Bitcoin Pioneer Adam Back Addresses Mention In Epstein Files
Bitcoin veteran Adam Back moved to shut down a fresh round of allegations after newly circulated “Epstein files” excerpts and screenshots reignited claims that Jeffrey Epstein intersected with Blockstream during the company’s earliest fundraising. Back’s response on X framed the episode as a brief, indirect touchpoint routed through MIT Media Lab and its former director, […]
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Shadows of the past impact today. The surfacing of emails linking Jeffrey Epstein to early crypto academia and Bitcoin development circles has done more than just reignite old gossip. It’s weaponized the ‘civil war’ between Bitcoin maximalists and the Ripple ($XRP) army. For years, the debate centered on centralization versus decentralization. Now? It has shifted […]
About a week ago, at the NYC Consensus conference I was fortunate enough to get to spend four hours over dinner with Adam Back of Blockstream, and Kristov Atlas of Blockchain.info My Dinner with Adam Back. I’ll do my best to summarize the topics of conversation over those four hours, although I’m sure I will miss some important points. Firstly, Adam....
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are a unique data unit contained within a digital ledger and cannot be interchanged. They are used as a representation of items that can be reproduced easily like artwork, images, videos, and audio files, among other digital files. NFTs are unique in their own way, using the blockchain technology in building a verified and accessible certificate of ownership. Happy Hippos are a class of AI-generated NFTs randomly produced via a programmed mechanism and base on based on the Ethereum blockchain. The Hippos have been developed from more than one million varieties....
Open source bitcoin startup Blockstream, notable for its foray into developing sidechains for the bitcoin blockchain will now see a CEO at its helm. In a recent announcement, Blockstream revealed a unanimous decision by the company’s board of director that saw Blockstream co-founder Adam Back become CEO of the company. Back held the role of President before his new position and has also operated as the chief operating officer in the past. Blockstream revealed outgoing CEO Austin Hill will “pursue other opportunities” and has also stepped down from the board. A prominent academic in the....
Pete Rizzo discussed the earliest days of Bitcoin and Satoshi Nakamoto's influence with Blockstream's Adam Back.