Elements is an open-source platform by @Blockstream for deploying blockchains. Powering @Liquid_BTC since 2018 🌊
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Looking to enhance your Bitcoin development skills? 🧵
Jump into the world of federated sidechains with Elements Academy! Discover how Elements, the open-source software behind @Liquid_BTC, builds upon and extends the Bitcoin protocol, unlocking new possibilities for developers.
Bookmark this thread and follow each lesson week by week to expand your expertise.
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Liquid has reached its 4 millionth block. 🎉
Born from the OG sidechain whitepaper in 2014, developed and announced alongside the first sidechain, Elements Alpha, in 2015, and launched in production in 2018, Liquid has quietly become an important piece of infrastructure for bitcoin over the years.
It enables confidentiality by default, native asset issuance, 0-conf, and, more recently, high-assurance Simplicity smart contracts and a growing DeFi ecosystem.
Today, Liquid supports more than $5B in tokenized real-world assets, spanning stablecoins like USDT and DEPIX, tokenized stocks, private credit, and gold funds.
Four million blocks down. Bitcoin’s financial layer is just getting started.
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New 0-conf infrastructure for Liquid and other @BlksElements -based deployments is here.
Swap services, exchanges and other applications that accept Liquid payments now have access to near-instant transfer times.
More in the technical explainer. 👇
blog.blockstream.com/0-conf-…
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Activation complete. ✅
ELIP 203 is now live on Liquid, removing the issuance cap for non-LBTC assets and unlocking better UX for large-scale tokenization.
Mainnet proof. 👇
blockstream.info/liquid/tx/6…
First major roadmap upgrade shipped. Next up: 0-conf by end of June. ⏱️
Attention Liquid node runners!
Reminder: update your Elements nodes to at least v23.3.1 ahead of the scheduled activation of ELIP 203 on Monday, June 1, 2026. This update also ensures the best experience when building with Simplicity smart contracts.
github.com/ElementsProject/e…
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Attention Liquid node runners!
Reminder: update your Elements nodes to at least v23.3.1 ahead of the scheduled activation of ELIP 203 on Monday, June 1, 2026. This update also ensures the best experience when building with Simplicity smart contracts.
github.com/ElementsProject/e…
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Google research explores using Elements sidechain to manage quantum-vulnerable #Bitcoin and cites @Blockstream’s @Liquid_BTC as a leading quantum-ready effort.
btctimes.com/google-research…
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Google Quantum AI's cryptocurrency paper highlights an important question: how do you prepare blockchain infrastructure for quantum computers?
The paper mentions using an Elements (@blkselements) based sidechain like Liquid to possibly safeguard vulnerable bitcoin by enabling adjudication and recovery mechanisms through a community-ran federation.
This highlights Liquid’s federated governance model, which can enable faster quantum readiness.
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Explore issuing digital assets with Elements Academy. xitter.gq/BlksElements/status/18…
Start with the basics of Elements. xitter.gq/BlksElements/status/17…
Looking to enhance your Bitcoin development skills? 🧵
Jump into the world of federated sidechains with Elements Academy! Discover how Elements, the open-source software behind @Liquid_BTC, builds upon and extends the Bitcoin protocol, unlocking new possibilities for developers.
Bookmark this thread and follow each lesson week by week to expand your expertise.
Dive into the Elements Academy with a focus on Liquid.
Learn and build! 🌊xitter.gq/Liquid_BTC/status/1732…
Learn how to issue digital assets with Elements Academy. xitter.gq/BlksElements/status/18…
Join Elements Academy and master the basics of Elements.
Start now! 🚀xitter.gq/BlksElements/status/17…
Looking to enhance your Bitcoin development skills? 🧵
Jump into the world of federated sidechains with Elements Academy! Discover how Elements, the open-source software behind @Liquid_BTC, builds upon and extends the Bitcoin protocol, unlocking new possibilities for developers.
Bookmark this thread and follow each lesson week by week to expand your expertise.
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In the latest @BlksElements release, we add initial support for discounted Confidential Transactions (CT) fees. This new policy reduces fees by nearly 90%, from around 250 sats to 25 sats, achieving close to what it would be on non-CT transactions.
The 23.2.3 release activates the new fee policy for relay on Liquid testnet. This allows Liquid wallets and platforms to begin integration and testing, with a production release expected in the near future.
The new fee policy will make Liquid’s confidentiality even more economical, particularly when stacking bitcoin in high-fee environments, swapping to Lightning, or sending cross-border stablecoin remittances.
Learn more about the discounted CT fee and read more updates in the blog post. 👇
blog.blockstream.com/element…
It is possible for sidechains to produce their own tokens, or issued assets, which carry their own semantics.
Learn how. xitter.gq/BlksElements/status/18…
It is possible for sidechains to produce their own tokens, or issued assets, which carry their own semantics. Learn how. xitter.gq/BlksElements/status/18…
Learn. Then build! 🌊 | xitter.gq/Liquid_BTC/status/1732…
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The most Bitcoin-focused LLM in the world, @Spirit_Satoshi's technical assistant offers comprehensive guidance for Liquid and @BlksElements developers. See it in action.👇
xitter.gq/Liquid_BTC/status/1774…
In a recent Liquid community livestream, the @Spirit_Satoshi team shared their new Bitcoin-oriented AI chat and code assistants. They also field questions about the challenges building LLMs for Bitcoin learning and development. Full video. 👇🌊
00:00 Introduction
02:00 Presentation of custom Bitcoin LLMs
09:02 Demo of the AI assistants
20:55 Prompts about halving and price predictions
24:42 Inherent bias and training with the Nakamoto Repository
28:30 Human neural networks and parallels with AI models
38:17 AI learning Bitcoin cultural references
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@BlksElements academy sparked my interest in Liquid, and I'm currently pursuing a Liquid implementation project. (community.liquid.net/c/devel…) I am actively searching for a Liquid dev for this project and would be honored to have your assistance in onboarding a dev.
