PeerStream Working in Parallel on Video Streaming Layer
NEW YORK, NY, Nov. 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- PeerStream, Inc. (“PeerStream,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”) (OTCQB:PEER), a global internet solutions provider driving adoption of emerging blockchain technologies, today released an update on its collaboration with its Business Solutions client, ProximaX Limited (“ProximaX”). ProximaX recently announced that it launched the first test network (“TestNet”) of the blockchain layer of the ProximaX Sirius platform, which is an important milestone for this promising development platform. PeerStream has been a contributor to the project since its launch in April 2018, and the foundational TestNet launch will provide a platform for future software and services provided by PeerStream.
ProximaX is building a next generation blockchain platform and protocol enhanced with three major functional components: decentralized database, decentralized file management system, and multimedia communications. Pursuant to PeerStream’s technology services agreement with ProximaX, PeerStream has agreed to license and integrate PeerStream Protocol (“PSP”) as the layer responsible for providing the multimedia communications of the final ProximaX Sirius platform, which is expected to launch by the summer of 2019. PeerStream has been building PSP in parallel with the ProximaX team’s work.
“Deploying the TestNet is an important first step towards the launch of the ProximaX production main network, which is expected in 2019. Future TestNet updates will integrate the platform’s differentiating features, such as the live video streaming and communications protocol that PeerStream is providing. We are collaborating on a daily basis with the ProximaX core team and are pleased with the significant progress that has collectively been made,” said Eric Sackowitz, Chief Technology Officer of PeerStream.
About PeerStream, Inc. (OTCQB: PEER)
PeerStream is a global internet solutions provider pioneering the real-world adoption of emerging blockchain technologies by developing software, services and applications for corporate clients and consumers. The Company’s Business Solutions group is able to provide advisory and implementation services to enterprise clients to help them meet strategic objectives using blockchain technology. PeerStream also will be supporting clients’ transition to blockchain through license of proprietary software such as PSP, a protocol for decentralized multimedia communications and live video streaming currently in development. For nearly twenty years, the Company has built and continues to operate innovative consumer apps, including Paltalk, one of the largest live video social communities, and Backchannel, a blockchain-based secure video messaging app expected to launch in private beta form in late 2018. PeerStream has a long history of technology innovation and holds 26 patents.
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