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Blockstream

Blockstream develops Bitcoin-focused infrastructure, including software wallets, hardware devices, and layer-2 functionality.
240 Stockton St Fl 5, San Francisco, CA 94108, United States, United States
Current stage: Series B13 current maintainers9 active leads4 new active leads3 lead step-downs2 lead movements2 early lead departures

Maintainer signals as of Aug 10, 2026


Maintainer Intelligence

This view starts from the canonical internal-employee model. A maintainer is an internal employee who merged at least one pull request in a non-fork repository; external contributors, bots, and PR authors are not treated as causal. Active leads have merged within the last three months.

13

Current maintainers

9

Active leads

4

New active leads

3

Lead step-downs

2

Lead movements

2

Early lead departures

Signals as of Aug 10, 2026github.com/blockstream

Maintainers (29)

@stringhandlerCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Apr 13, 2026
Last merge
Jun 26, 2026
Active leadEarly maintainer
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@ikripakaCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Nov 5, 2025
Last merge
Nov 7, 2025
Early maintainer
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@KyrylRFormer employee
PRs merged
2
Internal authors supported
1
Currently active authors
1
First merge
Nov 17, 2025
Last merge
Mar 20, 2026

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@JamieDriverFormer employee
PRs merged
2
Internal authors supported
1
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Feb 15, 2021
Last merge
Apr 16, 2025
Early maintainer

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@apoelstraFormer employee
PRs merged
2
Internal authors supported
1
Currently active authors
1
First merge
Oct 22, 2015
Last merge
Jul 8, 2024
Early maintainer

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Maintainer Movements (16)

@apoelstra moved lead merge authority to The Liquid Network.

Confirmed May 21, 2026 · Active · Early maintainer

Last source merge Jul 8, 2024 · First destination merge May 21, 2026

@nepet moved lead merge authority to The Liquid Network.

Confirmed Mar 5, 2026 · Observed

Last source merge Jul 4, 2025 · First destination merge Mar 5, 2026

@noib3 moved lead merge authority to Nomad.

Confirmed Nov 9, 2023 · Observed

Last source merge Dec 5, 2022 · First destination merge Nov 9, 2023

@stevenroose moved lead merge authority to The Liquid Network.

Confirmed Mar 2, 2021 · Observed

Last source merge Oct 2, 2019 · First destination merge Mar 2, 2021

@RCasatta moved lead merge authority to Bitcoin Dev Kit Foundation.

Confirmed Feb 26, 2021 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Nov 13, 2020 · First destination merge Feb 26, 2021

@greenaddress moved lead merge authority to The Liquid Network.

Confirmed Nov 25, 2020 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Jul 8, 2020 · First destination merge Nov 25, 2020

@jgriffiths moved lead merge authority to The Liquid Network.

Confirmed Jul 14, 2020 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Nov 28, 2018 · First destination merge Jul 14, 2020

@wintercooled moved lead merge authority to The Liquid Network.

Confirmed Mar 11, 2020 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Mar 19, 2019 · First destination merge Mar 11, 2020

@instagibbs moved lead merge authority to Bitcoin Core.

Confirmed Oct 22, 2019 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Jul 22, 2019 · First destination merge Aug 29, 2019

@glslang moved lead merge authority to The Liquid Network.

Confirmed Oct 2, 2019 · Observed

Last source merge Mar 4, 2019 · First destination merge Oct 2, 2019

@shesek moved lead merge authority to The Liquid Network.

Confirmed May 17, 2019 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Feb 17, 2019 · First destination merge Apr 13, 2019

@greenaddress moved lead merge authority to The Liquid Network.

Confirmed Feb 6, 2018 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Oct 30, 2017 · First destination merge Feb 6, 2018

@apoelstra moved lead merge authority to The Liquid Network.

Confirmed Jan 22, 2016 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Oct 22, 2015 · First destination merge Nov 26, 2015

@TheBlueMatt moved lead merge authority to The Liquid Network.

Confirmed Jun 9, 2015 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Nov 30, 2014 · First destination merge Jun 9, 2015