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SLP42 Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream - Blockstream Satellite, Tim May, Bitcoin Privacy

SLP42 Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream - Blockstream Satellite, Tim May, Bitcoin Privacy

Stephan Livera Podcast vor 7 Jahren

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Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, Cypherpunk & Cryptographer, and
inventor of hashcash (cited in Bitcoin's whitepaper) joins me in
this episode. We talk about the new update to Blockstream
satellite, Tim May and Bitcoin Privacy. Topics: - Blockstream
satellite background - How Blockstream satellite works - Making
Lightning payments to deliver encrypted messages via satellite -
The need for censorship resistance - Tips on setting up Blockstream
satellite - Thoughts on Tim May's recent passing - Pay 2 End Point
- Confidential Transactions and associated tradeoffs - Quantum
Computing and Quantum Resistant Crypto - Other privacy improvements
coming to Bitcoin - Technical Fundamentals of Bitcoin Adam Back
& Blockstream Links: Blockstream satellite page:
https://blockstream.com/satellite/ Elements Project page:
https://elementsproject.org/ Adam’s website: http://adam3.us/
Adam’s twitter: https://twitter.com/@adam3us Stephan links:
website: https://stephanlivera.com/ twitter:
https://twitter.com/stephanlivera