Adam Back

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Adam Back is a British cryptographer and crypto-hacker notable as the inventor of Hashcash, the proof-of-work system used by Bitcoin.

He is currently CEO at Blockstream.[1] Other employees at Blockstream have included Pieter Wuille, Gregory Sanders, Matt Corallo, Mark Friedenbach, Jorge Timón.

Back was an opponent of SegWit2x.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://adam3.us/about/
  2. ↑ Tweet by Adam Back (adam3us) saying segwit2x is very likely to degrade into "paypal2.0" permissioned bank. those unaware of history/too stubborn to learn, are doomed to repeat.
  3. ↑ Adam Back (adam3us) post on Reddit: It is time to call off NYA/segwit2x and work together to scale Bitcoin to compete against Fiat. Please.
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