Welcome to episode 59 of‚The bitcoin Game, I’m Rob Mitchell. I’m happy to bring to you part one of an interview with Cypherpunk and CEO of Blockstream, Dr. Adam Back. Dr. Back talks about topics such as his first computers, his early privacy-oriented work, Hashcash vs. other proof-of-work, various early electronic money systems, and his work on bitcoin Confidential Transactions. Get ready to soak in some history from one of the people whose “work” became an integral part of bitcoin.
EPISODE LINKS
Adam Back (Adam3us) on Twitter
Dr. Back’s Info Page
Blockstream
Malta (Crypto-friendly)
Dr. Back’s First Computers
PGP
Cypherpunks Mailing List
Adam’s Credential Library for Ecash & DigiCash
David Chaum’s Ecash
Stefan Brands’ DigiCash
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Adam Back’s Eternity
Usenet News
Pseudonymous Remailers
Hal Finney (integrated PGP into remailers)
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Adam Back’s Hashcash
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Spam Assassin
Microsoft Digital Postmarks
SYN Cookies, by Dan Bernstein
Pricing via Processing or Combatting Junk Mail (PDF)
Old communication between Peter Todd, Adam Back and Hal Finney
Wei Dai’s B-Money
Nick Szabo’s Bit Gold
Hal Finney’s RPOW – Reusable Proof of Work
TPM – Trusted Platform Module
Confidential Transactions
Elements (Sidechain)
Liquid (Sidechain)
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Covesting, a new and powerful trading solution for cryptocurrency traders and investors, launched its first ever cryptocurrency trading competition on the 25th of September, allowing a lucky 200 traders to test the platform’s features while competing for generous prizes over a four-week period.
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The company officially received their DLT License on October 19, just one day before the project’s first birthday, marking an incredibly productive and successful year for the young and ambitious project.
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The Covesting team is currently hard at work preparing their exchange for its imminent public launch, and just recently announced the release of their mobile trading application on the Apple App Store. Covesting’s team is excited to show the world a new standard for cryptocurrency investing platforms.
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