Bitcoin Design Guide

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The Bitcoin Design Guide is an open-source resource for people building bitcoin products, with reference designs covering savings wallets, backup and recovery, inheritance wallets, shared wallets and time-based recovery. It documents common user flows, bitcoin backup approaches and accessibility considerations.

Services

Open-source design guide
Backup and recovery reference designs
Inheritance and shared wallet flows
Usability and accessibility guidance

Highlights

#design-guide
#open-source
#wallet-ux
#inheritance

Source: Official website. Last checked 2026-09-18. Spot an error? Tell us.

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