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