Blockstream Adds Another Marquee Developer in Security Pioneer
Blockstream has hired online security pioneer Christopher Allen as its standards and identity practice specialist, a role that will find him taking the lead on the company’s work with the open-source Hyperledger blockchain project, among other efforts. The venture-backed startup, best known as a provider of enterprise tools focused on the bitcoin blockchain, was among 10 new firms to join Hyperledger last week, a move that followed more informal work with its members to discern its technical vision. Blockstream is notably one of the largest contributors of funding for Bitcoin Core, the....
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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....
Blockstream announced the acquisition of Bitcoin wallet provider GreenAddress on Wednesday. In a post on the company’s official blog, Blockstream President Adam Back noted, “GreenAddress has a demonstrated track record of delivering an industry-leading product that prioritizes security, privacy and convenience.” GreenAddress has been quick to implement new Bitcoin features, such as fee estimation and replace-by-fee, into its own wallet. Also, GreenAddress developer Lawrence Nahum is a supporter of the Bitcoin Core scalability roadmap and says he’s excited about the improvements that are....
Blockstream allows investors to mine Bitcoin by simply purchasing the Blockstream Mining Note security token. Major blockchain technology company Blockstream has completed six tranches of its Bitcoin (BTC) mining security token offering (STO), securing a total of 30.9 million euros ($36 million).Blockstream officially announced Thursday that the company raised 13.9 million euros ($16.1 million) in the sixth tranche of its Bitcoin mining-focused security token known as Blockstream Mining Note (BMN).According to the announcement, the latest raise was the largest tranche that Blockstream has....
Blockstream has announced the launch of a new security token backed by the company's mining facilities. Canadian-based Blockchain tech company Blockstream announced the launch of a security token backed by the company's mining production on March 29. It offers an alternative to investing in Bitcoin mining stocks, with the company providing non-US qualified investors exposure to Bitcoin mining through the Blockstream Mining Note security token. BMN represents 2,000 terahash per second of hashrate from Blockstream's mining facilities.The Bitcoin mined for BMN will be held in cold storage....