Adam Back is the co-founder and CEO of Blockstream. The world-renowned cryptographer invented Hashcash in 1997, which eventually served as the foundation for Bitcoin mining. His work is referenced in Satoshi Nakamoto’s original Bitcoin white paper.

You can follow Adam on Twitter at https://twitter.com/adam3us

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