Adam Back: Future of Bitcoin and Blockstream

The Anita Posch Show: A Bitcoin Only Podcast

English - September 16, 2021 22:13 - 1 hour - 59.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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Previous Episode: Andreas M. Antonopoulos: Lightning Unleashes Bitcoin

Next Episode: Jeff Gallas & Rootz: RaspiBlitz and the Speed of Lightning

My guest is Adam Back the inventor of Hashcash, that was used as the proof-of-work method in Bitcoin. His work is cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper as well as in the Tor Browser whitepaper. Adam is a seasoned cryptographer with a PhD in computer science and distributed systems. As co-founder and CEO of Blockstream he is building the infrastructure for the internet of the future.

Topics:

– Blockstream’s funding and future plans

– Decentralization of mining

– Greenlight: Lightning nodes for everyone

– how Bitcoin supports green energy

– Starlink vs. Blockstream satellites

– Bitcoin R & D and innovations in Altcoins

– Inflation bug in Bitcoin

– Simplicity: Bitcoin smart contracts

– Strategies to de-risk ETFs dangers to Bitcoin

– How to make more bitcoin out of your bitcoin

– DeFi on Bitcoin

– What Adam Back is doing in his spare time

– The Future of Blockstream and Bitcoin

– How Bitcoin has changed Adam Back

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