Adam Back Bitcoin, Privacy & Censorship Resistance

with Stephan Livera

DATE 13 August 2021

DURATION 01:12:27

GUEST Stephan Livera

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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