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Blockstream is the provider of blockchain technologies, on the forefront of work in cryptography and distributed systems. It is renowned architects of Bitcoin, cryptographers, cypherpunks, entrepreneurs, as well as leaders from the business, policy and the open source community. In addition, the Company provides a range of software and hardware solutions and expert professional services to companies deploying new blockchain-based networks.

TypePrivate
Founded2014
HQMontréal, CAMap
Websiteblockstream.com
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Employees (est.) (Oct 2020)57
Cybersecurity ratingCMore

Blockstream Office Locations

Blockstream has an office in Montréal
Montréal, CA (HQ)
1111 Boulevard Dr.-Frederik-Philips #600, Saint-Laurent
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Blockstream Financials and Metrics

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Founding Date

2014

Blockstream total Funding

$101 m

Blockstream latest funding size

$25 m

Time since last funding

3 years ago

Blockstream investors

Horizons Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Khosla Ventures, Digital Garage, Ribbit Capital, Real Ventures, SK Ventures, Reid Hoffman, AME Cloud Ventures, Tencent Holdings, Future Perfect Ventures, Mosaic Ventures, Danny Hillis, Embrase, AXA Strategic Ventures, Blockchain Capital, DG Lab Fund, Tally Capital, Data Collective DCVC
Blockstream's latest funding round in November 2017 was reported to be $25 m. In total, Blockstream has raised $101 m
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Blockstream Cybersecurity Score

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77/100

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Blockstream News and Updates

August 12, 2020

Unpacking the Avit, Avanti Bank’s New Digital Asset Being Built With Blockstream

Avanti says the Avit will not encounter the legal, accounting or tax hurdles of stablecoins, but it’s not yet clear where the asset will fit under U.S. law.
January 20, 2020

Blockstream Co-Founder Joins Bitcoin-Only Startup River Financial

Jonathan Wilkins, a co-founder of Blockstream, is joining up-and-coming bitcoin brokerage River Financial as Chief Security Officer.
August 09, 2019

Blockstream takes on Bitmain with new Bitcoin mining centers (and it’s already getting flak)

Blockstream, the blockchain infrastructure firm that sent a Bitcoin satellite into space, has entered the cryptocurrency mining space. The company revealed details about its Bitcoin mining data centers in Quebec, Canada and Adel, Georgia earlier this week. Currently, Blockstream is working with cust…
August 08, 2019

Blockstream Reveals Massive Bitcoin Mining Facilities, Fidelity An Early Customer

Blockchain technology company Blockstream has entered the Bitcoin mining business.
July 03, 2019

Blockstream Launches Atomic Swaps on Liquid Bitcoin Sidechain

Blockstream has created an "experimental" tool making it easier for users to trade "trustlessly" between tokens on its Liquid sidechain.
May 15, 2019

Blockstream Launches Security Token Platform on Bitcoin Sidechain

Blockstream, the bitcoin-focused startup, is creating a new security token platform on its Liquid sidechain network.
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Blockstream Blogs

September 03, 2020

MuSig-DN: Schnorr Multisignatures with Verifiably Deterministic Nonces

By Jonas Nick and Tim RuffingThe Blockstream Research team have produced a solution for protecting users of the MuSig multisignature scheme against key exfiltration attacks due to bad random number generators and virtual machine reset attacks. This is achieved through a combination of zero-knowledge…
August 17, 2020

Stop. Get Some Help.

For anyone who wants to better understand Blockstream’s products, the Blockstream Help Center is now officially live! This new resource provides key guides and explainers for the Liquid Network, Blockstream Green, and Blockstream Satellite. New sections for our other products will be coming over the…
August 08, 2020

All Paths Lead to Your Destination

Implementing Multi-Part Payments in c-lightningBy Christian DeckerOne core feature in the recently-released c-lightning v0.9.0 is the support for multi-part payments (MPP). MPP is a method to split a single payment into a number of smaller parts that can be sent over separate routes in the Lightning…
August 04, 2020

New Release: c-lightning 0.9.0

Multi-part payments, keysend payments, watchtower support, and PSBT everywhereBy Rusty RussellThe c-lightning team is pleased to announce the release of c-lightning v0.9.0. This is a significant release — delayed by a month from our regular two-month release cadence.c-lightning v0.9.0 encompasses th…
July 29, 2020

Eight New Members Join the Liquid Federation

This week, the Liquid Network welcomed eight new members to the Liquid Federation: CoinShares, Condensat, INX, JST Capital, Paymium, Petrushev Capital, Sevenlabs, and Satoshis Games. The new batch of members brings the Liquid Federation to a total of 53 members, which includes cryptocurrency exchang…
July 25, 2020

Introducing the Blockstream Scam Database

Today we are proud to launch the Blockstream Scam Database, the latest tool in our ongoing effort to fight scammers who hijack the Blockstream brand.
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 Blockstream Frequently Asked Questions

  • When was Blockstream founded?

    Blockstream was founded in 2014.

  • How many employees does Blockstream have?

    Blockstream has 57 employees.

  • Who are Blockstream competitors?

    Competitors of Blockstream include Kadena, Blockstack and Messari.

  • Where is Blockstream headquarters?

    Blockstream headquarters is located at 1111 Boulevard Dr.-Frederik-Philips #600, Saint-Laurent, Montréal.

  • Where are Blockstream offices?

    Blockstream has an office in Montréal.

  • How many offices does Blockstream have?

    Blockstream has 1 office.