Adam Back

• 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).