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Adam Back

Role

Co-founder/CEO, Blockstream; Owner and consultant, Cypherspace Internet Security

Location

Malta

Education

University of Exeter, PhD in Computer Science

Current Project

Blockstream; Cypherspace Internet Security

Previous Projects

EMC, PI Corporation, GuardianEdge Technologies, Microsoft, Zero Knowledge Systems

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About Adam Back

British cryptographer and cypherpunk Adam Back is the inventor of Hashcash, a proof of work consensus mechanism that underpins Bitcoin's block generation process. Back was cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper and was one of the first recipients of an email from Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto; it's also been suggested by, among others, the Financial Times that he is Satoshi.

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