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Adam Back: Bitcoin's value lies in its founder's anonymity
16.10.2024
In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Back explains why Bitcoin’s value relies on its dual identity as hard money and digital gold
Adam Back: Bitcoin’s value lies in its founder’s anonymity
16.10.2024
In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Back explains why Bitcoin’s value relies on its dual identity as hard money and digital gold
Polymarket Sees Shifts in Satoshi Nakamoto Betting Odds Ahead of HBO Film Release
7.10.2024
With the HBO documentary set to release on Wednesday, claiming to reveal the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, Polymarket bettors are actively speculating on who it might be. As of this writing, Len Sassaman, who previously led the wagers, has fallen behind, while Blockstream’s Adam Back now leads...
Blockstream CEO Adam Back Criticizes MicroStrategy Short ETF as ‘Terrible Product’
8.4.2024
Blockstream CEO Adam Back chastised the recently released Defiance 2X Short MSTR ETF (exchange-traded fund). According to the SEC statement, the Defiance ETF, which was proposed on March 7, was filed under the TIDAL TRUST II financial organization.
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Roger Ver Rejects Blockstream CEO’s Invitation, Remains Loyal to Bitcoin Cash Over BTC
26.3.2024
Roger Ver, an early Bitcoin investor, has decided to continue supporting Bitcoin Cash (BCH) over Bitcoin (BTC) despite an invitation from Blockstream CEO Adam Back to rejoin the Bitcoin community. Ver criticizes layer two blockchain solutions, like Back’s Liquid Network, as centralized...
Satoshi Correspondence Revealed by Witnesses in Legal Clash Against Craig Wright
22.2.2024
In the unfolding lawsuit between the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) and Craig Wright, three key witnesses who had early interactions with Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, provided their testimonies. Among them were early Bitcoin developers Martti Malmi and Mike Hearn, as well as Adam...
Adam Back States ‘You Can’t Stop JPEGs on Bitcoin,’ Proposes Block Size Increase to Host Inscriptions
18.12.2023
Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream and legendary cryptographer, has acknowledged that inscriptions, media embedded directly on top of Bitcoin, cannot be stopped, stating that any action focused on this will only prompt users to do it in “worse ways.” Instead, Back proposed adding a new blob...
Blockstream CEO Adam Back: Bitcoin ETFs Could Propel Price to $100,000
18.12.2023
Image Source: LinkedIn Blockstream CEO Adam Back believes 2024 could mark a period of resurgence for Bitcoin (BTC), propelling the leading cryptocurrency towards $100,000. In a recent interview, the renowned cryptographer and the pioneer of the proof-of-work algorithm used in Bitcoin’s...
Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson Clashes With Blockstream’s Adam Back Over Crypto Security Classification
28.11.2023
Charles Hoskinson, co-founder of Input Output Global (IOHK) and the Cardano blockchain initiative, recently expressed his frustration in a video over the U.S. regulator’s decision to categorize the cryptocurrency cardano as a security. He’s perplexed and critical about the exemption...
Bitcoin OG bets surprising sum on BTC hitting $100K before the halving
7.8.2023
Adam Back has joined a growing roster of market commentators who are bullish on the price of Bitcoin ahead of next year’s halving event
Venture capital's ICO gambits left Bitcoin ecosystem underfunded - Adam Back
4.7.2023
Venture capitalists have favoured ICOs in recent years, but Bitcoin-related startups are seeing renewed interest from investors
Blockstream CEO Adam Back: Bitcoin's Antifragility Will Prevail Amid Regulatory Pressures
13.6.2023
Despite the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s crackdown against the biggest companies in crypto, one Bitcoin diehard isn't breaking a sweat.
Adam Back – CEO of Blockstream and popular cypherpunk – believes the crypto industry will simply adapt and relocate if it can’t find a home...
Blockstream Founder: Bitcoin Market Cap Can Reach $200 Trillion by 2032 – Here's Why
13.2.2023
The market capitalization of Bitcoin (BTC) could reach as much as $200 trillion over the next nine years, if the legendary bitcoiner Adam Back is to be believed.
“Early this year I was curious of the claim ‘bitcoin 2x's per year on average’,” the early Bitcoin user and founder of Bitcoin...
Meet Ordinals, the New Bitcoin NFT Engine, and the Drama Surrounding Them
31.1.2023
Ordinals, a new way of using and getting content using Bitcoin, are enabling creators to harness the utility of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) directly from the blockchain, essentially creating native Bitcoin NFTs. This has stirred the pot in some circles, which are now discussing if this is the way...
World Economic Forum Shares a Video About Changing Bitcoin’s Code to Proof-of-Stake
29.4.2022
According to a World Economic Forum (WEF) tweet, a “change in the way bitcoin is coded could almost eliminate its environmental impact.” That statement stems from a tweet the WEF published on April 26, with an accompanying video that claims “miners could stake their...
Terra’s Founder Do Kwon ‘Looks Forward to Building With Bitcoin’ — Project Reportedly Acquires $125M in BTC
22.3.2022
Just recently, Terra founder Do Kwon hinted at purchasing $3 billion in bitcoin to bolster the protocol’s reserves and according to a number of reports and blockchain analysis, Terra purchased $125 million worth of bitcoin on March 21. The following day, bitcoin’s fiat value jumped...
One of Hal Finney's lost contributions to Bitcoin Core to be 'resurrected'
28.9.2020
While Hal Finney may no longer be with us, one of his proposals from 2011 may soon find its way to Bitcoin thanks to an expired patent
You won’t believe the depths to which crypto scammers on Twitter are willing to sink
23.9.2020
Twitter doesn’t seem able to move fast enough to stop thieves from grossly misusing their platform
Adam Back: Bitcoin is Enough, Satoshi Should Stay Out
11.8.2020
Adam Back has some interesting (if somewhat odd) views on altcoins and the return of Satoshi Nakamoto
Documents Show Craig Wright Claims to Own a Bitcoin Address With 80,000 BTC Stolen From Mt Gox
14.6.2020
On June 12, 2020, the former CEO of Mt Gox, Mark Karpeles, tweeted about the notorious Craig Wright, the man who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto. Karpeles and a number of crypto community members, assert that Wright’s legal team from London has been sending documents to certain individuals....