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Quote from: Shasha80 on October 30, 2019, 07:27:05 PM

Almost everyone agrees that Andreas Antonopoulos is the most influential figure in bitcoin. But I'm an additional person who
making bitcoin increasingly known throughout the world including Vitalik Buterin with his smart mind making breakthroughs
in the world crypto with his creation of ETH which is the strongest altcoins at the moment, John McAfee is also an influential
person with his prediction is quite controversial and lastly Changpeng Zhao founder of Exchanges binance amazed the crypto
world his enthusiasm makes exchanges very popular until now. That's the name of the person who in my opinion is most influential
person in bitcoin.

Yeah, Andreas has come up most. It's funny how few other names get mentioned, after all, and that all of the names (specifically including Andreas) are being debated about. I guess this is a really strong indicator for Bitcoin's decentralized governance, is it?

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Quote from: DannyHamilton on October 30, 2019, 02:05:54 PM

That being said, I'll also nominate me, Danny Hamilton, for your list Grin

(are we allowed to nominate ourselves)?

Nomination accepted. Wink

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Quote from: franky1 on October 30, 2019, 06:30:14 PM

if you asked 5 years ago i would have said andreas, but he seems to b very core band campy more so then open bitcoin network where any dev has as much chance as any other to offer up the next bugfix/innovation for the network

He isn't pro core, he is pro anything that makes sense based on the economical formula presented, which is Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Quote from: franky1 on October 30, 2019, 06:30:14 PM

if h went back to how he told things in the early days he would be more popular in many peoples eyes

Look at all the videos on Youtube he is featured in, the ratio between likes and dislikes is generally 99 to 1. I think that's a pretty accurate metric to measure his popularity.

There doesn't seem to be a measurable depth to his knowledge. Combine that with his articulation and there you have the perfect spokes person for Bitcoin and crypto in general.

Quote from: franky1 on October 30, 2019, 06:30:14 PM

these days. 'influencers' dont have a clue. they just promote brands just to get people to buy things

It all comes down to supply and demand. If there weren't any noobs to sell garbage to, so called influencers wouldn't be promoting their products/services.

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Quote from: franky1 on October 30, 2019, 06:30:14 PM

if you asked 5 years ago i would have said andreas, but he seems to b very core band campy more so then open bitcoin network where any dev has as much chance as any other to offer up the next bugfix/innovation for the network

if h went back to how he told things in the early days he would be more popular in many peoples eyes

these days. 'influencers' dont have a clue. they just promote brands just to get people to buy things

If there was no Bcash and Bsv Andreas wouldn't need to take sides and be pro core as you call it. I think he's not pro core. He's pro bitcoin. The other things are alts and they are not bitcoin. They are Bcash, Bgold, BcashSV, and the whole other bunch of them. There's Bitcoin and there are altcoins.

They used to say Jihan is the most influential person but that was a long time ago. Some people think Pumpkin Man Craig is influential Grin

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Almost everyone agrees that Andreas Antonopoulos is the most influential figure in bitcoin. But I'm an additional person who
making bitcoin increasingly known throughout the world including Vitalik Buterin with his smart mind making breakthroughs
in the world crypto with his creation of ETH which is the strongest altcoins at the moment, John McAfee is also an influential
person with his prediction is quite controversial and lastly Changpeng Zhao founder of Exchanges binance amazed the crypto
world his enthusiasm makes exchanges very popular until now. That's the name of the person who in my opinion is most influential
person in bitcoin.

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Andreas Antonopoulos, one hundred percent! He laid out everything on the shelves before Bitcoin became mainstream. He eventually abandoned his job as a freelance consultant and started speaking at conferences about bitcoin, consulting for startups, and writing articles free of charge. This is dedication, a matter of respect.

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if you asked 5 years ago i would have said andreas, but he seems to b very core band campy more so then open bitcoin network where any dev has as much chance as any other to offer up the next bugfix/innovation for the network

if h went back to how he told things in the early days he would be more popular in many peoples eyes

these days. 'influencers' dont have a clue. they just promote brands just to get people to buy things

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I second the motion for Danny.

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Quote from: Chain Clash on October 30, 2019, 05:25:36 AM

In other words:
If you had to choose one real person to represent Bitcoin (in the public or in a debate against other crypto currency representatives), who should it be?

I choose me.

I don't mean, me Danny Hamilton, I mean we each should strive to be the most influential person in our own lives. To those who we work with, live with, and communicate with, we should work to be knowledgable enough to be the best representative of Bitcoin that we can be.

That being said, I'll also nominate me, Danny Hamilton, for your list Grin

(are we allowed to nominate ourselves)?

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Definitely, Andreas Antonopoulos, he is the most famous bitcoin speaker all over the world - He is everywhere on YouTube trying to teach people how bitcoin works and why people should trust bitcoin. After Andreas Antonopoulos, we can add "Max Keiser" to the list for the real bitcoin believers for the last 10 years.

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Quote from: Haunebu on October 30, 2019, 09:07:43 AM

This is subjective and can only be decided through some sort of election process if you ask me. Its like asking 'Who is the most powerful man/woman in the world?'. In my opinion, a team(Not a single person) who have in-depth knowledge of BTC and the blockchain would get my vote.

This is vital since majority of the world would probably debate against BTC which is why this would help even out the odds to some extent. People like Brian Armstrong, Chanpeng Zhao, Andreas Antonopoulos etc should be a part of such a team in my opinion.

