Who is Adam Back?
Role: He is the co-founder and CEO of Blockstream, a leading Bitcoin and blockchain technology company.
Significance: He is best known for inventing Hashcash in 1997. Hashcash is a proof-of-work system used to limit email spam and DoS attacks, which later became a foundational technology for Bitcoin's mining process.
Satoshi Nakamoto: He was one of the first people contacted by
#satoshiNakamato Nakamoto (the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin) and is actually cited in the original Bitcoin whitepaper. Because of this, he is frequently a subject of "Satoshi" theories, though he has consistently denied being the creator of
$BTC Bitcoin.
🇺🇸 The guy who was shot by federal agents in Minneapolis has been identified. His name was Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, from south Minneapolis.
From what’s out there so far, he was a U.S. citizen, legally owned a gun, and crossed paths with ICE during an operation. Agents say he approached them armed and wouldn’t comply.
Before anyone even knew his name, the streets were already on fire, narratives locked in, and everyone yelling past each other. Now the details start trickling out and, surprise, it’s messier than the first wave of posts made it seem.
This is one of those moments where slowing down for 5 minutes would save everyone from looking stupid later.