EPISODE · Feb 22, 2020 · 2H 21M
Adam Back: Two Bitcoin interviews (back-to-back)
from Crypto Voices · host Matthew Mezinskis
Crypto Voices: Episode 87 Show support appreciated: 35iDYDYqRdN2x6KGcpdV2W1Hy3AjGje9oL Matthew interviews Dr. Adam Back, applied cryptographer, inventor of proof-of-work system Hashcash, and CEO of Blockstream. In this one we go around the horn covering economics, money, gold, silver, properties of good money, payments, savings, permission-less tech, alternative implementations, Schnorr and Taproot upgrades, hashing collisions, upgrading the hashing algorithm itself, and privacy (tradeoffs). Listen on to learn more. Links for more info: https://twitter.com/adam3us https://blockstream.com https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf http://www.hashcash.org/papers/hashcash.pdf https://tatourian.blog/2016/11/19/building-ultra-reliable-software/ https://shemesh.larc.nasa.gov/fm/fm-why-def-reject.html https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6312924 Show Sponsor: cryptovoices.com/tradesmithoffer Hosts: Matthew Mežinskis, Fernando Ulrich Music: New Friend Music newfriendmusic.com/ Site: cryptovoices.com/ Podcast & Information Cryptoeconomics & Liberty Thanks for listening! Show content is not investment advice in any way.
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