Bloq launches BloqEnterprise OS, forms board of advisors

At the 2016 Consensus blockchain conference last week, Bloq revealed its first product: a multi-pronged blockchain software solution that allows enterprise users to create, update and analyze their own public, private and permissioned blockchains.

The product, called BloqEnterprise, will serve as a blockchain OS for private and public blockchains.

According to a press release, BloqEnterprise includes the following components:

• BloqRouter: the world’s fastest, most secure bitcoin full node, with a hardened Bitcoin Core fork and option to switch to Bitcoin Classic (BIP 109);
• BloqDev: a battle-tested, bitcoin-oriented enterprise blockchain application development environment for Java, JavaScript, and Python;
• BloqView: a network-level “weather report” dashboard featuring data analytics and anomaly detection for public and private blockchain networks that answer key clients’ key questions;
• BloqSLA: an enterprise-grade Service Level Agreement for 24-7 support; and
• BloqThink: a high-level strategic professional services component.

BloqEnterprise uses a trustless build architect, which Bloq co-founder Jeff Garzik said in the press release is “the most hardened build infrastructure in fintech.” It uses Gitian technology to demonstrate to customers the impossibility of a back-door vulnerability or hack. Hot fixes are delivered within hours, with significant updates taking place two or three times annually.

In a separate press release, the Chicago-based Bloq announced prominent new members to its team, as well as the creation of its board of advisors.

Andreas Schildbach – a fixture in the blockchain community (he developed the first Android bitcoin wallet) has joined Bloq as a developer. The company also welcomed former Yale University statistician and Truthcoin chief scientist Paul Sztorc as an economist.

Bloq’s newly formed advisory board is made up of the following individuals:

• Gavin Andresen – Bitcoin Core Developer, MIT Digital Currency Initiative;
• Andrew Filipowski – Chairman of Tally Capital, and Founder and former Chairman and CEO of Platinum Technology;
• William Mougayar – General Partner of Virtual Capital Ventures, author of The Business Blockchain;
• James Newsome – Founding Partner of Delta Strategy Group, Chairman of the CFTC (2000-04), and CEO of the New York Mercantile Exchange (2004-08); and
• Nick Szabo – Cryptographer, Digital Currency Researcher and Smart Contracts Pioneer

“Each team member and advisor brings incredible knowledge and experience, providing immediate impact to Bloq,” said co-founder Matthew Roszak in the press release. “These new additions signal our commitment to building the future of blockchain with the brightest minds and best talent.”

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