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Adam Back (born July 1970) is a British cryptographer and cypherpunk. He is the CEO of Blockstream, which he co-founded in 2014. He invented Hashcash, which is used in the Bitcoin mining process.
Blockstream is a company that builds software and hardware based on Bitcoin, the most robust and secure blockchain. Co-founded and led by Dr. Adam Back, the inventor of Hashcash, Blockstream aims to create the financial infrastructure of the future with peer-to-peer, open-network finance.
Aug 24, 2021 · Bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream, led by British cryptographer Adam Back, whose proof of work algorithm served as the foundation for Bitcoin’s underlying technology, has raised $210...
Feb 23, 2024 · Read the full text of the emails between Hashcash inventor Adam Back and Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, entered into the court record in a UK lawsuit. The emails show their polite and professional exchange on the work and the release of Bitcoin software.
Adam Back is a legendary figure in the bitcoin space. His work was cited in Satoshi's bitcoin white paper, and he and the team at Blockstream are responsible...
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Dec 29, 2019 · Hashcash was invented by Adam Back in 1997 as a way to prevent email spam. Even in 1997, email spam was a nuisance to anyone with an email account. Adam Back realized this was because of a fundamental problem: all you needed to email someone was send a few packets to a mail server.
Oct 3, 2016 · Adam Back, the inventor of Hashcash and a Bitcoin advocate, joins Blockstream as its new CEO in 2016. He has a background in cryptography, e-cash, and cloud infrastructure, and advises other cryptocurrency startups.
