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Bitcoin analyst James Check argued Bitcoin’s quantum risk is chiefly a consensus dilemma — not a tech one — because the network is unlikely to freeze legacy coins.
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Adam Back News
Adam Back is a crypto-hacker and cryptographer born in London in 1970 and is currently living in Malta. Adam Back’s hashcash proof-of-work system is used in counterspam technologies and cryptocurrency mining. Adam Back is one of the first people to work on Bitcoin and was contacted by Nakamoto in 2009 to give his thoughts on hashcashes usage in Bitcoin. Adam Back is a founder of the technology company Blockstream, which is one of the main contributors to Bitcoin Core. As Blockstream’s CEO, Adam brought the company into being a leading developer of the Lightning Network, liquid sidechains and other interesting projects. Adam’s contribution to Bitcoin and cryptography development has made him one of the main cryptocurrency experts today. He is actively doing talks on such topics as privacy, scaling and the future development of Bitcoin.
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Adam Back says Bitcoin faces no meaningful quantum threat for at least the next 20–40 years, adding that NIST-approved post-quantum standards can be adopted in time.
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Over $100 billion in old Bitcoin has moved as spot ETFs see record outflows, igniting debate over whether true OGs or traders are driving the market sell-off.
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Future’s $34.5 million round, backed by Fulgur Ventures, Tobam and others, highlights Switzerland’s growing role in institutional Bitcoin adoption.
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The first university graduate course on Bitcoin has ended. Here’s the assigned reading, grading structure and lessons learned — from the lecturer himself.
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Bitcoin Ordinals leader Leonidas said his community would fork Bitcoin Core if developers reversed the upcoming update that allows for more Ordinals and Runes transactions.
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Bitcoin is the “perfect asset” for the next 1,000 years, but it needs far bigger flows to compete with the US dollar and gold, a Bitcoin OG said.
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Adam Back’s Blockstream has launched Bitcoin-native smart contract programming language Simplicity, offering an alternative to Ethereum’s Solidity.
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Brandon Lutnick’s Cantor Fitzgerald is nearing a big Bitcoin acquisition through a SPAC merger, targeting 30,000 BTC from Blockstream Capital.
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Crypto speculators may offset some of their altcoin losses by investing in Bitcoin or BTC treasury firms, according to Hashcash inventor Adam Back.
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Adam Back says that since Strategy typically takes 16 to 18 months to double its Bitcoin per share, the premium on its stock is not "unreasonable.”
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From institutional inflows to the rising stablecoin economy, the top Bitcoin bulls of 2025 are calling for prices as high as $1.5 million. Do they know something we don’t?
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Due to Bitcoin’s volatility, the odds are against those who try to time the market, the Blockstream CEO learned in the early years of Bitcoin.
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Metaplanet’s stockholders are paying a more than fivefold premium on Bitcoin spot prices, as BTC’s soaring valuation discourages direct retail exposure.
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Bitcoin cypherpunk Adam Back has backed a $2.2 million funding round for H100 AB Group to help the Swedish health tech firm buy Bitcoin.
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