Back to the Future: Adam Back Remembers the Cypherpunk Revolution and the Origins of Bitcoin
Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast host Trace Mayer interviewed legendary cryptographer Adam Back on his role in the creation and deployment of some of the most potent privacy software to ever affect the world of Bitcoin. A transcript of the podcast is published in We Use Coins. Trace Mayer is an entrepreneur, investor, journalist, an expert on the Austrian....
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Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn found the cypherpunks mailing list when he was 19. Since then, he has been lucky enough to work on cypherpunk-oriented technologies for most of his adult life. Currently, Zooko is the CEO of Zcash, which is a truly anonymous alternative to Bitcoin. Zooko was recently interviewed on Epicenter Bitcoin, and he shared some of his thoughts related to the recent revival of the cypherpunk movement. In his view, Bitcoin has given this technological revolution new life. Who Are the Cypherpunks? The definition of a cypherpunk tends to vary based on whom you ask, but the....
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