{"id":528379,"date":"2022-12-17T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/crypto-stories-dr-adam-back-shares-his-life-of-hacks\/"},"modified":"2022-12-17T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T22:00:00","slug":"crypto-stories-dr-adam-back-shares-his-life-of-hacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/crypto-stories-dr-adam-back-shares-his-life-of-hacks\/","title":{"rendered":"# Crypto Stories: Dr. Adam Back shares his life of hacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40e4c229f8b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40e4c229f8b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/crypto-stories-dr-adam-back-shares-his-life-of-hacks\/#%E2%80%9D_Crypto_Stories_Dr_Adam_Back_shares_his_life_of_hacks_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; Crypto Stories: Dr. Adam Back shares his life of hacks &#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_Crypto_Stories_Dr_Adam_Back_shares_his_life_of_hacks_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; Crypto Stories: Dr. Adam Back shares his life of hacks &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMTIvNTdkOTA2OTAtZDkwOC00ZmZkLThhOGEtODdhYTgxNzM1MzcyLmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-30a6cf80>It\u2019s been a life of hacks for Dr. Adam Back, the CEO and co-founder of Blockstream. One of the few people quoted on the Bitcoin Whitepaper, hacking highlights of Back\u2019s life are brought to life in the latest animated Crypto Story from Cointelegraph\u2019s video team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Adam Back anticipated Bitcoin  | Crypto Stories Ep. 19\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CoGYkZFIWxY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>Over a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> of Jenga in a park, Back told Cointelegraph that he\u2019s always had a \u201ckind of security mindset.\u201d From his days as a student, he tinkered with door codes, pin pads and locks, testing out code and gaining access to places he \u201cwasn\u2019t supposed to have access to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Back talks through the creation of Hash Cash, one of the early attempts at digital money. He uses the \u201cBirthday collision\u201d as an allegory for hash functions, demonstrating his aptitude to breaking down complex functions into intelligible language: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf you have a room full of people at a party or something, there&#8217;s a question which is how many people need to be in the room before there&#8217;s 50\/50 chance that there are two people with the same birthday.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He explains that while people would expect the outcome to be related to the number 365\u2013because of how many days there are in a year, the reality is far lower. This line of thinking, combined with an understanding of spam email, led to Back\u2019s coding up of Hash\u00a0Cash.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Related: <\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Blockstream CEO Adam Back talks Bitcoin over a game of Jenga<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin stands on the shoulders of Hash Cash, but Bitcoin caught on because Bitcoin \u02d9as a high level of decentralization, vital for the cryptocurrency\u2019s success. Back adds that Bitcoin is also \u201cUnderstandable at lots of different levels, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cYou can understand it from a user level or from an economics level. It&#8217;s surprisingly complex to fully <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>reciate all of it, including the game theory and things like that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The cartoon interview comes to a close with a reference to Blockstream\u2019s decision to beam Bitcoin into space and an affirmation that there will be \u201cMore Bitcoin,\u201d from one of the Bitcoin economy\u2019s OGs. <\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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