Blockstream: Recent Episodes
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Blockstream is the leading provider of blockchain technologies, on the forefront of work in cryptography and distributed systems.
Blockstream provides a range of software and hardware solutions and expert professional services to companies deploying new blockchain-based networks. Elements, our core software platform, was released as part of the open source Elements Project; it's currently one of the most mature protocols for blockchain developers. We also offer Liquid, which is built using the Elements platform and is the world's first federated sidechain that enables rapid, confidential, and secure bitcoin transfers.
Together with DG Lab, PwC, and a growing network of partners, we combine our technical depth with world-class domain expertise to deliver solutions that cross industries and use cases.
To learn more about Blockstream, visit https://blockstream.com/
An introduction to building applications on the Liquid sidechain with Director of Product at Blockstream, Allen Piscitello. The talk was designed for participants of the Bitcoin 2019 Conference's Liquid Virtual Hackathon.
Used by Allen during the presentation: - https://github.com/Blockstream/liquid-walkthrough - https://github.com/ElementsProject/elements/releases
Liquid technical documentation: - https://docs.blockstream.com/liquid/technical_overview.html
Greg Maxwell explains new features enabled by Elements sidechains: Confidential Transactions, Issued Assets, Strong Federations and the two-way peg. (Recorded in 2015)
Watch this demo for using a hardware wallet with the fully redesigned Blockstream Green wallet!
Watch how we use GNU Radio and Software Defined Radio to process the Blockstream Satellite broadcast and reduce costs.
Here’s a look at Blockstream’s 2018! We shipped products, gave talks around the world, and released numerous #Bitcoin and #Lightning protocol research papers. Our highlights in 2018 included the launch of the #LiquidNetwork with 23 of the biggest players in the industry, the Cryptocurrency Data Feed in partnership with ICE, c-lightning going into beta, blockstream.info / Esplora being released, and #BlockstreamSatellite entering Phase 2.
With Bitcoin now in its 10th year and still going strong, we can start to see all the pieces that will come together to drive adoption in the next 10 years. We’re looking forward to yet another year of exciting new Bitcoin innovations!
Read more at our blog: https://blockstream.com/2019/01/03/blockstream-2018-review/
In addition to North and South America, Europe, and Africa, the addition of the Asia-Pacific region to Blockstream Satellite brings free Bitcoin blockchain access to some of the most populous regions of the world.
Coming soon: Satellite API. Users can broadcast unencrypted data to everyone with a satellite receiver or target specific users by using encryption. Combined with the Lightning Network’s onion-routed payments, it will be possible to send totally private messages where no one can identify the sender, the receiver, or the content of the message.
Learn more: https://blockstream.com/satellite/
The Blockstream Satellite network broadcasts the Bitcoin blockchain around the world 24/7 for free, protecting against network interruptions and providing anyone in the world with the opportunity to use Bitcoin.
Watch two Bitcoin users in Japan describe their satellite dish hardware, how the satellite's broadcast is received, and how they envision Blockstream Satellite connecting people and economies around the world.
To learn more about Blockstream Satellite visit our page here: https://blockstream.com/satellite/
Don't Trust. Verify.
Watch Blockstream CEO Adam Back talk on the Blockchain X-Border Tech panel at FINSUM about programmability on the Bitcoin blockchain and how exchanges can utilize it to enable trustless trading.
Blockchain is complex and blocks can be hard to find, but fear not, the team at Blockstream is always working hard to research new techniques for finding blocks to keep them flowing!
Our week of LApps ends with a fun diversion: the Lightning Jukebox demonstrates how to reimagine an anachronistic device with cutting-edge Lightning Network technology.
Today is the fifth day of our week of LApps and Blockstream is excited to announce the simple point-of-sale solution called Nanopos. With Nanopos, vendors can sell physical items in-person and accept Lightning payments instantly via a simple graphical display that is easily configurable by sellers.
Liquid offers traders the opportunity to rapidly, securely, and confidentially move bitcoins between member exchanges, with a transaction finality of less than two minutes. This demonstration video shows how this might look to a trader who wishes to move funds between two exchanges, explaining many of the concepts underlying the Liquid sidechain functionality.
Enabling a Better World with Blockchain Tech Rearchitecting finance networks with trust automation 2016 New Context Conference Tokyo