Tagged: adam back

November 12, 2024 @ 8:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following the Plan B Forum in Lugano and the Liquid Developer Bootcamp in Viareggio, Blockstream is announcing the opening of a research center in Lugano, Switzerland. The center aims to accelerate the development of financial products enabled by the Liquid Network, working with partners and… Read More

December 28, 2023 @ 2:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockstream, the global firm focused on Bitcoin infrastructure technology, has  announced the upcoming Series 2 launch of its Bitcoin-denominated investment vehicle, the Blockstream ASIC (BASIC) Note. As stated in a blog post by Blockstream, here ar ethe Key Facts: Series 1 was oversubscribed, demonstrating strong… Read More

August 25, 2021 @ 9:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin-focused firm Blockstream reveals that it has secured $210 million in capital as part of their Series B round at a $3.2 billion valuation. Blockstream’s investment round was led by Baillie Gifford and iFinex, the operator of Bitfinex. As mentioned in the announcement, this new… Read More

June 6, 2021 @ 8:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

El Salvador is reportedly looking to become the first nation in the world to adopt Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender. El Salvador’s government might introduce legislation that could potentially make it the first country to adopt BTC as legal tender, along with the US dollar…. Read More

September 13, 2020 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockstream, a company focused on developing various products to support Bitcoin (BTC) adoption, claims that the flagship cryptocurrency is “under threat” from a body of patents being collected by firms operating inside and outside of the digital asset sector. Blockstream argues that if some of… Read More

May 25, 2020 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Nobody really knows when Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies will be “vulnerable” to the threat from quantum computers, according to most experts in the field. Twitter and other social media users have been warning and reminding people that we should stay informed about the… Read More

February 25, 2020 @ 7:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Caitlin Long, a 22-year Wall Street veteran who is now actively involved in helping the US state of Wyoming adopt blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) (playing a key role in assisting the state in enacting 13 blockchain-related laws), is setting up the very first… Read More

December 24, 2018 @ 12:07 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The stubborn Bitcoin satellite-coverage hole over Asia has been closed. Blockstream, a California-based company dedicated to building out Bitcoin infrastructure, has launched the fifth of five planned satellites sent aloft to allow the world to transmit Bitcoin with or without Internet and/or the permission of… Read More

May 10, 2018 @ 11:08 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Right now, overhead, four satellites broadcasting the Bitcoin blockchain drift in the Earth’s atmosphere over North and South America, Africa and Europe. Only East Asia, Australia and Polynesia are still dark. The presence of Bitcoin satellites in the atmosphere was announced August 15th, 2017 by… Read More

April 22, 2018 @ 2:00 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Soft spoken computer scientist Adam Back, one of the most important figures in the technical history of Bitcoin, had a hard act to follow after Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert burned down the stage presenting their gleeful and anarchic brand of Bitcoin-boosting. “The era of… Read More