Blockstream Adds to All-Star Blockchain Developer Team
Bitcoin development startup Blockstream has announced a slew of new hires that serve to further the firm’s already impressive technical team. Covering new additions to its engineering, finance and operations and special projects divisions, the announcement formalizes some relationships that have been semi-public for months, while including other, more recent moves. For example, BitPay open-source lead Eric Martindale, now the company's "technology evangelist", has been with the company for over a year in some capacity. Further, Andrew Poelstra was co-author of the sidechains....
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