Curiosity about the Streamr project from the community continues to grow, along with the broader interest in decentralised applications, blockchain technology and smart contacts. Three-and-a-half months on from our crowdfunding, many of you out there have sent us some really in-depth questions with a number … Read more
Welcome to the Streamr team’s first developer update! I’m Aapeli Haanpuu and I’ll be here to update you every month about how our software development is coming along and what each member of the team has been up to during the last 30 days or … Read more
Last week we announced some big news. For a few months, you’ve been telling us that you wanted a roadmap with firmer timetables. Needless to say, your opinions are super important to us, so we’ve acted. In our monthly update vlog Transmission #3 I announced … Read more
Despite its potential to be one of the great global disruptors of the next two decades, the blockchain is still far from user-friendly. For a start, exchanging digital tokens and managing private keys securely can be cumbersome. The blockchain also lacks ease and efficiency when … Read more
In November, we had the pleasure to demo at Slush, Europe’s biggest startup event. We had a very productive time there, with one of the highlights being our meeting with the brilliant guys from Ruuvi. This Finnish company has developed very impressive Bluetooth sensors called … Read more
Streamr is excited to announce the appointment of its first Head of Communications, the former Guardian investigative journalist, Shiv Malik. Malik will immediately start growing Streamr’s community and explaining its vision to the wider world. He joins direct from the Golem project in Poland, where … Read more
Blockchain technology has enabled us to interact with each other in totally new ways. So much so, that it has the potential to become one of history’s greatest global disruptors. One hugely important potential benefit of its decentralized ledger technology is the way it can … Read more
It’s always great to hook up with other developers and Ethereum enthusiasts, especially in your home country. What’s more, we’re now doing even more to make ourselves available to the community. So, I was very happy to showcase Streamr at a meetup in downtown Helsinki … Read more
(A transcript of the video follows below) Transmission #1 — Streamr update Hi, I’m Henri from Streamr. Welcome to the first episode of Transmission! This is a series of regular updates on the Streamr project. We decided to start with this home-made quality vlog because it’s so … Read more
We’re happy to announce that as part of our ongoing efforts to improve our community outreach and communications we’ve now launched an official Streamr subreddit. A great way to help the community grow and learn more For us, and the wider Blockchain community, as with … Read more
Back now in Europe after Devcon3. Weatherwise, of course, things are not quite the same here, drizzle and 5 degrees above zero being the order of the day. But we bring back many warm memories! Devcon 3 was a great experience, the event hummed along … Read more
In a previous blog post, we hinted at a nice little surprise coming up. Well, for sure, the recently announced major exchange listing will count as one, but that’s not the surprise we had in mind at the time. We were planning an airdrop. An … Read more
Dear community, We’ve never worked so hard, so focused, and so inspired than during the past one and a half years or so. During that time we have fallen in love with the decentralised and blockchain technology, and found a way to apply our expertise, … Read more
TL; DR: Registration period Oct 6–9th, Contribution period Oct 12–26th. Dear community, registration for the Streamr crowd contribution period will begin on Friday, October 6th at 12:00 UTC. Mark your calendars! Our pre-contribution period was a success beyond expectations, but even so, there were several … Read more
It is of course no surprise that we at Streamr take security very seriously; our entire real-time data platform depends on users being able to trust the system at all levels. The same can be said about nearly every other project in the space. Unfortunately, … Read more
Dear community, we are humbled by the attention and support we have received from you so far. On our Slack, there are now around 1,400 members. We had people staying up until the early hours just to be among the first to sign up for … Read more
What’s the gravest risk to the planet, to the environment, and to our wellbeing? While there is always the chance of falling prey to a nuclear, biological, or epidemiological disaster or even artificial intelligence run amok, we see the global climate change as one of … Read more
EDIT: Postponed pre-contribution period by 48 hours to start on Thursday, September 14th at 12:00 UTC If you’re new to Streamr, this video explains Streamr in 2 minutes. The characteristics of the whole Streamr system are described in detail on our website and in our … Read more
We last visited Amsterdam and Bitcoin Wednesday in July, with Henri giving a talk on the Streamr vision for a low-latency, scalable, decentralized stack for real-time data. Frans Kempen from IBM was kind enough to chair the session. He even found the time to interview … Read more
(If you can’t watch the video, find the text below): Streamr aims to tokenize the value in real-time data. For example, let’s consider a self-driving electric car. For optimal operation, it constantly needs data from other machines, such as traffic congestion information from other cars, … Read more