Blockstream is pioneering advancements in cryptocurrencies and blockchains to support a broad range of applications and industries. Blockstream provides companies with the most mature, well tested, and secure blockchain technology in production – the Bitcoin protocol extended via interoperable sidechains – along with one of the most experienced teams in the industry. Blockstream’s core area of innovation is sidechains, a technology focused on improving on the blockchain, the most powerful public utility for distributed trust systems. Sidechains are blockchains that are interoperable with each other and with Bitcoin, avoiding liquidity shortages, market fluctuations, fragmentation, security breaches and outright fraud associated with alternative crypto-currencies.