Yeah, this is really a question asking for opinions, not looking for a truth. It's really interesting which answers come up, as obviously metrics like "Twitter followers" aren't really representative (after all, people tweet about all kinds of things, not just Bitcoin).

The lack of a centralized power (even if it was a group of people) is one of Bitcoin's biggest strengths, but at the same time some might say it's one of its biggest weaknesses, as well.

How about actually doing a mock-vote, maybe using BTC stakes?

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I'd say, Yifu Guo, the man behind the first Avalon ASIC miners. He may not have started it, but it fueled an arms race to have the fastest mining machines. I think it was only a few dozen or hundred gigahash back then, but it was more than any GPU could do. Then of course several months and several companies later, the current king would be Bitmain. I'd say quite influential because of his hardware.

Maybe Friedcat ...

But those are all guys in the past. If you're talking today or currently, then I'd say it would be the Core developers. It all depends on your definition of "influential".

If it's not just one single person, then it's all ten thousand people who run full nodes.

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Bitcoin community would benefit if Craig Wright will represent in a debate. He is influential, he speaks all time in any conferences, its just that no one asks him live about his claim. its a chance for him to really prove himself of what he is claiming and if he can't prove himself to be real satoshi in the debate, i guess we then had expose the impostor.

i'd be watching in disbelief if Xi Jinping speaks about BTC.

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Most of the preference were Andreas Antonopoulos. He has got great knowledge about bitcoin, and he himself serves as a consultant for most bitcoin related startups. What he got as gift in terms of bitcoin itself will describe the quality of his ability. He has received more than hundreds of bitcoin as gift from users around the globe. On some issues he might not have a solution, but his works on briefing about bitcoin is truly perfect.

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This is subjective and can only be decided through some sort of election process if you ask me. Its like asking 'Who is the most powerful man/woman in the world?'. In my opinion, a team(Not a single person) who have in-depth knowledge of BTC and the blockchain would get my vote.

This is vital since majority of the world would probably debate against BTC which is why this would help even out the odds to some extent. People like Brian Armstrong, Chanpeng Zhao, Andreas Antonopoulos etc should be a part of such a team in my opinion.

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Quote from: gentlemand on October 30, 2019, 08:37:27 AM

Andreas has no influence whatsoever. He doesn't control anything. Most Bitcoin fans won't know who he is as many won't speak English. Plenty of English speakers never go anywhere near Youtube. He's very careful to never take a position on anything so clearly doesn't want any influence.

At this particular moment in time the person with the most potential influence over price, uptake and mining is probably Xi Jinping.

This is a very interesting point as we're obviously biased towards English speaking influencers. I wouldn have no idea who (apart from the Xi Jinping) would be relevant on a global scale in languages other than English. From an English-speaking community point of view the rest of the world might seem irrelevant, but it probably excludes quite a lot of people.

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Quote from: Chain Clash on October 30, 2019, 05:25:36 AM

In other words: If you had to choose one real person to represent Bitcoin (in the public or in a debate against other crypto currency representatives), who should it be? (It's clear that Bitcoin isn't led or represented by any single one person officially, which is what makes that question so hard to answer. It's also clear that this is feature, not a bug!)

Nobody can ever replace the influence and the name Satoshi Nakamoto to be representing Bitcoin in any discourse and debates. The man knows everything about Bitcoin but since he is not here with us, I actually do not believe that there should be someone who should occupy this position of being ambassador for Bitcoin. Rather, just like the idea of decentralization, this is a community effort with many people contributing something no matter how little or how big for the welfare and further development of this cryptocurrency.

Quote from: big_daddy on October 30, 2019, 05:48:57 AM

Andreas Antonopoulos is my favorite public Bitcoin AMBASSADOR. He selflessly shares knowledge and spreads good words about Bitcoin
For noobs, I will recommend his Youtube channel as a MUST

I have a deep respect and admiration for this man and if ever there is really that need to choose a very good, well-versed and professional ambassador it should be this guy. However, since I firmly believe that Bitcoin is a community effort and a technology to be safeguarded by a group of people with the same mindset, I am adding the names of Gavin Andersen, Charles Lee, Nick Szabo and Brian Armstrong as possible candidates. Of course, these guys have their own sets of strengths and weaknesses so some people may or may not some of them.

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You're definitely not making it clear in your Thread title;)

Most influential person may not necessarily be the person I'd choose to represent Bitcoin in a public debate. Not that I'd even want anyone to represent it, even if Bitcoin were such a project (which as you point out, it's not!).

Reminds me of Times magazine person of the year some time ago, where it was a blank front cover, supposedly a mirror representing... "you".

We are the only person we rely on to represent what Bitcoin is to us, since only we can say how it matters to us and how we use it. The diversity in stories and use case is cause for celebration, and a true reflection of just how really, really different Bitcoin is compared to any other form of money (and yes, even compared to "rivals" in the same asset class!).

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Andreas has no influence whatsoever. He doesn't control anything. Most Bitcoin fans won't know who he is as many won't speak English. Plenty of English speakers never go anywhere near Youtube. He's very careful to never take a position on anything so clearly doesn't want any influence.

At this particular moment in time the person with the most potential influence over price, uptake and mining is probably Xi Jinping.

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I would say Vitalik, although he's Ethereum founder and more to Ethereum than to Bitcoin, he's decent enough to speak about Bitcoin. He would be great at debating with his smart minds.

Also, influencer must be able to influence those who don't really understand about Bitcoin and not those who already knew so I think it is him.

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