Adam Back, the legendary figure of Bitcoin, was shocked to come to Taiwan. He came to National Taipei University of Technology to give a lecture and exchange, and announced that his Bitcoin technology company Blockstream and National Taipei University of Technology will collaborate on Blockchain and digital asset research. He personally unveiled the signage of the "Blockchain Digital Asset Research Base" and the co-branded cooperation with Blockstream, symbolizing that Taiwan has deeper industry-academia cooperation in the academic field of Bitcoin, digital assets and Blockchain finance.
Dr. Adam Back was shocked to come to Taiwan and attended several important events. Yesterday (20th) he explained Bitcoin Layer2 financial applications in the Legislative Yuan, and today at National Taipei University of Technology, he not only unveiled the first cooperation unit of Blockstream in the academic circle of Taiwan, but also co-branded a research room with Tether and Bitfinex. Adam Back also received the "Bitcoin Bull" art sculpture under the welcome of the Dean of the College of Management, National Taipei University of Technology, symbolizing the breakthrough and innovation of Bitcoin in the financial circle, with the momentum to shake the global market.
In his speech at the unveiling of the laboratory, Dr. Adam Back mentioned that it is very important for Taiwan to cultivate financial application talents, such as starting from learning Bitcoin, understanding the financial concepts of on-chain assets, which is an integrated field crossing computer science, finance and market gaming, very suitable for students to explore. Adam Back gave the following suggestions to participants and students from different backgrounds:
Of course, people with existing expertise in financial concepts are very good to enter this field, but talents in programming, mathematics, and cryptography are also very suitable for developing in the field of digital assets. If you are a software engineer, you can start by participating in open source projects, fixing bugs and small problems, and learning through interactions with international developers. If you like the work in this field, learning and applying is a great way.
Regarding the research on digital assets in Taiwan, Adam Back reiterated that Taiwan is very outstanding in the Asia-Pacific region, because as a technology-leading country, Taiwan has a large number of manufacturing industries and international trade, which can use Blockchain finance for financial settlement and international payment, as well as using Bitcoin as an asset to expand more digital asset application scenarios. For the cooperation with National Taipei University of Technology, Adam Back is very positive about the prospects of industry-academia cooperation in Taiwan:
In terms of research room cooperation, we participated in the Bitcoin education program of Plan B, and there are also some government programs in Taiwan that are committed to developing physical assets, and the Liquid Network is a very suitable technology for physical assets, because it can natively support assets, which is very simple and stable.
How did Adam Back embark on the "Bitcoin journey"?
After unveiling the research room, Adam Back immediately started an on-campus seminar, where he sat down with Acron Pacific Venture partner Wu Dewei. Dr. Adam Back mentioned in his speech that Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were both passionate about their careers at a young age, and at that time his greatest love was computer science and cryptography. Through a lot of online exchanges, Adam Back said he found that the development of the Internet has dangerous risks in terms of information confusion and single-point authentication, and he created the famous anti-spam program Hashcash in the early years. He encouraged young developers and students, saying that the key to creation is "finding a good question and solving a good question."
