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layout: "base"
title: "Who's Onboard"
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<h1>This page is outdated. We successfully scaled on-chain with Bitcoin Cash</h1>
<p> </p><p> </p>
<h1>Support for BIP109</h1>
<p>BIP109 is a proposal to increase the block size to 2MB endorsed and implemented in Bitcoin XT and Bitcoin Classic. For list of supporters of BIP109, see the <a href="https://bitcoinclassic.com/">Bitcoin Classic website</a>.
<h1>Companies that supported BIP101</h1>
<p>BIP101 is a proposal to increasing block size and was implemented in Bitcoin XT. It did not gain enough traction as has now been withdrawn. The following companies voiced their public support of BIP101 in 2015:</p>
<p><b>November 3rd</b></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.coinbase.com"><img class="onboard_logo" src="/img/logos/coinbase.png"/></a>
<a href="https://www.coinbase.com">Coinbase</a> is a bitcoin wallet and exchange company headquartered in San
Francisco, California. It operates exchanges between bitcoin and fiat currencies in 26 countries, and bitcoin
transactions and storage in 190 countries worldwide. More than 2 million users make advantage of their bitcoin wallet
service.<br />
(<a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/coinbase-ceo-brian-armstrong-bip-is-the-best-proposal-we-ve-seen-so-far-1446584055">Proof</a>)
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<p><b>September 15th</b></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.coinify.com"><img class="onboard_logo" src="/img/logos/coinify.png"/></a>
<a href="https://www.coinify.com">Coinify</a> drives mainstream adoption of blockchain payments for merchants
and consumers. 10,000 merchants benefit from Coinify's Payment Service enabling free, instant settlements in
a fraud-free and chargeback-free payment environment, while consumers get access to secure one-click payments.
Coinify is backed by a multi-million capital injection from SEED Capital
(funded by the Danish Government) and Accelerace, and is the leading European blockchain payments provider.
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<p><b>August 24th</b></p>
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<p><a href="https://bitpay.com"><img class="onboard_logo" src="/img/logos/bitpay.png"/></a>
<a href="https://bitpay.com">BitPay</a> is a global bitcoin payment service provider headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
It was founded in May 2011 by Tony Gallippi and Stephen Pair. BitPay provides payment processing services for merchants,
and is one of the largest Bitcoin payment processors. In 2014, BitPay started processing $1 million USD daily.
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<p><a href="https://bitnet.io"><img class="onboard_logo" src="/img/logos/bitnet.png"/></a>
<a href="https://bitnet.io">Bitnet</a> provides a digital commerce platform enabling enterprise-scale merchants to accept bitcoin payments.
Bitnet's engineering, product, and business development team helped build and manage the world's largest payment gateway, CyberSource,
which was sold to the world's largest payment network, Visa, for $2 billion in 2010.
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<p><a href="https://www.circle.com"><img class="onboard_logo" src="/img/logos/circle.png"/></a>
<a href="https://www.circle.com">Circle</a> is a digital currency company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Founded by serial Internet entrepreneur Jeremy Allaire, Circle aims to build on the open foundations of Bitcoin to deliver products
that can facilitate mainstream adoption of digital currency. Circle has received $76 million in venture capital investments.
</p>
<p><a href="https://blockchain.com"><img class="onboard_logo" src="/img/logos/blockchain.png"/></a>
<a href="https://blockchain.com">Blockchain</a> is currently the provider of the world's most popular Bitcoin wallet,
the most widely used Bitcoin APIs, the most popular block explorer and search engine, and has what is widely recognized
as the strongest, most trusted brand in Bitcoin. Experiencing a rapid expansion during the course of two years,
Blockchain exploded from 100,000 users to over 3,500,000 users.
</p>
<p><a href="https://xapo.com"><img class="onboard_logo" src="/img/logos/xapo.png"/></a>
<a href="https://xapo.com">Xapo</a> combines the convenience of an everyday bitcoin wallet with the security of a deep
cold storage vault. The company has raised $40 million from Benchmark, Greylock Partners, Index Ventures,
Fortress Investment Group, Ribbit Capital and Emergence Capital Partners.
</p>
<p><a href="https://www.itbit.com"><img class="onboard_logo" src="/img/logos/itbit.png"/></a>
<a href="https://www.itbit.com">itBit</a> is a global bitcoin exchange offering institutional and retail investors
a powerful platform to buy and sell bitcoin. The company received more than $5 million in venture capital from
Canaan Partners, RRE Ventures, Liberty City Ventures, and angel investors Jay W. Jordan II and Ben Davenport.
</p>
<p><a href="https://www.bitgo.com"><img class="onboard_logo" src="/img/logos/bitgo.png"/></a>
<a href="https://www.bitgo.com">BitGo</a> launched the first ever multi-signature Bitcoin wallet in 2013,
and continues to create innovative security services on top of emerging industry standards. The company operates
a security-as-a-service platform that powers the industry's most secure, enterprise Bitcoin wallet with solutions
for corporate treasury and key management. The company has raised $12 million in funding led by Redpoint Ventures.
</p>
<p><a href="http://www.kncminer.com"><img class="onboard_logo" src="/img/logos/knc.png"/></a>
<a href="http://www.kncminer.com">KnCMiner</a> delivers efficient, secure and green blockchain power to the world.
The company is an expert in ASIC design as well as in building, equipping and running large data centers on renewable green hydropower.
It raised the total of $29 million in venture capital investments.
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<p><a href="/industry-letter.pdf" target="_blank">Signed Letter (pdf)</a></p>
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</section>
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