Adam Back on Why He's NOT Satoshi and Why That's Better for Bitcoin | Bitcoin Backstage

About this episode

Adam Back discusses the significance of Bitcoin's unknown founder and its implications for the cryptocurrency's future.

"Who's the founder of gold? We don't know." Adam Back explains why Bitcoin's missing founder is a feature, not a bug and why he thinks we may never learn who Satoshi really is. Along the way, the Blockstream CEO covers Bitcoin treasury companies, neobanks like River, and the incentive structure pulling individuals, companies, and governments toward Bitcoin. Use code BM10 to get 10% off Bitcoin 2027 Conference in Nashville: https://2027.b.tc 🔶 Host: Isabella Santos — Get Based🔶 Adam Back - Blockstream Chapters: 0:41 — Adam Back becomes CEO of Bitcoin Standard Treasury 2:40 — Sovereigns, pensions and Bitcoin's adoption arc 3:31 — Jade Core launches: self-custody made simple 6:12 — BlackRock model portfolios and bank adoption 8:22 — Bitcoin as a sovereign reserve and inflation hedge 11:02 — Blockstream's full stack and enterprise wallets 12:45 — Liquid, Lightning and beating on-chain fees 17:32 — Quantum computing: should Bitcoiners worry? 21:18 — The Satoshi mystery and "buy the dip and hold" #Bitcoin #AdamBack #Blockstream #JadeCore #BitcoinTreasury #BSTR #SelfCustody #ColdStorage #Cypherpunk #Hashcash #BitcoinAdoption #QuantumComputing #PostQuantum…

People in this episode

Host: Isabella Santos

Guest: Adam Back

Topics covered

• Bitcoin adoption
• Satoshi mystery
• Bitcoin treasury companies
• neobanks
• quantum computing
• self-custody

Keywords

• Bitcoin
• Adam Back
• Blockstream
• Satoshi
• self-custody
• quantum computing
• Bitcoin adoption
• neobanks
• Bitcoin treasury
• BlackRock

Sponsors

Bitcoin 2027 Conference

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blockstream, Bitcoin Magazine, Bitcoin Standard Treasury, BlackRock, River, BTC Media

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