Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, Cypherpunk & Cryptographer, and inventor of hashcash (cited in Bitcoin’s whitepaper) joins me in this episode. We talk about the new update to Blockstream satellite, Tim May, and Bitcoin Privacy.

Topics:

Blockstream satellite background

How Blockstream satellite works

Making Lightning payments to deliver encrypted messages via satellite



The need for censorship resistance

Tips on setting up Blockstream satellite

Thoughts on Tim May’s recent passing

Pay 2 End Point

Confidential Transactions and associated tradeoffs

Quantum Computing and Quantum Resistant Crypto

Other privacy improvements coming to Bitcoin

Technical Fundamentals of Bitcoin

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