What is Blink?
The everyday Bitcoin wallet born in El Zonte
Blink (formerly Bitcoin Beach Wallet) is a Bitcoin wallet designed to enable bottom-up bitcoin adoption around the world. Whether you're a beginner or an expert, a shopper or a merchant, Blink's feature set makes it a must-have wallet on any phone. Blink's services, features, and account modes are not available in all countries. See: Which countries are unable to download and activate Blink?
Your keys, your choice: Blink offers two modes of operation. In Custodial Mode, Blink holds funds on your behalf and can help with account recovery. In Non-Custodial Mode (powered by the Spark protocol), you hold your own keys and Blink cannot access, freeze, or recover your funds. Availability of each mode varies by country — in some countries only Non-Custodial Mode is available.
Great for onboarding: Blink is great for onboarding with easy setup and educational lessons, making it the perfect wallet to recommend to friends, family, or anyone new to Bitcoin.
Many ways to receive sats: Blink offers many ways to receive sats, including Lightning Address, a Point of Sale ( PoS or Cash Register) web app, LN invoice, printable Paycode or on-chain address, making it a great tool for small businesses, fundraising, and remittances.
Dollar Balance: Hold a stable USD-denominated balance alongside your bitcoin. In Custodial Mode the Dollar Balance is powered by Stablesats (learn more at stablesats.com); in Non-Custodial Mode it holds the USDB stablecoin issued by Brale on the Spark protocol. The Dollar Balance and transfers between balances are not available in all countries or modes.
Designed to just work: Blink stays current with the latest developments in Bitcoin and the Lightning Network, so it just works when you reach for it. With a dedicated team managing Lightning liquidity and channels, it’s a wallet you can rely on for fast and reliable payments.
Open source: True to the Bitcoin ethos, Blink is free open source software (FOSS) built on the Lightning development platform maintained by Blink. View the code on GitHub
Multi-language: Use Blink in your native language, regardless of where you live. Today, the wallet is translated to English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Czech, German, Thai, Catalan, Swahili and many more. Don’t see your language? Reach out to us at support@blink.sv to request a new language.
Choose your display currency: Set which currency you want to see your sats and Dollar balance in. More than 30 currencies available, with more coming soon.
Additional useful features:
- No transaction fee when both sender and receiver use Blink
- Earn sats and learn about Bitcoin with the in-app quiz
- Transaction log displays a history of payments
- Contact list makes it easy to send payments to friends and family
- Merchant map displays businesses in your area that accept Bitcoin / Lightning payments
- For developers and automation needs there is a public API available. Learn more at dev.blink.sv
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