Difference between revisions of "Adam Back"

Revision as of 10:43, 24 August 2020

Profession: Programmer
Blockstream, CEO, president, co-founder
Core, supporter
Cypherpunk, worked on e-cash protocols since 1995
Hashcash POW, Inventor
Sidechains; "The sidechain technology has been around for some time. It first appeared in 2014 when Dr. Adam Back published a research paper called: Enabling Blockchain Innovations with Pegged Sidechains"
From this post: "The concept of PoW was invented in 1997 by Adam Back (now CEO of Blockstream) for Hashcash, a system that aimed to prevent Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and e-mail spam. However, it wasn’t until it was combined with the Bitcoin’s incentive structure until it became a success."
Was part of Hong Kong consensus.
Resident of Malta.
Craig Wright has scrapped (13-4-2020) his lawsuit against Adam Back, covering $8,400 in legal fees.
Has participated (3-8-2020) in the STO of Infinite Fleet (which is built by his colleague Samson Mow).