2025 Q3 Update: What Have We Been Up To?

By thunderbiscuit on 11/7/2025 - Tags: BDK, Project

Q3 saw a new feature release of the bdk_wallet library (2.1.0), with great new features being added including support for multipath descriptors, more flexible transaction building capabilities, as well as better caching when working with large wallets.

Here are some of the notable releases and changes over Q3 to the software libraries we maintain:

  • We have a new Release Notes section on the Book of BDK. Head over to the book of BDK Release Guide section (opens new window) for notes on the latest releases.
  • The Electrum, Esplora, and Kyoto client have all gotten new releases with some small added features and bug fixes.
  • The Book of BDK examples have all been updated to reflect the new 2.0 APIs. Check out https://bookofbdk.com (opens new window)!
  • We've split up some of the language bindings libraries into their own repositories in order to make it easier for devs to contribute to those, and for new languages to copy our workflow! Keep an eye out for our experimental React Native and Flutter libraries, to be announced later this year...
  • The work on Silent Payments with BDK is ongoing with nymius (opens new window) working full-time on a range of libraries that must come together in the Rust ecosystem to bring this all the way down to wallet devs through BDK. Conferences, hackathons, example cli tools to showcase the workflows and libraries, Nymius is working hard to get Silent Payments in BDK!
  • Lots of new features are being worked on as part of the preparation for a 3.0 release! See our 3.0 milestone (opens new window) for all the gory details.

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