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

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• Swan Bitcoin
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• Compass Mining
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