Windows
Version 1.0.4
Bitcoin for everyday life
The everyday
Bitcoin wallet.
Send and receive Bitcoin through an open, decentralized network. Use Lightning for everyday payments or on-chain transfers when required. Blink Wallet brings these tools to Windows, macOS and Linux, with self-custody available through Spark.
Version 1.0.4 · Windows · macOS · Linux
Desktop · Version 1.0.4
Blink on your desktop.
A full-size Bitcoin wallet for the computer you already use every day.
Download questions
Which operating systems are supported?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
What version is currently available?
Version 1.0.4 on all three platforms.
What happens after I install Blink?
Open the app and follow the setup to create or access your wallet. You'll then see your balances and can send and receive.
What does Launch App do?
Open an installed copy of Blink from your applications menu, or use the Downloads section to select your operating system.
What if Blink does not open?
Make sure installation completed and confirm any operating system prompt about opening downloaded apps. Restarting or reinstalling usually helps. More in Support.
macOS
Version 1.0.4
Linux
Version 1.0.4
Everyday payments
Bitcoin built for everyday payments.
Blink is designed around what people actually do with money: pay, get paid and keep track of it.
Send Bitcoin to a Lightning invoice, Lightning Address or Bitcoin address.
Receive Bitcoin with a reusable address, a one-time invoice or a QR code.
Lightning for fast, low-cost everyday payments that settle in seconds.
On-chain when a sender can't use Lightning or for larger transfers.
Review activity — every payment, its method and status in one list.
A familiar interface — balances, Send and Receive, nothing more complicated.
Two balances
Bitcoin when you want Bitcoin. Dollars when you want stability.
Blink gives you two balances side by side, and you choose which one to pay from or receive into.
Bitcoin Balance
Hold bitcoin, in sats.
Shown in sats with an approximate local value. Its value moves with the Bitcoin price — for people who want to hold and spend bitcoin itself.
Dollar Balance
Keep a stable dollar value.
A US-dollar-denominated value you can still send and receive over Bitcoin rails. It is not a bank account, pays no interest and isn't deposit-protected.
Your balances
BlinkBitcoin Balance
248,310 sats
≈ $241.57
Move between
Dollar Balance
$86.20
Pay from
Wallet models
Choose how you hold your Bitcoin.
Blink supports two different wallet models. Neither is right for everyone — they balance convenience and control differently.
Custodial
Blink custodial wallet
- Blink manages the wallet infrastructure and relevant balances on your behalf.
- Convenient onboarding and account-based access.
- The model behind Blink services such as the Blink API and merchant integrations.
Non-custodial · Spark
Blink non-custodial wallet
- Based on Spark — you control the keys and recovery.
- Secured by a 12-word recovery phrase.
- If you lose your recovery information, you can lose access. Blink cannot restore it.
How would you like to hold your Bitcoin?
Blink account
Blink manages balances for you. Account-based access.
Self-custody wallet
You hold the keys. 12-word recovery phrase.
Receive
Receive Bitcoin your way.
Receive Bitcoin
Into: Bitcoin Balance
Reusable · active
- 10,000 sats · lnbc100u1p…
- One-time · expires in 23:58
- Show any request as a code
- In person
- bc1q…w7x4
- Bitcoin network
- Lightning Address
- A reusable address that looks like email — [email protected]. Share it once, get paid any time.
- Lightning invoice
- A one-time payment request, usually for a specific amount, that expires after a while.
- QR payment
- Show any invoice or address as a QR code for someone to scan in person.
- On-chain address
- A Bitcoin address for senders who pay directly on the blockchain.
Example values shown.
Real-world use
Built for payments beyond the wallet screen.
Customer
Wants to pay
Payment request
QR or Lightning Address
Blink
Routes over Lightning
Confirmation
Paid in seconds
Merchant
Sees it in Activity
Everyday purchases
Pay at a café, a market stall or a shop by scanning their QR code over Lightning.
Getting paid by customers
Merchants share a reusable QR or Lightning Address and see payments land in Activity.
Person to person
Send money to friends and family — anywhere — with a Lightning Address.
Donations & tips
Put a Lightning Address on a poster, a stream or a website and accept any amount.
Reusable QR flows
One printed code at the counter, used again and again without creating new invoices.
Keeping track
Every payment shows its method, balance and status, so nothing gets lost.
Blink
Terminal
A Bitcoin checkout that runs in your browser.
Blink Terminal turns a laptop or point-of-sale screen into a Bitcoin checkout. Enter an amount, show the customer a QR payment request, and watch the status change to paid.
How merchants use Blink →
Learn & Earn
Understand Bitcoin while you use it.
Blink pairs a practical wallet with short Bitcoin lessons. Learn & Earn content walks through what money is, why Bitcoin works and how to keep your wallet safe — and may reward completed lessons with small amounts of sats. Rewards support learning and are not a source of income.
What is money?
Completed
Why Bitcoin?
Completed
How Lightning works
In progress
Keeping your wallet safe
Not started
Lesson 3 · In progress
How Lightning works
Lightning is a network built on top of Bitcoin. Payments move in seconds, which makes it practical for everyday purchases.
Quick check
A separate cryptocurrency
A payment network built on Bitcoin
Bitcoin communities
Born in El Zonte.
Built for Bitcoin communities.
Blink grew out of Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador — a community where people started using Bitcoin for everyday life: buying food, paying for rides, getting paid for work. That circular economy shaped how Blink works today.
Bitcoin Lake
Guatemala
Bitcoin Beach
El Zonte · where Blink began
Bitcoin Berlín
El Salvador
MOTIV
Perú
FREE Madeira
Portugal
Bitcoin Dua
Ghana
EasySats
Namibia
Bitcoin Ekasi
South Africa
Bitcoin initiatives and circular economies using Blink. Map positions are approximate.
Blink account
Custodial balances · Lightning
Infrastructure
Blink API
Wallet & activity
Invoices & payments
Payment notifications
BTCPay Server
WooCommerce
Your app
The API relates to custodial Blink accounts. Non-custodial Spark wallets are not operated through it.
Open infrastructure
Open Bitcoin infrastructure for builders and merchants.
Build on open-source Bitcoin tools and integrate payment services through the Blink API. API access uses Blink's custodial infrastructure; self-custody is available separately through Spark.
- Blink API — create invoices, make payments and read activity.
- BTCPay Server — connect a BTCPay store to a Blink account.
- WooCommerce — accept Bitcoin in a WordPress shop.
- Open source — Blink's code is public on GitHub.
Security
Security for your wallet and your keys.
Know your model
Custodial balances are managed by Blink, which uses practices including multi-signature cold storage. Non-custodial Spark wallets are controlled by you.
Guard your phrase
In self-custody, your 12-word phrase is the only way back. Keep it offline and private.
Review every payment
Check the recipient, amount, balance and method before confirming.
Spot phishing
Blink will never ask for your recovery phrase. Download from blink.sv and keep Blink updated.
- Wallet mode
- Non-custodial · Spark
- Recovery phrase
- Backed up
- App version
- 1.0.4
Your recovery phrase
Write these 12 words down in order and keep them offline. Example words shown.
Blink cannot recover this phrase for you.
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