Blockstream Sponsors The Mempool Bitcoin Project

Blockstream Sponsors The Mempool Bitcoin Project

Mempool will employ the grant to further develop features focused on Blockstream’s Liquid Network.Blockstream announced it is now a sponsor of the Mempool open source project.Mempool will focus on adding new capabilities and enhancements to its platform related to the Liquid Network.Blockstream created Liquid in 2015 as a Bitcoin federated sidechain for asset issuance and rapid interchange settlements between Bitcoin companies.Blockstream, a builder of crypto-financial infrastructure based on Bitcoin, is now a sponsor of the Mempool project, an open-source block explorer for the Bitcoin....


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