List of people in blockchain technology

• Gavin Andresen, former Bitcoin lead developer • Andreas Antonopoulos, author of Mastering Bitcoin • Jeremy Allaire, CEO and founder of the digital currency company Circle and Chairman of the Board of Brightcove ==B==

• Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director of Hyperledger Project • Brendan Blumer, CEO of Block.One • Vitalik Buterin, founder of Ethereum • Adam Back, author of Hashcash and CEO of Blockstream ==C==

• Wences Casares, CEO of Xapo • David Chaum, computer scientist, cryptographer and blockchain pioneer. ==D==

• Wei Dai, creator of b-money; inspired the creation of Bitcoin by Satoshi Nakamoto ==F==

• Hal Finney, the recipient of the first Bitcoin transaction ==G==

• Tony Gallippi, founder of BitPay, a global bitcoin payment service provider. • Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple Labs • Kofi Genfi, co-founder of Mazzuma • David Gerard, author of Attack of the 50-foot Blockchain in 2017. ==H==

• Charles Hoskinson, co-founder of Ethereum and founder of Cardano ==I==

• Ruja Ignatova, founder of OneCoin, a pyramid scheme promoted as a cryptocurrency. ==K==

• Dave Kleiman associated with Craig Wright ==L==

• Chris Larsen, CEO of Ripple ==M==

• Blythe Masters, CEO of Digital Asset Holdings • Silvio Micali, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and founder of Algorand ==N==

• Satoshi Nakamoto, the name used by the unknown person or people who designed bitcoin • Nii Osae Osae Dade, co-founder of Mazzuma ==S==

• Emin Gün Sirer, professor at Cornell University, who studies distributed and peer-to-peer systems • Jorge Stolfi, Brazilian professor at the University of Campinas, cryptocurrency skeptic • Nick Szabo, computer scientist, cryptographer, and legal scholar known for his research in digital contracts currencies. ==T==

• Alex Tapscott, co-author of Blockchain Revolution, CEO and founder of Northwest Passage Ventures, an advisory firm for early-stage blockchain companies • Don Tapscott, co-author of Blockchain Revolution, CEO of Tapscott Group, co-founder of Blockchain Research Institute ==V==

• Roger Ver, Bitcoin Foundation co-founder, promoter of Bitcoin Cash ==W==

• Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn, creator of the crypto coin, Zcash • Gavin Wood, co-founder of Ethereum • Jihan Wu, co-founder of Bitmain ==Z==

• Micree Zhan, co-founder of Bitmain • Changpeng Zhao, founder of exchange Binance ==See also==