’s podcast where he talks all about StashPay and why Breez SDK was the game-changer.

Ready to go nodeless? Head on over to our documentation to get started.

Breez Around the World in 6,129 Blocks ✈️

It’s been approximately 6,129 blocks since our last newsletter — and since then we’ve traveled across North America, Europe, and Asia. Our air miles are looking good.

Bitcoin Conference 2024 | 📍: USA

Breez CEO, Roy Sheinfeld, took to the stage twice over four days in the heart of country music. Sadly, the world was denied a musical performance from the Breez CEO — but they got something even better: two killer discussions. The first was Founders on a Lightning Standard, moderated by the awesome Frank Corva (check out his newsletter), alongside panelists Desiree Dickerson from THNDR and Evan Kaloudis from ZEUS. The second was The Path Forward for Lightning, featuring Aditya Sharma, Jesse Shrader, and niftynei.

Watch Out, Bitcoin! | 📍: Spain

Roy also joined the Watch Out, Bitcoin! conference in Madrid, where he was part of a panel discussing how Lightning has solved Bitcoin’s scalability issue. ¡Nos encanta Bitcoin! ¡Vamos!

Token 2049 | 📍: Singapore

Umi Miyahara, Breez’s BD Lead, began a Breez tour of Asia. The first leg of the tour stopped in Singapore, where she took to the stage at two events in the country: Lightning 2049 and Bitcoin Singapore — sharing with audiences why Lightning is the common language of the bitcoin economy. You catch her presentation at Bitcoin Singapore here.

BTC Tokyo 2024 : 📍: Japan

On her whirlwind tour of Asia, Umi’s next stop was Tokyo, where she participated in the inaugural BTC Tokyo 2024. She moderated discussions on sound money and business apps, plus she presented a talk on self-custodial Lightning and the Breez SDK.

New Partners, New Releases 🆕

Alongside StashPay, we’ve welcomed yet more partners to Lightning with the Breez SDK.

👋  Elysium Lab, a keyless crypto wallet, launched their app to the world (congrats!) with Lightning powered by the Breez SDK. Make sure to check out why Gianmarco Guazzo, the co-founder of Elysium Lab, believes the Breez SDK is the “best tool out there”.

👋  Diamond Hands announced their Diamond Wallet, the first functional self-custodial wallet from Japan that lets users earn sats for viewing ads. Yep, you heard that right — sats for viewing ads. Whatever will they think of next!

It’s not just our partners shipping products, the Breez team continues to keep building — most recently releasing a big update of our nodeless implementation with LNURL-Pay support and Go & C# bindings added.

For the latest SDK updates, you can find them here and here.

Extra, Extra, Read All About It! 🗞️

At Breez, we love talking about Lightning. A few weeks ago, Roy sat down with Macauley Peterson, Senior Editor at Blockworks, to explain why Lightning already won.

Here’s a snippet from their conversation:

Breez CEO Roy Sheinfeld’s favorite analogy looks to the Chinese abacus.

“You can think about the payment channel as a wire on an abacus with beads on both ends of the channel,” Sheinfeld told Blockworks. “The magic of Lighting is the fact that we can move beads from my end of the channel to your end of the channel…without publishing the transactions to the chain.”

Lightning maintains state between two counterparties trustlessly, and uses ordinary Bitcoin transactions, but settles only when the channel is closed.

“If you run a Lightning node, you trust yourself and you trust the chain, [but] you don't add other dependencies.”

In many ways, that’s the ultimate layer-2.

Lightning in the Wild 👀

2024 is the year of the Wood Dragon, known for bringing opportunities and exciting advancements — exactly what we’re witnessing within the Lightning ecosystem.

Here are a few of our favorite recent Lightning demos:

⚡️ Relai: The Relai team showcased this video of drinks being purchased using their Lightning-powered wallet. Plus, SwissHodler demonstrated how simple it really is to send bitcoin over Lightning — sending sats between Relai and Wallet of Satoshi. Magic.

⚡️ Diamond Wallet: Fresh off the announcement of their new self-custodial wallet, Diamond Hands shared a demo showing how you can now effortlessly earn sats by viewing ads. Getting paid to watch ads? Epic.

⚡️ StashPay: Lastly, check out Umi’s StashPay nodeless Lightning wallet demo. It’s as smooth as butter.

Honestly, we can’t wait to see what people come up with next.

Friends, sadly, the second edition of Feel the Breez must draw to a close.

So remember, the best time to get into Lightning is now — always has been.

See y’all next time!

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 🤓

• Lightning Is the Common Language of the Bitcoin Economy

• Breez Lightning SDK Integrating Support For Liquid Network

• Bitcoin’s Lightning Network In Every App: Breez CEO’s Vision

For the Listeners 🎧

• Stephan Livera Podcast

  • Lightning Is the Common Language of Bitcoin with Roy Sheinfeld

• Build With Bitcoin Podcast

  • Opening the World of Lightning Payments with Roy Sheinfeld

• The Transformation of Value Podcast

  • Breez and Lightning with Umi Miyahara

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.

Before we head off, remember to hit the subscribe button, so you can get this delivered straight to your email.

See y’all next time!

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