Most influential people in the crypto community

Vitalik Buterin
@VitalikButerin
The creator of Ethereum, the blockchain platform that acts as a world computer for decentralized applications. Its cryptocurrency, Ether, has seen its value skyrocket in 2017 (Ethereum's market cap is nearly $30 billion). He cofounded Bitcoin Magazine and now leads Ethereum, working on upgrades to its protocol.

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Charlie Lee
Charlie Lee
@SatoshiLite
The creator of Litecoin, and formerly Coinbase's Director of Engineering. Although he is the creator of Litecoin, Lee remains focused on a number of Bitcoin-specific projects as well. Prior to Lee's forays into the world of cryptocurrency, he held various engineering positions at companies like Google and Guidewire Software.

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Brian Armstrong
Brian Armstrong
@brian_armstrong
Brian is the co-founder & CEO of Coinbase, an open financial system and Bitcoin exchange for the world. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, and a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Rice University. He was also featured in the 2014 movie, "The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin".

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Roger Ver
Roger Ver
@rogerkver
Roger is considered the world's first Investor in Bitcoin startups (including investments in Bitcoin.com, Blockchain.com, Z.cash , BitPay, Kraken & Purse.io). Ver's computer parts business, MemoryDealers, was one of the first online retailers to accept payment in Bitcoin, and he now speaks regularly at Bitcoin events worldwide.

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Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Andreas M. Antonopoulos
@aantonop
Andreas is the author of "Mastering Bitcoin" and “The Internet of Money”, seminal books about why bitcoin matters on a global scale. Antonopoulos is also a public speaker at bitcoin events, and is frequently called in as an expert witness in trials relating to the security and technical details of crypto-currencies.

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Nick Szabo
Nick Szabo
@NickSzabo4
Nick is a blockchain and cryptocurrency pioneer. Szabo is widely regarded as the inventor of the concept of smart contracts, which are now a fundamental feature of cryptocurrencies. Szabo also is the creator of "bit gold", a decentralized precursor to bitcoin which informed the initial construction of Bitcoin's architecture.

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Don Tapscott
Don Tapscott
@dtapscott
Don is the co-founder and Executive Director at Blockchain Research Institute, which seeks to drive clear policy-making and governance of bitcoin. He is also the best-selling author of "Blockchain Revolution", a book on the numerous impacts that cryptocurrencies and blockchain will have on the world.

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Gavin Andresen
Gavin Andresen
@gavinandresen
Gavin is one of the original Bitcoin developers, having been appointed the lead developer on Bitcoin Core by Satoshi Nakamoto. A Bitcoin developer since 2010, Andresen founded the Bitcoin Foundation as a vessel for cryptocurrency advocacy, and has dedicated much of his time to that organization in recent years.

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Jihan Wu
Jihan Wu
@jihanwu
Jihan is the co-founder of BITMAIN, which sells ASIC chip technology to bitcoin miners around the world. BITMAIN is presently the world's largest manufacturer of bitcoin mining parts, having built ~70% of the world's bitcoin mining machines. He studied Economics and Psychology at Peking University in Beijing.

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Laura Shin
Laura Shin
@laurashin
Laura is Forbes' senior editor of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology coverage, and is a co-lead reporter on the Forbes Fintech 50 list. She also hosts the crypto and blockchain podcast "Unchained". Shin holds a Masters of Arts from Columbia University's School of Journalism.

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Thomas Power
Thomas Power
@thomaspower
Thomas is a board member of 9Spokes, an open banking dashboard. Power is a cryptocurrency expert who has published 7 books and spoken at 1000 conferences and events across 56 countries. Additionally, Power is a board member or advisor to numerous Blockchain and Bitcoin-focused startups around the world.

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Erik Voorhees
Erik Voorhees
@ErikVoorhees
Erik is the CEO of ShapeShift. Voorhees currently writes at MoneyAndState.com about the struggle for the separation of money and state, and about Bitcoin as the instrument by which it will happen. He is the co-founder of bitcoin startup Coinapult, and previously sold his startup Satoshi Dice for $11.5M in bitcoin in 2013.

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Tyler Winklevoss
Tyler Winklevoss
@tylerwinklevoss
Tyler is the Principal of Winklevoss Capital and co-founder and CEO of Gemini, a next-generation digital asset exchange. Winklevoss has long been a bitcoin advocate and is widely noted for becoming the world's first bitcoin billionaire, on account of his initial $11M investment in the cryptocurrency in 2013.

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Barry Silbert
Barry Silbert
@barrysilbert
Barry is the founder and CEO of DigitalCurrencyGroup, which builds and supports Bitcoin and blockchain companies. He is also an investor in numerous bitcoin and blockchain companies worldwide. Silbert also created the Bitcoin Investment Trust, which is the only public security whose value comes directly from Bitcoin.

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Tuur Demeester
Tuur Demeester
@TuurDemeester
Tuur is the Editor-in-Chief at Adamant Research, which focuses on macro investment opportunities in the Bitcoin and blockchain space. He is an early investor in Bitcoin, and is a regular speaker at Bitcoin conferences around the world. He also cofounded the Belgian Rothboard Institute, an academic think-tank.

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Vinny Lingham
Vinny Lingham
@VinnyLingham
Lingham is known as the "Bitcoin Oracle" on account of his highly accurate predictions around the pricing of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. He is the founder of Civic, an identity management startup run on the blockchain. He was previously recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in Davos.

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Charlie Shrem
Charlie Shrem
@CharlieShrem
Charlie is a co-founder of the Bitcoin Foundation, and is a controversial Bitcoin Evangelist. He helped found BitInstant, one of the earliest bitcoin startups, and has been an investor in Bitcoin since 2011. Shrem is now the Director of Community and Business Development for Shrem, a blockchain wallet startup.

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Peter Todd
Peter Todd
@petertoddbtc
Peter is one of Bitcoin's most prominent open source developers, and is an applied cryptography consultant. Todd is an advocate for cryptocurrency, and is vocal about the need for more effective (yet flexible) governance of Bitcoin and other alt-coins in the years to come.

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Adam Back
Adam Back
@adam3us
Adam is a cryptographer who is the inventor of Hashcash, the underlying technology behind a number of anti-spam softwares. Back is the co-founder/ CEO of Blockstream, which develops protocols for blockchain developers. He has a Computer Science PhD in Distributed Systems from the University of Exeter.

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Tone Vays
Tone Vays
@ToneVays
Tone is the host of CrytpoScam Podcast. Days was previously a well-known derivatives trader on Wall Street, later was a VP at JP Morgan, and is now a blockchain consultant. He is also a regular contributor to The World Crypto Network. He was recently featured on the Bitcoin documentary, "Magic Money".