Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Blockstream Announces Liquid – the First Sidechain for Bitcoin Exchanges

Blockstream has announced its first Bitcoin sidechain called Liquid, set to be launched in early 2016. The sidechain will serve payment processors and brokerages among a dozen other major traders and licensed exchanges with instantaneous and secure transactions. Months after releasing the source code of Sidechain Elements - a codebase for developers to experiment and build sidechains, Blockstream, a startup comprising of a group of core Bitcoin developers has announced the first commercial application of sidechain technology with Liquid. Blockstream, having raised $21 million in venture capital late last year is gearing to deploy Liquid to be used among exchanges, […]

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