{"id":29331,"date":"2020-09-28T20:04:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T17:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=29331"},"modified":"2025-08-27T16:21:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:21:23","slug":"blockstream-unveils-new-wallet-with-bitcoin-and-liquid-sidechain-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/blockstream-unveils-new-wallet-with-bitcoin-and-liquid-sidechain-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Blockstream unveils new wallet with Bitcoin and Liquid sidechain support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blockstream, the infrastructure company, unveiled a new Bitcoin wallet, AQUA. Designed for mobile devices (initially for iOS), it also supports assets issued on the Liquid sidechain.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Say hello to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AQUA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AQUA<\/a>: Blockstream\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LiquidNetwork?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LiquidNetwork<\/a> wallet built for the mass adoption of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/digitalassets?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#digitalassets<\/a>. \ud83d\udca7\ud83d\udcf1\u26d3\ud83c\udf0a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wun5aYWGBq\">https:\/\/t.co\/wun5aYWGBq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lCi2dtcSIp\">pic.twitter.com\/lCi2dtcSIp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Blockstream (@Blockstream) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Blockstream\/status\/1310025239112286208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Blockstream representatives said the wallet is designed to accelerate the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies, with AQUA crafted to make sending and receiving funds as simple as possible.<\/p>\n<p>The wallet is ready to use immediately after installation, without the traditional step of generating private keys. The 12-word seed phrase can be created at a later stage.<\/p>\n<p>AQUA builds on the Blockstream Green wallet, which is also available in desktop versions, and will operate in parallel with it. The new product is open-source, enabling all members of the Liquid Federation to launch their own branded versions and use AQUA&#8217;s code for rapid deployment.<\/p>\n<p>AQUA also supports direct Bitcoin purchases using debit cards or Apple Pay.<\/p>\n<p>The Liquid Network, Blockstream&#8217;s settlement and payments network for Bitcoin exchanges, market-makers, brokers and other market participants, comprises more than 50 participants. In July, the digital asset management company CoinShares <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/coinshares-joins-the-liquid-network\">joined<\/a> the network.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forkloglive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog FEED<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blockstream unveiled a new Bitcoin wallet AQUA. Designed for mobile devices (initially for iOS), it also supports assets issued on the Liquid sidechain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[307,1851,57],"class_list":["post-29331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-blockstream","tag-liquid-network","tag-wallets"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"22","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29332,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29331\/revisions\/29332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}