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