BitcoinAppStore.com Goes Live — Opening the Next Frontier of Apps Built Directly on Bitcoin
The Bitcoin App Store is now live at bitcoinappstore.com, marking a new chapter in the evolution of Bitcoin as a foundation for software, ownership, and coordination.
A new button on the site now takes visitors to apps.bitcoinappstore.com, where an initial set of live Bitcoin apps can be explored, including wallets, broadcasting tools, lotteries, social platforms, finance applications, and emerging protocols.
This first public version represents the beginning of a unified ecosystem where apps are built directly on Bitcoin itself.
The First Layer of a New Software Economy
Unlike traditional app stores, BitcoinAppStore.com provides a trustless, web-native framework for developers to build, test, distribute, and monetize Bitcoin-integrated applications accessible on any device or operating system capable of rendering a website.
There are no lock-ins, no permissions, and no gatekeepers on Bitcoin, and the same philosophy applies to BitcoinAppStore.com. The platform is open to all builders. The team is betting on the idea that developers will see value in the tools, infrastructure, and services offered, choosing to build with them now and in the future. The mission is to make it possible for anyone in the world, regardless of skill level, to build, launch, and sustain applications directly on Bitcoin.
All alumni from previous Bitcoin Hackathons have been invited to publish their projects, with several already live in the store. Each app demonstrates how Bitcoin’s primitives of immutability, randomness, settlement, and storage of value, can be used as software building blocks.
“The Bitcoin App Store is the interface for the next era of the internet, the property age of cyberspace,” said Lars‑Erik Ravn, CEO of BitcoinAppStore.com (by Open Ordinal). “We are giving builders a home and a distribution layer for Bitcoin‑native software. This is how apps become energy‑backed, uncensorable, and owned by their creators, running directly on the most permanent substrate humanity has built.”
Hackathon Season 2 – 13 New Products on Bitcoin
The launch coincides with the Grand Finals of Season 2 of the Bitcoin Hackathon, where 13 new products were designed, built, and shipped, including ephemeral messaging protocols, a Bitcoin-based dice game, social networks, games, and educational apps, all using Bitcoin’s underlying protocol.
“Each hackathon cycle accelerates this movement,” said Espen Bjarnø, CTO of BitcoinAppStore.com. “Bitcoin is not just money. It is the universal substrate of the cyber‑economy. Developers can now compose software directly with value, randomness, and property. These primitives redefine what an app can be.”
The Business of Building on Bitcoin
As the platform evolves, BitcoinAppStore.com aims to unify both the technical and economic layers for builders. It takes care of the complex interfaces with Bitcoin transactions and protocols, allowing creators of all skill levels to build, deploy, and monetize without friction.
“We are entering a new economic cycle where builders do not just create apps, they create digital property that works for them,” said Jennifer Cheng Lo, CBO of BitcoinAppStore.com. “Bitcoin enables a trustless economy, and that allows for deeper trust between humans and systems. With AI lowering the cost of creation and Bitcoin anchoring value and truth, anyone can now participate in this new economic frontier.”
The Next Chapter: Season 3 Begins
With this launch, Season 3 of the Bitcoin Hackathon will open for registration. Builders and teams joining the next round will be fast‑tracked to publish directly in the Bitcoin App Store as the ecosystem expands with new categories of apps and developer tools.
“We are just at the beginning,” said Ravn. “As mobile app stores gave anyone the power to create and distribute globally, Bitcoin extends that capability to the open web, backed by proof‑of‑work, permanence, and sovereignty. Every build, every idea, and every byte is now property.”
About BitcoinAppStore.com
BitcoinAppStore.com is the open platform for discovering, building, and publishing applications that use Bitcoin as their foundation. Created by the team behind Open Ordinal, the App Store provides infrastructure, developer tools, and an economic framework for apps that run directly on Bitcoin. Uncensorable, open, and globally accessible.
Visit bitcoinappstore.com to explore the first live apps. Builders can register for Season 3 at bitcoinappstore.com/#hackathon.