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Steward of Bitcoin Software Explains Why She Nixed an Acrimonious Code Debate
"All it was doing was generating noise," the Bitcoin Core maintainer Ava Chow says of Luke Dashjr's pull request, which would have severely curtailed the use of Ordinals inscriptions, sometimes known as "NFTs on Bitcoin."
Blockstream Preps New Sale of Notes Designed to Profit From Rebounding BTC Mining-Rig Prices
Blockstream's BASIC note is a bitcoin-denominated investment vehicle to accrue gains from the price of ASIC mining equipment, which Blockstream anticipates will rise post-halving.
Blockstream Developer Discusses 'Lightning V2' Outlook
CoinDesk's Most Influential 2023 recognizes 50 people who defined the year in the digital assets space, which includes Lisa Neigut, Blockstream Lightning Protocol Engineer and founder of Base58 School of Engineering. Neigut joins "First Mover" to discuss the problems she wants to solve with "Lightning v2."
Bitcoin Financial Services Firm Swan Unveils 'Collaborative Custody' Service
Swan and Blockstream's plan to allow users to retain ultimate control of their bitcoin while knowing that is stored in a highly secure way
Bitcoin Infrastructure Firm Blockstream to Unveil Its Long-Awaited Mining Rig in 3Q of 2024
The company expects to raise more capital to fund its mining business.
Blockstream Developer Neigut Expects ‘Cambrian Explosion’ of Bitcoin Layer 2 Protocols
Bitcoin already has one of the most diverse layer 2 ecosystems of any network, but coming technology upgrades could lead to an acceleration in the blockchain's development, according to Blockstream's Lisa Neigut.
ZeroSync and Blockstream to Broadcast Bitcoin Zero-Knowledge Proofs From Space
The partners say using zero-knowledge proofs will allow Bitcoin nodes to sync quickly from anywhere on earth, “even without Internet.”
Crypto Infrastructure Firm Blockstream Raises $125M for Bitcoin Mining
The company will use the funds to expand its bitcoin mining facilities amid strong demand for hosting.
Crypto Infrastructure Firm Blockstream Seeks to Raise Funds at 70% Lower Valuation: Bloomberg
The under $1 billion valuation is a far cry from the $3.2 billion valuation Blockstream had received in 2021.
There’s a New Platform for Bitcoin-Backed Borrowing and It’s Courting Banks to Lend
Max Keidun, CEO of non-custodial bitcoin exchange Hold Hodl, is launching a decentralized platform for stablecoin and fiat loans with Casa, Blockstream, Bitfinex and others.
