Adam Back News

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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Ex-PayPal COO Hails Bitcoin ‘Acceleration’ as He Joins Lightning Torch Relay

FEB 27, 2019
by William Suberg

Reid Hoffman inherited the Lightning Torch from Blockstream CEO Adam Back, with the next participant still a mystery.

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Happy Birthday Bitcoin, and Don’t Forget About Cypherpunks - Keiser

JAN 04, 2018
by Gareth Jenkinson

As the world celebrates the ninth birthday of Bitcoin’s genesis block, Max Keiser reminds us to be mindful of the 40-year history of cryptography.

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Analysis

Adam Back: Bitcoin Block Size Increase in Mid-Term is Possible

NOV 14, 2017
by Joseph Young

Blockstream CEO and HashCash inventor Adam Back sees a possibility of bitcoin block size increase in the mid-term

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Security

Naughty! Bitcoin.com Removed From Safe Sites List Over SegWit2x ‘Threat’

SEP 29, 2017
by William Suberg

Bitcoin.com has disappeared from Badbitcoin.org’s list of trusted sites in an ongoing squabble over SegWit2x.

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Altcoin watch

Bitstamp Gives Users Bitcoin Cash But ‘Postpones’ Trading Indefinitely

SEP 27, 2017
by William Suberg

Bitstamp has given users with Bitcoins in August their equivalent balance in Bitcoin Cash, but trading is not starting.

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Rootstock CEO Confirms Launch ‘By December’ After SegWit2x Hard Fork

SEP 12, 2017
by William Suberg

Rootstock has unofficially confirmed it will launch in December this year once SegWit2x has played out.

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Much Wow

Bitcoin In Space: Blockchain Satellite Receives First Transaction

AUG 21, 2017
by Cointelegraph

Blockstream’s Blockchain Satellite has forwarded its first transaction.

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Delay SegWit2x 6 Months to Work on SegWit, Lightning: Adam Back

AUG 02, 2017
by William Suberg

Adam Back says the Bitcoin community should deploy a “moratorium” on SegWit2x to avoid a second fork.

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Blockstream Meets BitTorrent: Lightning Micropayments Suggested to CEO Cohen

JUL 18, 2017
by William Suberg

Blockstream is making further connections with BitTorrent as ex-chief architect Arvid Norberg becomes a software engineer.

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Ari Paul, Tuur Demeester ‘Look Forward’ To Up To $1k Bitcoin Fees

JUL 15, 2017
by William Suberg

Two leading cryptocurrency entrepreneurs have said they “look forward” to Bitcoin transaction fees being up to $1,000.

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Bitcoin Users Would Pay Up To $100 Fees: Adam Back, Bruce Fenton

JUN 08, 2017
by William Suberg

Adam Back has said Bitcoin could attract $100 transaction fees that users would be happy to pay.

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Bitcoin’s Possible Privatization: Has Blockstream Created Problem to Provide Solution?

JUL 07, 2016
by Olusegun Ogundeji

Is the scaling effort leading to Bitcoin’s privatization? NodeCounter.com accuses Blockstream of crippling Bitcoin for financial gain.

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Cypherpunks Controversial Vision for Bitcoin Scalability

APR 28, 2016
by Andrew Quentson

With the increasing adoption of Bitcoin, cypherpunks have once again risen to prominence.

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Adam Back: ‘We Need to Hold on to the Decentralized Nature of Bitcoin’

SEP 13, 2015
by Matchpool

Venomous Reddit comments and division may come to mind when you hear the words “blocksize debate”. Yet in the latest episode of Epicenter Bitcoin proof-of-work ...

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JUN 16 DIGEST: Goldman Sachs to Launch LendingClub Competitor; BTC Guild Leaves New York

JUN 16, 2015
by Daniel O. Nyairo

BTC Guild will close shop in New York over the Bitlicense; Goldman Sachs plans to launch its own LendingClub competitor; Adam Back has called for more open disc...

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