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''"In 2019, Blockstream launched Blockstream Pool and announced it had been previously mining for a select few high-profile clients like [[Fidelity]]. Blockstream said it [https://blockstream.com/2021/01/27/en-blockstream-purchase-25m-usd-of-bitcoin-mining-hardware-from-microbt/ bought] $25 million worth of mining machines from [[MicroBT]]. The machines are to be deployed through Blockstream's facilities in Canada and the U.S."'' | ''"In 2019, Blockstream launched Blockstream Pool and announced it had been previously mining for a select few high-profile clients like [[Fidelity]]. Blockstream said it [https://blockstream.com/2021/01/27/en-blockstream-purchase-25m-usd-of-bitcoin-mining-hardware-from-microbt/ bought] $25 million worth of mining machines from [[MicroBT]]. The machines are to be deployed through Blockstream's facilities in Canada and the U.S."'' | ||
== Team, | == Team, Partners and Funding == | ||
=== Team === | |||
* Employees: 50 | * Employees: 50 | ||
* List of devs can be [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YKBTIXdF6yF4XPp-3NeWxttUFytf8WFY1y8tZF7c17A/htmlview#gid=0 found here]. | * List of devs can be [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YKBTIXdF6yF4XPp-3NeWxttUFytf8WFY1y8tZF7c17A/htmlview#gid=0 found here]. | ||
* Allen, Christopher; co-author of IETF Transport Layer Security | * Allen, Christopher; co-author of IETF Transport Layer Security | ||
* [[Adam Back|Back, Adam]], president & co-founder (Was part of [[The Hong Kong Agreement|Hong Kong consensus]]) | * [[Adam Back|Back, Adam]], president & co-founder (Was part of [[The Hong Kong Agreement|Hong Kong consensus]]) | ||
*[[Matt Corallo|Corallo, Matt]]; co-founder, Bitcoin Core dev, Nick: BlueMatt | |||
* [[Matt Corallo|Corallo, Matt]]; co-founder, Bitcoin Core dev, Nick: BlueMatt | |||
* [[Chris Decker]]; engineer ([https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoins-lightning-network-is-growing-increasingly-centralized-researchers-find 20-2-2020]) | * [[Chris Decker]]; engineer ([https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoins-lightning-network-is-growing-increasingly-centralized-researchers-find 20-2-2020]) | ||
* [[Mark Friedenbach|Friedenbach, Mark]]; co-founder | * [[Mark Friedenbach|Friedenbach, Mark]]; co-founder | ||
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* Wilkins, Jonathan; co-founder | * Wilkins, Jonathan; co-founder | ||
* [[Pieter Wuille|Wuille, Pieter]], Dr.; Co-founder blockstream, Nick: Sipa, Bitcoin Core developer, put forth the [[Segregated Witness|SegWit]] proposal and is the primary author of libsecp256k1, a library for efficient elliptic curve cryptography for use in Bitcoin. | * [[Pieter Wuille|Wuille, Pieter]], Dr.; Co-founder blockstream, Nick: Sipa, Bitcoin Core developer, put forth the [[Segregated Witness|SegWit]] proposal and is the primary author of libsecp256k1, a library for efficient elliptic curve cryptography for use in Bitcoin. | ||
* [[Cory Fields|Fields, Cory]]; BTC core dev/blockstream employee, Nick: cfields | * [[Cory Fields|Fields, Cory]]; BTC core dev/blockstream employee, Nick: cfields | ||
* Willen, Glenn; BTC core dev/blockstream employee, Nick: gwillen | * Willen, Glenn; BTC core dev/blockstream employee, Nick: gwillen | ||
* Sanders, Gregory; BTC core dev/blockstream employee, Nick: instagibbs | * Sanders, Gregory; BTC core dev/blockstream employee, Nick: instagibbs | ||
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* Ben Gorlick and Johnny Dilley quited Blockstream to join with a startup called Crowd Machine (cloud computing) where they no serve as the CTO and Chief of system architecture, respectively. | * Ben Gorlick and Johnny Dilley quited Blockstream to join with a startup called Crowd Machine (cloud computing) where they no serve as the CTO and Chief of system architecture, respectively. | ||
== | === Partners === | ||
* [[Hyperledger]], Member of the initiative | * [[Hyperledger]], Member of the initiative | ||
*Member of [[Bitcoin Associated Switzerland]] | |||
*Blockstream and [[Jack Dorsey]]’s Block joined forces and announced in April that they would build a solar- and battery-powered Bitcoin mine in Texas using solar and storage technology from [[Tesla]] ([https://cointelegraph.com/top-people-in-crypto-and-blockchain-2023/adam-back 3-2023]). | |||
=== Funding === | |||
* Investors include: [[AME Cloud Ventures]], [[AXA Strategic Ventures]], [[Blockchain Capital LLC]], [[Innovation Endeavors]], [[Khosla Ventures]], [[Mosaic Ventures]], [[Reid Hoffman]] (Total funding: 77.5 mil) | * Investors include: [[AME Cloud Ventures]], [[AXA Strategic Ventures]], [[Blockchain Capital LLC]], [[Innovation Endeavors]], [[Khosla Ventures]], [[Mosaic Ventures]], [[Reid Hoffman]] (Total funding: 77.5 mil) | ||
* (Former) sponsor of [[Coin Center]] (as of 6-2019 not on the website anymore) | * (Former) sponsor of [[Coin Center]] (as of 6-2019 not on the website anymore) | ||
* | * Blockstream has [https://decrypt.co/119929/blockstream-raises-125-million-for-bitcoin-mining raised $125 million] to break further into Bitcoin mining (25-1-2023). | ||
*[https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2021/08/24/blockstream-raises-210m-acquires-mining-chip-manufacturer-spondoolies/ Raisied] $210M and acquired mining chip Manufacturer Spondoolies (24-8-2021). | *[https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2021/08/24/blockstream-raises-210m-acquires-mining-chip-manufacturer-spondoolies/ Raisied] $210M and acquired mining chip Manufacturer Spondoolies (24-8-2021). | ||
[[Category:Companies/Organisations]] | [[Category:Companies/Organisations]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:42, 12 March 2023
Basics
- Location: Montreal, founded in 2014.
