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Adam Back is a crypto-hacker and cryptographer born in London in 1970 and is currently living in Malta. Adam Back’s hashcash proof-of-work system is used in counterspam technologies and cryptocurrency mining. Adam Back is one of the first people to work on Bitcoin and was contacted by Nakamoto in 2009 to give his thoughts on hashcashes usage in Bitcoin. Adam Back is a founder of the technology company Blockstream, which is one of the main contributors to Bitcoin Core. As Blockstream’s CEO, Adam brought the company into being a leading developer of the Lightning Network, liquid sidechains and other interesting projects. Adam’s contribution to Bitcoin and cryptography development has made him one of the main cryptocurrency experts today. He is actively doing talks on such topics as privacy, scaling and the future development of Bitcoin.
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As lead maintainer Wladimir van der Laan takes a break from Bitcoin duties, we ask what would happen if the entire Github maintenance team disappeared.
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When determining consensus in the blockchain community, right and wrong isn't always "Black" and "White".
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Wuille will continue contributing to a new Multi-Signature standard for Bitcoin.
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The Winklevoss twins not only share physical similarities, but Twitter habits as well.
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But he didn’t sell anywhere near the top.
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Adam Back has some interesting (if somewhat odd) views on altcoins and the return of Satoshi Nakamoto.
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Adam Back admitted that some ICOs might have funded useful research, but still contends that they are deeply unethical.
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Crypto tribalism shifts up a gear, with Bitcoin pioneer Adam Back lashing out at Ethereum.
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An early Bitcoin adopter contends that Adam Back had a beer with Satoshi Nakamoto in London, while Back categorically denies it.
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Blockchain’s has surpassed 2^92 double-SHA256 hashes, hitting a new milestone.
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Crypto pioneer Adam Back thinks the current financial situation could propel Bitcoin to $300K — even without Goldman Sachs on board.
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Satoshi Nakamoto sought help from expert cryptographers, which allowed him to make Bitcoin secure, says an early developer.
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Inside the Ethereum co-founder’s mental model of Satoshi.
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Researchers examine whether a message signed by a 2009 miner calling Craig Wright a fraud may have been signed by Satoshi Nakamoto.
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