Blockstamp
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
BlockStamp was a multipurpose Bitcoin blockchain fork developed by the BlockStamp Foundation, a not-for-profit organization. With one-minute block times, 1 MB transaction limits and the BST coin, it aimed to be a decentralized digital timestamp notary for transparently sealing data, while also hosting a gambling platform advertised as radically fair with zero-percent edges and minimal fees, plus censorship-resistant web publishing and a peer-to-peer domain naming system. Development eventually ceased and the project was marked as Deadpooled, with BST trading volume and market capitalization falling to zero.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Project developed
The BlockStamp Foundation developed a multipurpose Bitcoin blockchain fork with one-minute blocks and 1 MB transaction limits, designed to combine transparent data timestamping, a gambling platform, and censorship-resistant publishing around the BST coin.
- Peak price
BST reached its all-time high of about $2 in April 2021.
- Development ceased
Active development and operations stopped; the project was later marked as Deadpooled, with BST market capitalization and trading volume falling to zero (last price data dated June 2022).
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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