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British cryptographer and cypherpunk (born 1970)
Adam Back (born July 1970) is a British cryptographer and cypherpunk . He is the CEO of Blockstream , which he co-founded in 2014. He invented Hashcash , which is used in the Bitcoin mining process.
Back was born in London, England, in July 1970.[1] His first computer was a Sinclair ZX81 . He taught himself Basic , and spent his time reverse engineering video games , finding decryption keys in software packages . He completed his A levels in advanced mathematics , physics , and economics .
He has a computer science PhD in distributed systems from the University of Exeter .[2] During his PhD, Back worked with compilers to make use of parallel computers in a semi automated way. He became interested in PGP encryption, electronic cash and remailers. He spent two thirds of his time working with encryption . After graduation, Adam spent his career as a consultant in start ups and larger companies in applied cryptography , writing cryptographic libraries, designing , reviewing and breaking other people's cryptographic protocols .[3]
Cryptography software [ edit ]
Back's "Munitions" T-shirt featured computer code that was considered to be a weapon in the United States.
Back is a pioneer of early digital asset research similar to Wei Dai , David Chaum , and Hal Finney .[4] [5] In 1997, Back invented Hashcash .[6] A similar system is used in Bitcoin .[7] [8] [9]
He also implemented credlib ,[10] [better source needed ] [11] [better source needed ] a library that implements the credential systems of Stefan Brands and David Chaum .
He was the first to describe the "non-interactive forward secrecy"[12] [13] [14] security property for email and to observe that any identity-based encryption scheme can be used to provide non-interactive forward secrecy.
He is also known for promoting the use of ultra-compact code with his 2-line[15] and 3-line RSA in Perl[16] [17] [18] signature file and non-exportable T-shirts [19] [20] to protest cryptography export regulations .[21]
Back was one of the first two people to receive an email from Satoshi Nakamoto .[22] [2] In 2016, the Financial Times cited Back as a potential Nakamoto candidate, along with Nick Szabo and Hal Finney .[23] Craig Wright had sued Back for stating that Wright was not Nakamoto, with Wright subsequently dropping the suit.[2]
Back has promoted the use of satellites and mesh networks to broadcast and receive bitcoin transactions, as a backup for the traditional internet.[24]
Business career [ edit ]
On 3 October 2016, Back was appointed as CEO of Blockstream .[25] Since then he has introduced products such as the Liquid sidechain, Blockstream Mining Notes, mining colocation services, the Jade hardware wallet, and the Core Lightning implementation.
References [ edit ]
^ "Proof of Work - An interview with Adam Back (Blockstream)" . YouTube . Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
^ Leising, Matthew (30 June 2018). "Is Bitcoin Creator Writing a Book? Cryptic Note Indicates Yes" . Bloomberg . Retrieved 13 May 2020 .
^ Bustillos, Maria (25 August 2015). "Inside the Fight Over Bitcoin's Future" . New Yorker . Retrieved 13 May 2020 .
^ Narayanan, Arvind; Bonneau, Joseph; Felten, Edward; Miller, Andrew; Goldfeder, Steven (2016). Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction . Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-17169-2 .
^ Shaw, Jessica Marmor (8 January 2018). "Bitcoin and cryptocurrency on Twitter: The most important people to follow" . Marketwatch . Retrieved 14 May 2020 .
^ "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" (PDF) .
^ Casey, Michael J. (22 October 2020). "BitBeat: Bitcoin Coding Allstars Launch Sidechains Project to Boost Innovation" . WSJBlogs . Retrieved 14 May 2020 .
^ Frisby, Dominic (2015). "Footnotes" . Bitcoin: The future of money? . Unbound. ISBN 978-1783521029 .
^ "credlib - Credential Library" . cypherspace.org.
^ Boyd, Colin. "A Modern View on Forward Security" (PDF) . IACR. Retrieved 14 May 2020 .
^ Anderson, Ross (2002). "Two remarks on public key cryptology" (PDF) . Cambridge University. Retrieved 14 May 2020 .
^ "Non-Interactive Forward Secrecy" . cypherspace.org.
^ Salomon, David (2003). "Secure Programming with Perl" . Data Privacy and Security . Springer. p. 200. ISBN 9781441918161 .
^ Judmayer, Aljosha; Stifter, Nicholas (2017). "Before bitcoin" . Blocks and Chains: Introduction to Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies, and Their Consensus Mechanisms (Synthesis Lectures on Information Security, Privacy, and Tru) . Morgan & Claypool Publishers. p. 17. ISBN 9781627057165 .
^ "export-a-crypto-system sig" . cypherspace.org.
^ Sinn, Richard (2007). "Secure Programming with Perl" . Software Security Technologies . Cengage Learning. p. 366. ISBN 9781428319455 .
^ Blanchette, Jean-François (2012). "On the brink of revolution" . Burdens of Proof: Cryptographic Culture and Evidence Law in the Age of Electronic Documents . MIT Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0262017510 .
^ "Munitions T-shirt" . cypherspace.org.
^ Brunton, Finn (2019). "On the brink of revolution" . Digital Cash: The Unknown History of the Anarchists, Utopians, and Technologists Who Created Cryptocurrency . Princeton Press. p. 97. ISBN 9780691179490 .
^ RATLIFF, EVAN (16 July 2019). "Was Bitcoin Created by This International Drug Dealer? Maybe!" . Wired . Retrieved 13 May 2020 .
^ Kaminska, Izabella (7 May 2016). "Bitcoin: Identity crisis" . Financial Times . Retrieved 4 June 2020 .
^ del Castillo, Michael (17 December 2018). "Who Needs Verizon? Blockstream Broadcasts Entire Bitcoin Blockchain From Space" . Forbes . Retrieved 13 May 2020 .
^ Blockstream (3 October 2016). "Blockstream Appoints Hashcash Inventor Dr. Adam Back as CEO ". PR News Wire. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
External links [ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adam_Back&oldid=1217328767 "
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