Exciting news from Breez today! They’ve just launched Misty Breez, a brand-new application showcasing the power of the Breez SDK. This SDK was created with a simple mission: to make integrating the Lightning Network into all sorts of apps a breeze! And it’s working – already, tons of cool projects and companies are leveraging the SDK to build on Lightning.

The Breez SDK offers developers two fantastic paths for Lightning integration. First, there’s the “Native” option. This lets you add a full Lightning wallet or just specific Lightning features by tapping into Blockstream’s Greenlight service. Greenlight takes care of running a cloud-based Lightning node, but crucially, you – the user – always keep sole control of your private keys. Then there’s “Nodeless,” which unlocks seamless Liquid support alongside Lightning. Both options within the SDK unlock the full potential of both the Lightning Network and Liquid, without forcing you to grapple with building everything from scratch.

Misty Breez is built using the “Nodeless” SDK magic. What does this mean for you? It means your coins are securely self-custodied on the Liquid sidechain, putting you firmly in charge of your funds. Of course, using Liquid does involve understanding the trust involved in relying on the Federation signers being honest.

This wallet is packed with features! It’s ready for BOLT 11 and BOLT 12 invoices, LNURL-Pay, Lightning Addresses, and regular on-chain Bitcoin addresses too. It even supports Matt Corrallo’s cool BIP 353, using DNS to easily grab payment details for other wallets. Plus, it handles offline payments like a champ, thanks to mobile notifications.

The heart of the Breez SDK is all about making life easier for developers. The goal is to provide tools that let you build amazing, user-friendly experiences with minimal fuss. Misty Breez itself is designed to be a shining example of just how simple and smooth a Lightning integration can be. Consider it a benchmark! Other developers can use it as inspiration for their own apps or even build directly on top of Misty Breez. Seriously, it’s 100% open source, so feel free to take it, shape it, rebrand it – whatever you need to make it your own!

Want to dive deeper into the “Nodeless” configuration of the Breez SDK that Misty Breez uses? The documentation is waiting for you here. And for those wanting to explore the code, the Misty Breez Github repo is here. If you’re eager to try Misty Breez out, early access is available for Android on the Play Store here, and for iOS via TestFlight here.

For a direct APK download, you can grab it here.

The future of user-friendly Lightning experiences is here, with all the developer tools ready and waiting for you to build!