Montreal, QC, Nov. 19, 2024.

We’re thrilled to welcome Sean Bill (@macrocrunch) as our Chief Investment Officer to lead Blockstream’s new Asset Management Division.

🧵 Sean Bill brings over 30 years of experience in traditional finance, including roles as CIO at Prime Meridian Capital Management and Treasurer at Santa Clara VTA.

He’s a recognized leader and advocate for Bitcoin adoption in institutional portfolios.

https://x.com/PMIfunds/status/1715114451803005375

Blockstream has closed a $210M convertible note financing round led by @FulgurVentures, driving our mission to bring Bitcoin into global finance.

This capital accelerates layer-2 development, expands mining ahead of the next Bitcoin cycle, and grows one of the world’s largest BTC treasuries. Our layer-2 solutions, @Liquid_BTC and @BlksGreenlight, bring secure, scalable Bitcoin tools to meet rising enterprise demand for Bitcoin-powered finance. Liquid builds the core infrastructure for asset tokenization on Bitcoin, while Greenlight enables non-custodial Lightning Network payments for developers and businesses.

Six years ago we launched the #BlockstreamSatellite project because we believe that anyone, anywhere should be able to access #Bitcoin

Bookmark this thread to celebrate the BlockSat and learn how to integrate this next level Bitcoin technology into your stack ⬇️ Happy birthday #BlockstreamSatellite, stay Cypherpunk

🧵 We’ve put together a #BlockstreamJade thread for you to bookmark that explores some of the features that make Jade one of the most secure & powerful #Bitcoin hardware wallets available ⬇️ Learn about Jade’s virtual secure element

https://twitter.com/Blockstream/status/1673113510283448320

Jade supports the creation of child BIP39 recovery phrases using the BIP85 specification.

A child recovery phrase is created from an index number and the wallet stored on Jade, allowing you to derive wallets from a parent or "master" wallet. From a single seed phrase, BIP85 can be used to derive seed phrases to "child" wallets. You can use these child wallets in different contexts (ex. mobile hot wallet, starter wallet for spouse/mom/dad/whoever).

1/ #LAYER2ROUNDUP: c-lightning undergoes a name refresh and is now #CoreLightning, #Bitcoin capacity on Lightning ⚡️ eclipses Liquid 🌊 for the first time, Liquid uses DynaFed, & @TheBitcoinConf hosts many layer-2 panels; lets recap👇🧐 2/ In an April Fools fake-out, the community-driven ⚡️ implementation c-lightning underwent a name refresh to officially become #CoreLightning.

Follow: @Core_LN

TG: [t.me/lightningd]

Discord: [discord.gg/EuprYqysDc]

Details: [blog.blockstream.com/en-c-lightning…]

1/ #LAYER2ROUNDUP: Welcome to the latest thread of our monthly series on Lightning and Liquid. What you missed:

⚡️ LN capacity at all-time highs, up 200% yoy
🌇 #LightningHackdayIST
🔖 New research from @vulpemventures
⛏️ BMN on @BFXSecurities

and much more👇🧐 2/ #Bitcoin capacity for both the @Liquid_BTC and #LightningNetwork continues to steadily rise with year-over-year growth LQ ~25% / LN ~200%, respectively. 🌊⚡️

1/ #LAYER2ROUNDUP: In Jan, both protocols had a slew of big announcements:

🌋 #BitcoinBond update
🥕 #Taproot on @Liquid_BTC
🏛 New #LiquidFederation members
🇦🇷 @ln_strike launches in Argentina
⚡️ Anniversary of the #LightningNetwork whitepaper

Let's review and more👇🧐 2/ Network capacity for both the @Liquid_BTC and #LightningNetwork continued to expand, LQ (3,528) / LN (3,399), reaching new highs for a combined capacity of 6,927 #Bitcoin.

Year-over-year, network capacity has grown LQ 25% / LN 290%, respectively. 🌊⚡️

1/ Blockstream 2021: #TowardsHyperbitcoinization

2021 was a breakthrough year for #Blockstream and the #Bitcoin ecosystem. In the spirit of the new year, we wanted to reflect on some of our ambitious projects.

Thread👇
blog.blockstream.com/blockstream-20… 2/ January: We first announced the #BlockstreamJade hardware wallet (now fully compatible with @SpecterWallet and @BitcoinCoreorg nodes). 💎🌊

https://twitter.com/Blockstream/status/1345874512739512328

1/ #LAYER2ROUNDUP: Last month, Lightning implementations #clightning and #LND rolled out major updates, and @Liquid_BTC took centerstage at @AdoptingBTC for the #BitcoinBond announcement.

Combined #L2 capacity also reached a new high of 6,661 BTC (~$377M). 2/ We begin at the @TABConf in Atlanta with a #LightningNetwork panel - @alexbosworth, @gkrizek, @niftynei, and @TheBlueMatt - who discussed off-chain scaling, privacy on Lightning, and liquidity ads.

We're excited to support El Salvador on its journey towards adoption of the #Bitcoin standard. As the leading Bitcoin infrastructure provider, we commit to supporting public and private stakeholders in El Salvador in the following ways. 1/ * Providing #Bitcoin and @Liquid_BTC satellite infrastructure to ensure redundancy of those networks.
* Supporting the development of the Bitcoin mining industry in El Salvador using our expertise in enterprise mining operations and energy management. 2/

Together with @Square, we're building an open-source fully solar-powered #Bitcoin mining facility at one of our US #BlockstreamMining locations to demonstrate how #BTC mining and renewables can drive the clean energy transition. ☀️⛏️ blockstream.com/2021/06/05/en-… .@Square intends to invest $5M in the facility, with @Blockstream providing infrastructure and expertise to build and manage the project. The facility will be a proof-of-concept for a 100% renewable energy #Bitcoin mine at scale.