Jade Plus bitcoin send flow - phone builds transaction, device signs offline, phone broadcasts

How to Send Bitcoin from Blockstream Jade Plus

This guide shows how to send bitcoin from a Blockstream Jade Plus to another wallet. You build the payment in the Blockstream app on your phone. Then you approve it on the Jade Plus by scanning QR codes. The phone sends the payment out after the device has signed it.

If the Jade Plus is not set up yet, start here: Jade Plus setup guide. Full review: Blockstream Jade Plus review. Buy: rewards.blockstream.com/nordic.

This page is for bitcoin. The Jade Plus can also work with Blockstream's Liquid network, but that is a separate setup and it does not use the QR method shown here. Stick to bitcoin for this guide.

Sending bitcoin from the Jade Plus. The phone prepares the payment, the device shows the details and signs, the phone then sends it.
Sending bitcoin from the Jade Plus. The phone prepares the payment. The device shows the details and signs. The phone then sends it.

Before you start

You need:

  • A Jade Plus that is already set up and unlocked
  • The official Blockstream app, already connected to the Jade Plus
  • Some bitcoin already in that Jade wallet
  • The wallet you want to send to, open on another phone or computer so you can copy its bitcoin address

Do a small test amount the first time, not your whole balance.

1. Copy the bitcoin address you want to pay

On the wallet that should receive the coins, look for Receive, Deposit, or a similar button. That screen shows the bitcoin address for that wallet. Many wallets also show the same address as a QR code.

That address is the destination. It is where your bitcoin will go.

The receive page on the other wallet showing the destination address to put into the Blockstream app.
The receive page on the other wallet. This is the destination address you will put into the Blockstream app.

Look at the start and the end of the address so you can recognize it in the next step.

2. Start a send in the Blockstream app

Open the Blockstream app and open the Jade Plus account. Tap Send.

Now put the destination address into the app. The easy way is to scan the QR code from the other wallet. You can also paste the address if you copied it.

Scanning the other wallet's receive QR into the Blockstream app.
Scanning the other wallet's receive QR into the Blockstream app. After it appears, check that it still matches what you saw on the other wallet.

If the address in the app does not match the one you just looked at, delete it and scan again.

3. Choose the amount

Enter how much bitcoin you want to send. The app will also show a network fee. That fee goes to bitcoin miners so the payment can be included in a block. It is not a Blockstream fee.

Tap Next, then Sign transaction.

Amount and fee in the Blockstream app before tapping Sign transaction.
Amount and fee in the Blockstream app, then Sign transaction. The payment is not sent yet. The Jade Plus still has to approve it.

Unlock the Jade Plus if it is locked. In the video the device was already unlocked.

4. Scan the payment QR with the Jade Plus

The app now shows a QR code with the unsigned payment. On the Jade Plus, choose Scan QR and point the camera at that code. Keep it there until the device has read it.

The Jade Plus camera reading the payment QR from the phone.
The Jade Plus camera reading the payment QR from the phone.

If the scan does not catch, move the device a little closer or farther and try again.

5. Check the details on the Jade Plus, then approve

The Jade Plus screen shows where the bitcoin will go and how much will leave. Read both. Compare the address with the one on the other wallet.

If it looks right, approve it on the device. If it does not, cancel.

Address and amount on the Jade Plus screen. Approve only when those details match what you intended.
Address and amount on the Jade Plus. Approve only when those details match what you intended.

After you approve, the Jade Plus shows its own QR code. That code is the signed payment.

6. Scan the Jade Plus QR with your phone

Go back to the Blockstream app and tap Next. Point the phone camera at the QR code on the Jade Plus. When the app has read it, it sends the payment to the bitcoin network.

The phone scanning the signed QR on the Jade Plus to broadcast the payment.
The phone scanning the signed QR on the Jade Plus. After this, the app can send the payment.

7. Wait for it to confirm

The app should show that the send worked, or that it is waiting for confirmation. Bitcoin payments are not final the second they leave. They need confirmations on the network first. That can take a little while depending on the fee you chose.

The Blockstream app showing the bitcoin send as successful or pending.
The Blockstream app showing the send as successful or pending. Wait for confirmations before you treat the coins as arrived.

If something looks wrong

Stop and cancel on the Jade Plus if the address or amount on the device is not what you typed. A payment you approve cannot be pulled back.

Use a small test send the first time you pay a new address.

Quick checklist

  • Jade Plus is unlocked
  • I copied the receive address from the wallet I want to pay
  • That same address is in the Blockstream send screen
  • Amount and fee look right
  • Jade Plus scanned the QR from the app
  • Address and amount on the Jade Plus were correct
  • Phone scanned the QR from the Jade Plus
  • The app shows the payment, and I am waiting for confirmations

Setup guide: Jade Plus setup | Review: Jade Plus review

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