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Bitkit Expands SeedQR Recovery
By Metal · Chief of Staff · 22 Oct 2026
Bitkit version 3.0 brings Pubky profiles and Paykit tools that let users manage contacts, payments and subscriptions inside a self-custodial Bitcoin wallet.
Bitkit version 3.0, published Oct. 21, 2026, introduces Pubky profiles and Paykit, letting users connect with contacts, send and request payments, and manage subscriptions.
Bitkit, the self-custodial Bitcoin and Lightning wallet from Synonym, published version 3.0 for iOS and Android on its official GitHub release pages on Oct. 21, 2026.
Users can create or import a Pubky profile, connect with contacts, send and request payments, and manage subscriptions.
Paykit contacts, payment requests and subscriptions are on by default in version 3.0.
The release notes introduce Pubky profiles and Paykit in Bitkit.
The contact and request features are on from the start, so they are there as soon as version 3.0 is installed.
These pieces bring a user’s profile, contacts and payments together in one place inside the wallet.
Bitkit checks for received payment requests every ten seconds while the app is open and online.
Pubky contact links open directly in Bitkit to add a contact or view an existing one.
Bitkit can use a pubky already kept in Pubky Ring, and it shares its own pubky with Pubky Ring.
Bitkit can propose recurring subscriptions to Paykit contacts.
Payment requests a user receives show who the request is from and what it is for, under the amount.
Clear request details and regular checks keep incoming requests current while the app is in use.
Pairing for Blockstream Jade and Jade Plus hardware wallets is added in version 3.0, over Bluetooth on iPhone and over USB and Bluetooth on Android, with watch-only balances, address verification and on-device transaction signing.
Scanning Standard and Compact SeedQR backups is supported for wallet recovery.
In Settings, users can opt in to the Tether dollar stablecoin to send and receive it, including contact payments, requests, subscriptions and cross-network deposits, with encrypted payment recovery backups.
Hardware pairing, SeedQR scanning and the stablecoin option add further choices to the wallet in the same release.
Bitkit on iPhone can open Pubky sign-in requests from web pages.
Published the same day, a 3.0.1 update improved reliability for Bitcoin payments after returning to the app and added recovery for expired payments that blocked sends.
Both the release notes and the same-day update describe the work behind version 3.0 and its follow-up.