๐ #009 Feel the Breez
From feature phones to food delivery โ bitcoinโs truly everywhere.
Weโre halfway through the year and summerโs in full swing โ with temperatures hitting record highs. But nothing is as hot as the updates weโve got for you this month. Hereโs whatโs new in Bitcoin, Breez, and Lightning:
๐ Welcoming New SDK Partners
๐คณ Bringing Bitcoin to Simple Devices
๐ค Kleverโs Journey in Bitcoin
โก๏ธ Lightning in the Wild: Bansko
๐ด Breez on the Road
Welcome, Class of Q2 ๐
It feels like only yesterday that we celebrated our first Breez SDK graduates. But just like that, weโre back with a whole new class โ 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 โ 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 theyโve graduated, itโs your turn to enroll โ get in touch to get started โก๏ธ
Bitcoin on Every Phone: Itโs Sorted ๐ฑ
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 โ the kinds of devices that dominate where banks donโt 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 โ one of the leading OS for feature phones โ they saw an opportunity to build a wallet that works on the hardware people already have. It wasnโt just Sorted that saw the opportunity either โ 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 โ 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 ๐ค
Last month, we kicked off a new series โ Shoot the Breez โ where we talk to founders and product leads building for people around the world โ 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 itโs used โ 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 didnโt click.
The dream kept slipping just out of reachโฆuntil they found the Breez SDK.
Suddenly, the building blocks were there โ and so was the momentum. With Breez, Klever were finally able to deliver the dream, bringing bitcoin payments into their app โ no infrastructure headaches, no compromise on custody or UX.
Check out the full conversation with Bruno โ 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 ๐ฅก
Buckle up โ this month weโre heading to Bulgaria (virtually) to catch up with the team at ordermoon. Theyโve built a full-service, bitcoin-based food delivery app thatโs helping grow bitcoin payments among restaurants, drivers, and droves of hungry Bulgarians.
Hereโs a peek at what theyโve built, live from Black Honey Coffee Shop in Bansko.
ะะฐะทะดัะฐะฒะต! ๐ป
Breez on the Road ๐ด
It was another busy month for the Breez team, with events stretching across Europe and North America.
First up: Ross headed to BTC Pragueโs Dev/Hack/Day, where he hosted a workshop diving into the Breez SDK โ 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 100ยฐF heat (thatโs 38ยฐC for everyone else) at Blockworksโ Permissionless. She was spotted cycling between events, spreading the word about Breez, Bitcoin, and Lightning. While others pitched blockchains, she pedaled bitcoin.
Thatโs all for this month, folks. Weโll see you all again soon.
Until then, remember: the best time to get into Lightning is now โ it always has been.
See yโall next time โ๏ธ