SLP42 Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream – Blockstream Satellite, Tim May, Bitcoin Privacy – Stephan Livera
https://stephanlivera.com/episode/42

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 Fundamentals of Bitcoin