Adam Back on a Decade of Bitcoin
Mr Obnoxious - Un pódcast de Peter McCormack
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Interview location: London
Interview date: Friday 9th Nov, 2018
Company: Blockstream
Role: CEO
The Bitcoin whitepaper has eight references for eight projects and technologies which enabled and inspired Satoshi Nakamoto to create Bitcoin. One of those references is for Adam Back’s Hashcash, a proof-of-work email anti-spam tool.
Adam’s credentials as an early Bitcoiner are second to none. Not only is he cited in the whitepaper but his contributions to the early discussions around the development of the protocol are documented at the Nakamoto Institute.
Adam is now CEO of Blockstream, a leading developer of Bitcoin technologies. From sidechains to Lightning to their satellite network, Blockstream building out the commercial infrastructure to take Bitcoin to every corner of the earth.
In this interview, Adam reflects on a decade of Bitcoin with me, comparing and contrasting the early days of with now and explains to me why the whitepaper was different from previous attempts at digital cash. We also discuss the launch of liquid, how sidechains work and what is coming up for Blockstream.
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Helpful Links:
Connect with Adam:
- On Twitter @adam3us
- On LinkedIn
- On GitHub
- On AngelList
- On Crunchbase
Connect with Blockstream:
- Website: https://blockstream.com/
- On Twitter
- On LinkedIn
- On Facebook
- On Github
- Liquid
- Elements
- Elements Open Source Website
- Lightning
Epicenter Interviews:
- Episode 65 - Sidechains Unchained
- Episode 95 - Why Bitcoin Needs a Measured Approach to Scaling
Bitcoin History:
- Bitcoin Whitepaper (Adam Cited)
- Hashcash (Adam invention)
- Wei Dai B-Money
- David Chaum’s Digicash
- Nick Szabo’s Bit Gold
Mentioned in the interview:
- Book - True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier
- Lindy Effect
- Bitcoin Censorship Resistance Explained
- Segwit2x
- UASF
- What are Sidechains?
- Dandelions
- Schnorr signature
- What are Confidential Transactions?
- Tor
- PGP Encryption
- Bitcoin Pizza
Other relevant WBD podcasts:
- WBD043: Dan Held on Bitcoin's Immaculate Conception
- WBD037: Jimmy Song on the Game Theory of Bitcoin Attacks and why Proof of Work Needs to be Expensive
- WBD017: Why Small Blocks are Important for Bitcoin with Samson Mow
- WBD003: Bitcoin Philosophy and Tech with Jameson Lopp
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