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British cryptographer and cypherpunk (born 1970)
Adam Back 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. An investigation by The New York Times suggested that he may be Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of bitcoin, though Back has denied this claim. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Adam BackA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Probabilistic Back Analysis Based on Adam, Bayesian and Multi-output Gaussian Process for Deep Soft-Rock TunnelInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Watership DownThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Back to beginnings: Credentialism, productivity, and Adam Smith's division of labourCited 6 times
- Go sideways: Satoshi NakamotoA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Money Electric: The Bitcoin MysteryA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Back to beginnings: Credentialism, productivity, and Adam Smith's division of labour
Adam Back and the Ontario Hydro
Adam Back and the Ontario Hydro
Are the Bishops Taking Us Back to Adam Smith?
Behavioral Finance and Economics Back to the Basics: Adam Smith, the Behavioralist!
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Watership DownRichard Adams · 1972
To Cuba and backRichard Henry Dana · 1859
When You Bit...Adam Fieled · 2006
Relentless PursuitDouglas Reeman · 1998
Simpsons comics Strike BackMatt Groening · 1996
Adams and Stashak's lameness in horsesGary M. Baxter · 2011
Called backHugh Conway · 1884
Back to Basics in PhysiologyJuan Pablo Arroyo, Adam J. Schweickert · 2013
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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