SLP300 Adam Back Bitcoin, Privacy & Censorship Resistance

Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, cryptographer and privacy advocate, inventor of Hashcash and cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper rejoins me on the show. We chat:

• Regulatory environment for Bitcoin vs building


• ‘Crypto wars’ in the 90s


• Proof of Work


• Bitcoin privacy


• Confidential Transactions in Liquid and for Bitcoin


• Trade offs involved


• Blockstream satellite base station


• Bitcoin development

Previous episode:

• SLP 42 Adam Back, CEO Of Blockstream - Blockstream Satellite, Tim May, Bitcoin Privacy

Sponsors:

• Swan Bitcoin


• Hodl Hodl Lend


• Compass Mining


• Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)


• CypherSafe (code LIVERA)


• CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

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