- The company is focused on developing bitcoin applications specifically sidechains with its Liquid, as well as other applications. Blockstream has raised $76M to date from investors including Khosla Horizons Ventures and Mosaic Ventures.
- “Creating ways to handle bitcoin micropayments and a technology called sidechan that offers firms more flexibility handling bitcoin transfers. Working with Intercontinental Exchange.”
- Blockstream is one of the largest contributors of funding for Bitcoin Core.
Projects
- Liquid sidechain; On October 12, 2015, Blockstream announced the release of its Liquid sidechain which could allow for the transfer of assets between the sidechain and the main blockchain
- Elements Project; Blockstream released an open source codebase and testing environment for its sidechains product to public under open source license.The Elements Project is a community effort to create and test new extensions to the Bitcoin protocol, whose early contributions include Confidential Transactions by Gregory Maxwell, and Segregated Witness by Pieter Wuille.
- Blockstream has released source code for the smart contracts on blockchain language Simplicity; Simplicity has been built to be compatible with Blockstream’s Elements platform, Elements is an open source, sidechain-capable blockchain platform
- Is open sourcing its Proof-of-Reserve tool for increased transparency; most proof-of-reserve operations require substantial transactions that put exchanges at high security risks; Blockstream's innovative tool uses common sense and UTXO values to prove the extent of reserves; however, revealing UTXO values themselves is not a safe method, a problem Blockstream is currently working to rectify
- From the Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #69 (23-10-2019):
"Blockstream Green Tor support: Version 3.2.4 of the Blockstream Green Wallet adds built-in Tor support for both iOS and Android. While Tor was supported in previous Android versions, it required a separate application whereas both Android and iOS versions are now bundled with Tor support."
"In 2019, Blockstream launched Blockstream Pool and announced it had been previously mining for a select few high-profile clients like Fidelity. Blockstream said it bought $25 million worth of mining machines from MicroBT. The machines are to be deployed through Blockstream's facilities in Canada and the U.S."
Team, Partners and Funding
Team
- Employees: 50
- List of devs can be found here.
- Allen, Christopher; co-author of IETF Transport Layer Security
- Back, Adam, president & co-founder (Was part of Hong Kong consensus)
- Corallo, Matt; co-founder, Bitcoin Core dev, Nick: BlueMatt
- Chris Decker; engineer (20-2-2020)
- Friedenbach, Mark; co-founder
- Fowler, Alexander; co-founder
- Hall, Francesca; co-founder
- Hill, Austin; co-founder. Entrepreneur, Investor, Cancer Researcher, Poker Strategist
- Hoffman, Reid; board member, is a LinkedIn founder
- Martindate, Eric
- Maxwell, Gregory; co-founder, chief tech officer. Resigned in 1-2018.
- Mow, Samson; CSO
- Poelstra, andrew
- Blockstream hired Rusty Russell, a well-known developer famous for his work on Linux kernel, to develop an implementation of the Bitcoin Lightning Network
- Silbert, Barry; through Digital Currency Group
- Svenson, Erik; co-founder
- Blockchain Capital, investor
- Strateman, Patrick; core tech engineer
- Timon, Jorge; Core Tech Engineer, Nick: jtimon
- Wilkins, Jonathan; co-founder
- Wuille, Pieter, Dr.; Co-founder blockstream, Nick: Sipa, Bitcoin Core developer, put forth the SegWit proposal and is the primary author of libsecp256k1, a library for efficient elliptic curve cryptography for use in Bitcoin.
- Fields, Cory; BTC core dev/blockstream employee, Nick: cfields
- Willen, Glenn; BTC core dev/blockstream employee, Nick: gwillen
- Sanders, Gregory; BTC core dev/blockstream employee, Nick: instagibbs
- Todd, Peter; BTC core dev/blockstream employee
- Strateman Patrick; BTC core dev/blockstream employee, Nick: phantomcircuit
- Togami, Warren; BTC core dev/blockstream employee
Old employees
- Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn quit the Bitcoin project over a dispute involving a failed block size increase, which Hearn claimed was being opposed by Maxwell of Blockstream.
- Ben Gorlick and Johnny Dilley quited Blockstream to join with a startup called Crowd Machine (cloud computing) where they no serve as the CTO and Chief of system architecture, respectively.
Partners
- Hyperledger, Member of the initiative
- Member of Bitcoin Associated Switzerland
- Blockstream and Jack Dorsey’s Block joined forces and announced in April that they would build a solar- and battery-powered Bitcoin mine in Texas using solar and storage technology from Tesla (3-2023).
Funding
- Investors include: AME Cloud Ventures, AXA Strategic Ventures, Blockchain Capital LLC, Innovation Endeavors, Khosla Ventures, Mosaic Ventures, Reid Hoffman (Total funding: 77.5 mil)
- (Former) sponsor of Coin Center (as of 6-2019 not on the website anymore)
- Blockstream has raised $125 million to break further into Bitcoin mining (25-1-2023).
- Raisied $210M and acquired mining chip Manufacturer Spondoolies (24-8-2021).
