So who would you say are the most influential figures in the history of crypto? I'll add my list below which is not ranked in any particular order. What do you think about my list? Anyone you would leave out or add? What is your list?
- Satoshi, Bitcoin
- Adam Back, Bitcoin
- Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum
- Jae Kwon, Cosmos
- Ethan Buchman, Cosmos
- CZ, Binance
- David Chaum
- Nick Zsabo
- Gavin Andresen, Bitcoin
- Sunny King, peercoin (first pos coin)
- Vincent Durham, namecoin (first top level domain coin)
- Hal Finney, first bitcoin recipient and early contributor
- Ralph Merkle, merkle tree inventor
- Wei Dai, lot of stuff
- Pieter Wuille, bitcoin core dev
- Andre Cronje, Yearn
- Fluffypony, Monero
- Charles Hoskinson, Cardano
- Emin Gun Sirer, Avalanche
- Roger Ver, Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin
- Joseph Lubin, cofounder Ethereum
- Gavin Wood, Polkadot
- Sergey Bazarov, Link
- Charlie Lee, Litecoin
- Hayden Adams, Uniswap
We seriously need to stop worshiping people as celebrities. Make your own decisions.