Blockstream
Blockstream describes itself as a Bitcoin and digital-asset infrastructure company 'building the foundations for the financial infrastructure of the future'. Its products include the Blockstream app (formerly Green), the Jade hardware wallet and the Liquid sidechain.
What it does
Blockstream describes itself as a Bitcoin and digital-asset infrastructure company 'building the foundations for the financial infrastructure of the future'. Its products include the Blockstream app (formerly Green), the Jade hardware wallet and the Liquid sidechain.
At Plan ₿ Week Lugano 2026
Sponsor of the Satoshi Spritz Special; host of 'Blockstream x Gonet & Cie SA: Strategic Insights' at its new Lugano office; Blockstream Capital Partners co-hosts The Future of Capital Markets; speaker at SwissLedger Plan ₿ Edition. CEO Adam Back speaks at the Plan ₿ Forum. Events: Satoshi Spritz Special, Blockstream x Gonet & Cie SA: Strategic Insights, The Future of Capital Markets, SwissLedger Plan ₿ Edition.
Listed from the public Plan ₿ Week schedule (planbweek.com, checked 21 October 2026). Being listed here does not mean any partnership with this site.
See also
- Adam BackAdam Back: Inventor of Hashcash, cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper; co-founder and CEO of Blockstream. Cypherpunk and cryptographer. In 1997 he proposed Hashcash, the proof-of-work that Bitcoin mining uses. In 2008 Satoshi emailed him before publishing the whitepaper, and he pointed Satoshi to Wei Dai's b-money. In 2024 he testified in COPA v Wright.
- Blockstream Jade / Jade PlusBlockstream Jade / Jade Plus is a hardware wallet. From Blockstream. Works over USB or Bluetooth, or fully offline via QR codes. Supports Bitcoin and Blockstream's Liquid network only.
- Liquid sidechain goes live27 Sept 2018: Blockstream's federated sidechain Liquid produces its first block at 01:29 UTC with 23 member companies; the launch is announced on 10 October.
- Hashcash is announced28 Mar 1997: Adam Back announces “hash cash postage” on the cypherpunks list: a sender proves work by finding a partial SHA-1 collision, which is costly to make and instant to check.
- Gonet & Cie SAGonet presents itself as a Swiss private bank since 1845. It is a general private bank, not a Bitcoin-only company.
References
- Blockstream: official site (blockstream.com) blockstream.com
- Plan ₿ Week 2026: Satoshi Spritz Special planbweek.com
- Plan ₿ Week 2026: Blockstream x Gonet & Cie SA: Strategic Insights planbweek.com
- Plan ₿ Week 2026: The Future of Capital Markets planbweek.com
- Plan ₿ Week 2026: SwissLedger Plan ₿ Edition planbweek.com