I have to admit I expected to see Peter Todd on the list.
Also, you misspelled "Gavin Andresen" and "Erik Voorhees".
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It seems they are immensely cautious about their privacy and hence removed the last trace (their no.) as soon as it is surfaced on the forum. 
And now I am sure that Alexander Buyanov is one of the owners.
Yep ...and here is a list of people of this name ...Can he be among them ?
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Alexander/Buyanov
It seems they are immensely cautious about their privacy and hence removed the last trace (their no.) as soon as it is surfaced on the forum.
And now I am sure that Alexander Buyanov is one of the owners.
Bitcoin is currently ranked #1 in computing power.
hehe. anonymous ...
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Well to be honest when I read this thread I thought we were determining power levels
Satoshi Nakamoto Over 9000
Then everyone else gets points based from that
Satoshi Nakamoto Over 9000
Then everyone else gets points based from that
WoW ...interesting. Anyone tried calling up this no. +1.8183371299 ?
What happened? The information vanished in a few minutes after I posted the details here. Now it is showing some NZ registration and a NZ phone number. Earlier it was giving (+1.8183371299) a Virgin islands phone number.
It seems they are immensely cautious about their privacy and hence removed the last trace (their no.) as soon as it is surfaced on the forum.
WoW ...interesting. Anyone tried calling up this no. +1.8183371299 ?
What happened? The information vanished in a few minutes after I posted the details here. Now it is showing some NZ registration and a NZ phone number. Earlier it was giving (+1.8183371299) a Virgin islands phone number.
From this thread (https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/who-owns-btc-e-144281) I learnt that btc-e founders are anonymous. So how do u know Alexei and Alexander are btc-e founder ?
That is the aliases which they use while giving interviews to news channels.
http://www.coindesk.com/btc-e-recent-issues-caused-surge-users/
At least one of the banks involved in the process is located in the Czech Republic; the BTC-e site references Bulgaria in its SEO descriptions; the founders, Russian programmers Aleksey and Alexander, honed their skills at the Skolkovo tech park; and the BTC-e managing company is based in Cyprus.
And according to this, the domain is registered to Alexander Buyanov of British Virgin Islands.
WoW ...interesting. Anyone tried calling up this no. +1.8183371299 ?
From this thread (https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/who-owns-btc-e-144281) I learnt that btc-e founders are anonymous. So how do u know Alexei and Alexander are btc-e founder ?
That is the aliases which they use while giving interviews to news channels.
http://www.coindesk.com/btc-e-recent-issues-caused-surge-users/
At least one of the banks involved in the process is located in the Czech Republic; the BTC-e site references Bulgaria in its SEO descriptions; the founders, Russian programmers Aleksey and Alexander, honed their skills at the Skolkovo tech park; and the BTC-e managing company is based in Cyprus.
And according to this, the domain is registered to Alexander Buyanov of British Virgin Islands.
It's true right?
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Where are the owners of the BTC-E (Alexei and Alexander) in this list? They should be among the top ten. Running a successful Bitcoin exchange for almost two years now. And right now BTC-E is the biggest exchange in terms of volume.
From this thread (https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/who-owns-btc-e-144281) I learnt that btc-e founders are anonymous. So how do u know Alexei and Alexander are btc-e founder ?
Where are the owners of the BTC-E (Alexei and Alexander) in this list? They should be among the top ten. Running a successful Bitcoin exchange for almost two years now. And right now BTC-E is the biggest exchange in terms of volume.
Satoshi has 1 million BTC. My choice to put him at number 1 was not primarily because of celebrity.
In that case, shouldn't James Comey be on the list?
Balaji Srinivasan and Chris Dixon of A16z belong on that list
As does Fred Wilson of USV
As does Fred Wilson of USV
Why should this guys belong the list?
Balaji Srinivasan and Chris Dixon of A16z belong on that list
As does Fred Wilson of USV
As does Fred Wilson of USV
Although Satoshi is not active presently, he is still out there and if he would choose to act he could have more of an impact than anyone else. He has the most power, he is just choosing not to use it.
I disagree. The only thing Satoshi has is celebrity status. He came up with a great idea and got the ball rolling, but it has grown beyond his control.
He has already demonstrated some lack in foresight and made some rather questionable decisions in the initial development of bitcoin.
Any input that he would have now would need to be carefully considered on its own merits regardless of whether he is the one saying it. While he is quite knowledgeable in the inner workings of the protocol, so are dozens of other developers. He no longer has much power in the bitcoin infrastructure, and the only power he has in the bitcoin economy is in the minds of those who are enamored with the concept of celebrity.
Satoshi has 1 million BTC. My choice to put him at number 1 was not primarily because of celebrity.
By that reasoning, Mark Karpeles should be quite high! maybe second place.
He should be on the list, but probably not so high. The difference is that Karpeles will probably not be able to spend "his" BTC. Those BTC have been identified on the blockchain, and as the proceeds of a massive theft, Karpeles will not be allowed to get away with selling or spending them for his own profit. Either the government or his victims will stop him. He could still cause a lot of havoc, though, and that's why I would say he has power. Power may be good or evil.
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