Adam Back

CEO, Co-founder

Co-founder and CEO of Blockstream, Dr. Adam Back, invented Hashcash, the proof-of-work algorithm cited by Satoshi Nakamoto in the Bitcoin whitepaper, as the future basis for its mining function. Throughout his two-decade-long vocation as an applied cryptographer and security architect, he has held senior roles with a number of technology companies, including Microsoft, EMC, PI, VMware, and Zero-Knowledge Systems, as well as advised many more companies on cryptography and peer-to-peer finance. Dr. Adam Back holds a computer science Ph.D. in distributed systems from the University of Exeter.

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Financial Engineering with Bitcoin Standard

Bitcoin is no longer just a savings technology—it’s becoming the foundation for a new era of financial engineering. In a world where monetary policy is fixed and transparent, traditional models of credit, liquidity, and risk must be redefined. This session dives into how innovators are leveraging Bitcoin’s properties to design new financial instruments, infrastructure, and systems.

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