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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