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Re:Blockstream closes $21M round by bdr on Monday November 17, 2014 @05:49PM (#8621244)
For one, this company has all of the smartest people.
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Re:Blockstream closes $21M round by bbcbasic on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @12:03AM (#8622449)
Almost the entire team are Bitcoin core contributors.

They probably didn't need investment. Anyone who contributed to the core probably mined alot in the early days and therefore has a stash of bitcoins.

However being smart they decided to risk someone elses money.

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