A new wallet utilizing Breez SDK’s Nodeless technology on the Liquid sidechain has been introduced.
Breez has officially announced its new wallet, Misty Breez, which integrates Lightning Network (LN) functionality with the features of the Liquid sidechain.
At the heart of the application is Breez SDK, a framework designed to simplify the integration of LN into consumer applications. This toolkit has already been incorporated into various projects and companies operating in the Lightning space.
The SDK offers two approaches for integrating the Lightning Network. The first, called “Native,” allows developers to implement Lightning wallet functionalities using Blockstream’s Greenlight service, which enables wallet providers to host an LN node on the cloud while keeping the private keys under the exclusive control of users. The second approach, “Nodeless,” integrates support for Liquid with an interface to the LN.
Misty Breez stands out by using the Nodeless approach, allowing users to keep their bitcoins in self-custody on the Liquid sidechain. This provides full control over funds, although it requires the trust compromises typical of using the federated Liquid network.
Features of Misty Breez
The application supports several features, including:
- BOLT 11 and BOLT 12 invoices;
- LNURL-Pay;
- Support for Lightning Addresses;
- On-chain BTC addresses;
- Matt Corrallo’s BIP 353 for retrieving payment details via DNS;
- Offline payments through mobile OS notifications.
Resources for developers and users
The open-source nature of the application allows developers to directly integrate desired features into Misty Breez, customizing it according to their needs.
Complete documentation for the Nodeless setup used by Misty Breez is available online, along with the GitHub repository for the implementation. For users interested in testing the application, early access is available for both Android and iOS, with the option to directly download the APK.
