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Adam Back is the co-founder and CEO of Blockstream. The world-renowned cryptographer invented Hashcash in 1997, which eventually served as the foundation for Bitcoin mining. His work is referenced in Satoshi Nakamoto’s original Bitcoin white paper.
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Timecodes:
00:00 Promo Codes
01:58 Intro: Live from Miami!
02:21 Growing up in London
04:00 Early interest in computer science
05:01 CompSci plans and goals
07:59 Identifying problems, finding solutions
08:48 Cryptographers motivated by social benefit
09:29 Importance of individual sovereignty
10:28 Career development
11:18 Creating Hashcash
12:38 Evolving into Bitcoin mining
15:00 Vision of decentralized network?
16:14 Thinking about monetary reform?
18:07 Road to creating Bitcoin
19:49 First exposure to BTC
21:25 Connecting with Satoshi
22:15 Communicating with Satoshi
23:28 Cryptographer vs. cypherpunk
25:20 Satoshi’s Bitcoin white paper
27:42 iTrustCapital break
28:31 Remembering the birth of Bitcoin
30:21 Didn’t start mining right away
31:24 Adam’s BTC aha moment
32:11 Conversation with younger Adam
32:54 Interest in economics
34:00 Keys to Bitcoin
36:21 Understanding and simplifying Bitcoin
38:46 Corrupt centralized financial system
40:13 Evolution of Adam’s view of BTC
42:57 Creating Blockstream
44:00 What is Blockstream?
45:21 Blockstream Satellite
46:53 Solar- and battery-powered mining
47:35 Thoughts on Elon Musk
49:24 Bitcoin’s role in economic picture
51:51 Is a crash coming?
52:42 Any threat to Bitcoin?
53:41 Average American family BTC investment
55:43 Deep into Bitcoin
56:08 Adam Back is not Satoshi Makamoto
57:14 Vision for world under Bitcoin standard
58:47 Never stop learning
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