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Blockstream Debuts Open-source Hardware Bitcoin Wallet
4.1.2021
The Vancouver, Canada-based major blockchain firm Blockstream said it has launched an open-source, battery-powered hardware wallet for storing bitcoin (BTC) and digital assets issued on the Liquid Network, including tokens like the stablecoin tether (USDT).
The wallet is named Blockstream...
Bitcoin moves $500K around the globe every second, says Samson Mow
2.12.2020
Samson Mow, chief strategy officer at Blockstream, says Bitcoin was never about "transactions per second and coffee," but about value and a "new financial paradigm."
New analysis suggests Satoshi Nakamoto was a Londoner
26.11.2020
A new take on an old investigation potentially sheds light on the whereabouts of Satoshi Nakamoto — at least while he was working on Bitcoin
Blockstream’s MuSig 2 Will Offer Less Complex, More Private Multi-Signature Transactions
4.11.2020
Made possible by Taproot, MuSig2 is designed to make multi-signature Bitcoin transactions less complex without sacrificing privacy
Blockstream launches first Bitcoin satellite node in Venezuela
29.9.2020
"Users can’t afford to be cut off from the Bitcoin network."
New on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network: LND Adds Accounting Feature, c-lightning Gets an Upgrade
18.9.2020
Lightning Labs made bookkeeping easier for node operators. Blockstream’s c-lightning 0.9.1 release improves channel opening and routing mechanisms
BitMEX Research Installs Blockstream Bitcoin Satellite System
14.9.2020
Research and development arm of BitMEX, the Seychelles based crypto exchange, BitMEX Research announced on Monday that it has installed the Blockstream Bitcoin Satellite system which will allow it to download and verify BTC’s blockchain without internet connection. In the official Twitter thread...
Tether Recovers $1 Million USDT Sent to Wrong Defi Address by Chinese Traders
13.9.2020
Tether has recovered and returned $1 million worth of USDT to a group of Chinese traders who, in error, sent the funds to a wrong decentralized finance (defi) address. On September 8, the group, going under the moniker ‘Bill,’ “accidentally” transferred the money to a Swerve...
Would Bitcoin suffer if the lead maintainers were kidnapped by aliens?
12.9.2020
As lead maintainer Wladimir van der Laan takes a break from Bitcoin duties, we ask what would happen if the entire Github maintenance team disappeared
Blockstream’s Liquid pushes for DeFi with new decentralized exchange
7.9.2020
Bitcoin DeFi is coming, but it’s not really on Bitcoin
Pieter Wuille will continue to work with Blockstream despite his recent move to Chaincode Labs
2.9.2020
Wuille will continue contributing to a new Multi-Signature standard for Bitcoin
Bitcoin 'maximalists' accused of 'shilling' an SEC-cleared token
25.8.2020
It's like BNB only better, says supposed-Bitcoin maximalists
Onchain Data Shows $449M Worth of Bitcoin on ETH Eclipses Offchain Competitors
17.8.2020
Onchain analytics show the number of bitcoin (BTC) held on the Ethereum blockchain has been multiplying at an extremely fast rate since the end of May. On Sunday, August 16 there’s approximately 38,021 BTC on Ethereum or roughly $449 million stored in synthetic bitcoin protocols like Wbtc...
Unpacking the Avit, Avanti Bank’s New Digital Asset Being Built With Blockstream
12.8.2020
Avanti says the Avit will not encounter the legal, accounting or tax hurdles of stablecoins, but it’s not yet clear where the asset will fit under U.S. law
Adam Back: Bitcoin is Enough, Satoshi Should Stay Out
11.8.2020
Adam Back has some interesting (if somewhat odd) views on altcoins and the return of Satoshi Nakamoto
Adam Back: Some ICOs Funded Useful Research Despite Being Unethical
8.8.2020
Adam Back admitted that some ICOs might have funded useful research, but still contends that they are deeply unethical
Blockstream’s Adam Back Slams Ethereum as a Ponzi-Scheme
6.8.2020
Crypto tribalism shifts up a gear, with Bitcoin pioneer Adam Back lashing out at Ethereum
‘Rat Poison Squared on Steroids’: What’s New in Bitcoin’s Latest Lightning Release
4.8.2020
With a sly poke at Warren Buffet's comment that Bitcoin is "rat poison squared," c-lightning developers' latest release adds some key new Lightning features
Charlie Lee, Adam Back Lead $3.1M Private Raise for Blockchain Game ‘Infinite Fleet’
3.8.2020
A game developed by Samson Mow's Pixelmatic has completed a $3.1 million private SAFT sale of tokens
Exclusive: Liquid Network Gets Its First General-Purpose Javascript Library
9.7.2020
A new Javascript library for Liquid could allow external developers to build a complete ecosystem around the heavily upgraded Bitcoin sidechain