Blockstream

Bitcoin: When Lightning Strikes
Bitcoin: When Lightning Strikes
Lightning Labs Director of Business Development Ryan Gentry, Blockstream's Lightning Protocol Engineer Lisa Neigut and Miles Suter, Crypto Product Lead at Cash APP join Consen...
Bitcoin: When Lightning Strikes

Bitcoin’s Many Narratives: Digital Gold, Payments, Platform
Bitcoin’s Many Narratives: Digital Gold, Payments, Platform
Dr. Adam Back, CEO and Co-founder of Blockstream, Mike Brock, TBD Lead at Block and Researcher Tadge Dryja join Consensus 2022 for a conversation on the many narratives of bit...
Bitcoin’s Many Narratives: Digital Gold, Payments, Platform

Consensus 2022 Foundations: Bitcoin
Consensus 2022 Foundations: Bitcoin
Data Scientist Alyssa Blackburn discusses the early days of Bitcoin, followed by a Q&A moderated by CoinDesk’s David Morris. Plus, a conversation between Jimmy Song (Bitcoin T...
Consensus 2022 Foundations: Bitcoin

Blockstream CEO Breaks Down the BIP119 Saga
Blockstream CEO Breaks Down the BIP119 Saga
Reacting to Bitcoin core developer Jeremy Rubin lobbying for a Speedy Trial of his Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) 119, Blockstream CEO Adam Back discusses what BIP119 is a...
Blockstream CEO Breaks Down the BIP119 Saga

Samson Mow on Nation-State Bitcoin Adoption, BTC Dominance, and More
Samson Mow on Nation-State Bitcoin Adoption, BTC Dominance, and More
Samson Mow, formerly of Blockstream, discusses his start-up business JAN3, and the company’s ambitions to “accelerate hyper-bitcoinization.”
Samson Mow on Nation-State Bitcoin Adoption, BTC Dominance, and More

Solar panels at dusk (Justin Paget/Getty images)
Tesla, Blockstream, Block to Mine Bitcoin Using Solar Power in Texas
The project aims to show that bitcoin mining using 100% renewable energy can be done at scale, says Blockstream CEO Adam Back.
Solar panels at dusk (Justin Paget/Getty images)

Samson Mow (Pixelmatic)
Samson Mow Exits Blockstream to Focus on Nation-State Bitcoin Adoption
With Infinite Fleet close to the beta stage, Mow said he will also divert more attention to his gaming company Pixelmatic.
Samson Mow (Pixelmatic)

El Salvador to Issue $1B Bitcoin Bond Between March 15-20
El Salvador to Issue $1B Bitcoin Bond Between March 15-20
El Salvador’s bitcoin bond is coming. Samson Mow, Chief Strategy Officer at Blockstream, tells “All About Bitcoin” that commitments are mainly coming from bitcoin whales and c...
El Salvador to Issue $1B Bitcoin Bond Between March 15-20

El Salvador (Esaú González/Unsplash)
El Salvador Bitcoin Bond Issuance Coming as Soon as March 15: Finance Minister
In a TV appearance, Alejandro Zelaya also confirmed that the coupon for the paper will be 6.5%.
El Salvador (Esaú González/Unsplash)

Construction workers, who are paid in Bitcoin, work on a building outside the Bitcoin Beach office in El Zonte, El Salvador, on Monday, June 14, 2021. El Salvador has become the first country to formally adopt Bitcoin as legal tender after President Nayib Bukele said congress approved his landmark proposal.
Behind the Scenes of El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bond With the Man Who Designed It
Samson Mow reveals the fast-moving process behind a radical financial experiment.
Construction workers, who are paid in Bitcoin, work on a building outside the Bitcoin Beach office in El Zonte, El Salvador, on Monday, June 14, 2021. El Salvador has become the first country to formally adopt Bitcoin as legal tender after President Nayib Bukele said congress approved his landmark proposal.