Samson Mow: Bitcoin Is a Way to Prevent an Orwellian FutureThere are certain polarizing topics in the cryptocurrency community: which of Bitcoin forks is the true Bitcoin, what consensus algorithms are really viable, what coins will dominate the markets of the future.
Blockstream’s Christian Decker On Latest Lightning Network Developments And What Bitcoin Could Be Like In FutureChristian Decker is one of the true Bitcoin veterans and the first person in the world to get a Bitcoin related PhD. Today the Switzerland-born engineer is one of the leading developers at Blockstream working on Lightning Network specifications and C-Lightning implementation. In an exclusive interview with ForkLog, Christian Decker tells how he came to […]
Blockstream Joins Forces With GoTenna to Send Bitcoin Transactions Without Internet ConnectionBlockchain technology company Blockstream has announced it is partnering with goTenna in order to integrate their respective technologies – Blockstream Satellite and TxTenna – enabling people to send Bitcoin transactions without direct internet connections.
Blockstream’s Lightning Network Upgrade Featuring Plugin Functionality ReleasedBlockstream’s engineering team has announced the release of v0.7 c-lightning, the company’s implementation of Lightning Network protocol.
Sky Is No Limit – Blockstream Bitcoin Satellite Service Boosted With Lightning Network PaymentsBlockchain technology firm Blockstream has expanded its Bitcoin satellite service to the Asia-Pacific region. The company also added support for Lightning Network transactions, which will allow users to pay for its service using the second layer scaling solution as soon as in January 2019.
Blockstream’s Liquid Sidechain for the Bitcoin Network Goes LiveMore than a year after its conceptual introduction at the Blockchain Association of Canada’s Government Forum in Ottawa, Blockstream’s bitcoin scaling solution made its public debut on October 10, 2018, after going live among its partners on September 27.
Dr. Adam Back on Bitcoin Scalability, the Dangers of SegWit2x, and the Future of the Sidechain TechnologySegWit2x, a Bitcoin hardfork expected to become effective this November, is among the most talked-about and somewhat disputable matters in the community. ForkLog talked with Dr. Adam Back, the CEO of Blockstream and one of the world’s leading Bitcoin developers, to find out what’s that dangerous about it, and how to prepare yourself for that.
Blockstream Satellite to Broadcast Bitcoin Across the GlobeBlockchain technology company Blockstream has unveiled a satellite system that will bring Bitcoin connectivity to almost everyone on the planet.
The Game of Crypto-Thrones: CentralizationIf a child from a crypto-maximalist family behaves like a moron, parents probably tell him or her that there’s a centralization hiding under the bed. If they have a farm, there’s a dummy centralization scaring crows away. Maybe they even call people they don’t like that name. All in all, that’s the thing bitcoiners wish […]
The Return of the Hearn: Former Core Developer Named the Main Problem of BitcoinFormer developer of Bitcoin Core, and current employee of R3CEV, Mike Hearn reminded the community he’s still alive having claimed that main problems that the cryptocurrency faces are in fact caused by Blockstream, and its co-founder Gregory Maxwell personally.