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Fidelity Joins Blockstream’s New Institutional Bitcoin Mining Service

source-logo  cointelegraph.com 09 August 2019 05:36, UTC

Blockchain technology company Blockstream has announced details of its Bitcoin mining services. In a blog post on Aug. 8, the company revealed two massive data centers for enterprise class co-location services, along with Blockstream Pool, using the BetterHash protocol. Its aim is to maintain the decentralization of the Bitcoin network.

Your Bitcoin mining equipment, Blockstream’s>reportedly filing for a New York Trust License last month.

First mining pool using BetterHash protocol

The other part of Blockstream’s mining service provision is the world’s first mining pool using the BetterHash protocol. BetterHash reportedly allows individual miners to control which transactions are included in their newly mined blocks.

This solves a key issue with many mining pools, in which the pool operators determine which transactions to include. As such, decentralization is increased, and potential attacks on the network become much more difficult.

Away from mining, Blockstream is busy developing its Liquid sidechain project, bringing speed and cost benefits to the Bitcoin network.

cointelegraph.com