Blockdaemon Blog

From our team to yours, we truly hope that you are staying safe, healthy, and calm as we try to flatten the curve in these difficult times. Even though our team is distributed and used to working remotely, we are adjusting to this new normal and extend support to our community as everyone finds their new rhythms.…Read More

Since the start of 2020 we’ve been seeing the blockchain stack become more interoperable and integrating protocols, node operations, custodians, and exchanges. This streamlining of services is a massive benefit to users and especially our customers as we’ve been at the core of the integrations.…Read More

New Releases and Partnerships As October comes to a close, Blockdaemon is busier than ever. We’re participating in staking competitions, adding new nodes and features to our web console, and routing payments on the Lightning Network (while helping you participate on your own as well). Check out what we’ve been up to:   Partnerships Blockdaemon…Read More

We had a great time at the first Lightning Conference in Berlin earlier this month where we launched Blockdaemon support for Lightning nodes. We’re ecstatic about the potential of Lightning to ease the burden of on-chain transactions for Bitcoin and the timing feels right for proper enterprise tooling for Lightning nodes as Enterprise adoption is…Read More

Every blockchain network requires a consensus mechanism to validate each new block added to the chain. Consensus mechanisms allow the nodes on a blockchain to agree upon the accuracy of each block of transactions before it is added to the chain, preventing fraudulent transactions and errors. Two of the most commonly used consensus mechanisms in…Read More

September’s focus at Blockdaemon has been evolving and enhancing our protocol offerings and partnerships, while continuing to improve our platform behind the scenes. We’ve also been at top events in the industry and look forward to a busy fall!…Read More

This year’s Berlin Blockchain Week was really a week long celebration of all that makes this city a foundational piece of the global blockchain jigsaw puzzle. The community travelled, (hopefully carbon offsetted) and converged in Germany for an action-packed week of events and hackathons. EthBerlin was nothing short of the authentic, developer-centric vibe you expect to see flowing out of this critical hub of the Web 3 ecosystem. …Read More

Being one of the first protocols we supported, Stellar has been part of our platform’s deploy tooling for over a year. We’ve seen a lot of growth on this protocol in the second half of 2019 with expanding feature advancements, and will continue to deepen our commitment to the protocol. …Read More

Blockdaemon is a long-time supporter and a firm believer in the potential of the Algorand blockchain and ecosystem. From running participation & relay nodes during the early days of the pre launch testnet, to deploying and operating high performance nodes, Blockdaemon wanted to ensure a smooth MainNet launch for the Algorand network.…Read More

Expanding our offerings in our Node Marketplace has been a primary focus for us in August with adding protocols to our multi-cloud infrastructure and datacenter, and working with excellent partners to deepen our offerings. …Read More

On June 4th, Blockdaemon, Hyperledger, Google, Tendermint, and Heavybit discussed Hyperledger Fabric (project hosted by the Linux Foundation) with a focus on dev tools, networks and decentralization that will make it easier to implement, manage, and build on top of all of the emerging public and private blockchain networks.…Read More

Summer 2019 has been busy for Blockdaemon with connecting protocols to our multi-cloud infrastructure and datacenter, and adding deep partnerships with cloud-formation tooling providers like Splunk to ensure best of breed monitoring. …Read More

May has been filled with excellent conversations at events between NY Blockchain week to Blockchain week Ireland and we are looking forward to an event-filled June!…Read More