Samson Mow: Blockstream's Bitcoin Strategy
In this episode I talk with Chief Strategy Officer Samson Mow about Blockstream’s Cypherpunk origins and their far stretching engagement in the Bitcoin space – from their Green and Aqua wallet, to their mining business, the Liquid sidechain and the Blockstream satellites, which enable receiving Bitcoin without the Internet.
- Samson Mow’s Bitcoin story
- Why Bitcoin is important
- Blockstream’s Cypherpunk background
- What is Liquid?
- Lightning Network and c-lightning
- Blockstream Green vs. Aqua wallet
- Bitcoin works without the internet – satellites
- Blockstream’s mining operations – future of mining
