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Podcast: Stephan Livera Podcast
Episode: SLP42 Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream - Blockstream Satellite, Tim May, Bitcoin Privacy
Description: 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...