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Modified screenshot of Bitcoin Core maintainer Ava Chow's comment on GitHub, when she closed a controversial proposal from the developer Luke Dashjr. (GitHub, modified by CoinDesk)
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 inscr...
Modified screenshot of Bitcoin Core maintainer Ava Chow's comment on GitHub, when she closed a controversial proposal from the developer Luke Dashjr. (GitHub, modified by CoinDesk)

ASIC Miners (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)
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-halv...
ASIC Miners (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Blockstream Developer Discusses 'Lightning V2' Outlook
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...
Blockstream Developer Discusses 'Lightning V2' Outlook

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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
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Rendered image of Blockstream’s new ASIC Bitcoin miner (Blockstream)
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.
Rendered image of Blockstream’s new ASIC Bitcoin miner (Blockstream)

Blockstream's Lisa Neigut speaks at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas. (CoinDesk)
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, ac...
Blockstream's Lisa Neigut speaks at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas. (CoinDesk)

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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.”
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Blockstream founder Adam Back, right, with entrepreneur Kurt Kumar at Construct 2017. (CoinDesk archives)
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.
Blockstream founder Adam Back, right, with entrepreneur Kurt Kumar at Construct 2017. (CoinDesk archives)

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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.
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"The Sailor and the Banker," 1799 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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.
"The Sailor and the Banker," 1799 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)