2025 Q4 Update: What Have We Been Up To?

bdk_wallet 2.3.0 and more!

https://bitcoindevkit.org/blog/_2025-q4-update/

BDK just crossed ⭐️ 1k stars on GitHub

https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk

Grateful to the contributors, users, and supporters who’ve shaped Bitcoin Dev Kit… excited for what’s next in 2026!

Thank you @OpenSats ! Your long term financial support helps BDK provide the long term software support to the downstream projects using our libraries to build awesome #bitcoin apps and services. 🤝 🧡

Checkout this interview for a great introduction to the past, present and future of BDK!

Companies and individuals who want to support our mission please consider joining us as a BDK Foundation member.

https://bitcoindevkit.org/foundation/about/

Welcome 🦊 MetaMask users to self custodial #bitcoin! For all you devs checkout bdk-wasm (kudos to @Dario Nakamoto ) to see how it's done.

https://nitter.net/metamask/status/2000614577575428200

https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-wasm

📣 BDK Wallet v2.3.0 is out now! it includes a new feature for returning events upon applying block to the Wallet. It also fixes a TxBuilder::build_fee_bump error when a parent of the transaction being fee-bumped isn't found in the wallet.
https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk_wallet/releases/tag/wallet-2.3.0

Did You Know: BDK supports Compact Block Filters via Kyoto

https://bookofbdk.com/cookbook/syncing/kyoto/

Check it out, to use in your app, or try it out on desktop & mobile 👇

Bitcoin Safe - 💻desktop mainnet:

https://bitcoin-safe.org/download

BDK Example iPhone - 📱mobile signet:

https://testflight.apple.com/join/A3nAuYvZ

📢 `bdk-cli` 2.0 release is out ! Highlights: update `bdk_wallet` to 2.1.0, Taproot descriptor and redb support, improved `bdk_kyoto` tx handling. 🙏 to @tvpeter for his tireless work as a maintainer and our two new contributors 110CodingP and va-an!
https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-cli/releases/tag/v2.0.0

Big news from project grantee Nymius (https://bitcoindevkit.org/foundation/grantees/#nymius) 🙌

"First BDK silent payment wallet roundtrip on signet 🚀 :

* Funding tx (https://mempool.space/signet/tx/6a92dc86af56439661f046a25a00d7af30e8bd3bafa7630dda6740df4e2a0124) , using bdk-cli and bdk_sp::send::psbt::derive_sp

* 'Cashback' tx (https://mempool.space/signet/tx/7b725847d4fdd95cf0cc4ccc8999856cefa50d774dc6d913769df039c7a1f895) using bdk-sp cli tools. Using kyoto-cbf to request compact block filters and blindbit to request tweaks.

Find the code here:
https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk-sp/compare/master...nymius:bdk-sp:refactor/indexer"

We're excited to award @Luis Schwab a year long project grant for his work on integrating Floresta, a Utreexo-powered node implementation, with BDK, through the bdk-floresta crate.

A huge thanks to @nprofile1q... or their early support for Luis and his work through their Vinteum Fellowship program.

📣 bdk_wallet v2.1.0 is out now!

This release introduces two significant features: comprehensive support for BIP-389 two-path multipath descriptors and enhanced transaction building capabilities. It also includes other features and fixes.

https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk_wallet/releases/tag/wallet-2.1.0