Adam Back

Bitcoin needs a chief historian, and last week proved it
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27 April, 2026

Bitcoin needs a chief historian, and last week proved it

In this piece, Kurt Wuckert Jr. explores Bitcoin history and challenges the myth of Satoshi’s disappearance and the enduring verifiable...
Hijacking Bitcoin: A deeper dive
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10 February, 2026

Hijacking Bitcoin: A deeper dive

A closer look at the Bitcoin scaling wars challenges the small-block narrative, using archived records to reveal a more complex...
Curtain falls on BTC’s decentralization theater; mining crumbles
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17 July, 2025

Curtain falls on BTC’s decentralization theater; mining crumbles

BTC's barren mempool has forced block reward miners to lower their transaction fee standards, exacerbating a 'survival of the largest'...
BTC’s red thread
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20 May, 2025

BTC’s red thread

Bitcoin became the BTC commune where nothing is built, value is abstract, power is opaque, and those who cared about...
The aesthetics of greatness
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18 March, 2025

The aesthetics of greatness

Bitcoin will not win because it is correct; It will win because it is compelling, and its victory must be...
I watched ‘Money Electric’ so you don’t have to
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10 October, 2024

I watched ‘Money Electric’ so you don’t have to

The most problematic part of "Money Electric" is that Peter Todd and Adam Back suffer from the narcissistic trait of...