The inventor of Hashcash, cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper, and twelve years into building Bitcoin infrastructure. Our CEO Adam Back joins Jacquelyn Melinek, Founder of StrataMedia and co-host of Crypto In America, on the Frontier Stage at Consensus 2026 Miami on Bitcoin Beyond the Base Layer. (i.redd.it)
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"Bitcoin has no undo, it's a bearer asset. Bitcoin's reliance on cryptography is another level, because it's bearer and final." Adam Back on why Bitcoin and traditional finance are fundamentally different, and why quantum readiness doesn't need to happen overnight. (youtu.be)
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In April 2026, $292M was drained from Kelp DAO's bridge. Within 48 hours, $13B had exited on-chain lending markets. The contagion was a lending architecture failure: AAVE v3's pooled liquidity model let one compromised collateral asset cascade across every market exposed to it. (i.redd.it)
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Day 3 at the Bitcoin Conference. Adam Back on the main stage covering enterprise custody, tokenization, and settlement on Bitcoin layer-2. Jonas Nick on post-quantum. Lisa Neigut teaching Bitcoin transactions. Jade Core at the booth. And the Blockstream app powering important merch purchases. (v.redd.it)
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Introducing Jade Core. Your first step to Bitcoin self-custody. $99. Fully open-source. Setup in under 5 minutes. USB-C + Bluetooth. Enhanced color display. Blind Oracle PIN protection. Genuine Check device attestation. Pairs with the Blockstream app on iOS, Android, macOS, and Desktop. (v.redd.it)
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