Best Crypto Influencers The 10 most influential people in the cryptocurrency world QouteCoin
The cryptocurrency world is one of the most exciting and rapidly growing industries on the internet today, drawing in eager new investors and entrepreneurs alike every day. But with thousands of people talking about cryptocurrencies, it can be hard to distinguish between those who truly know what they’re talking about and those who are just jumping on the bandwagon to make a quick buck.
This list of the 10 most influential people in the crypto world right now so you can learn more about these individuals and their contributions to the industry. Here are my top picks! (Ranked)
Vitalik Buterin
It’s difficult to choose just one influencer from the crypto world, but Vitalik Buterin has made a sizable impact on the industry. Buterin is a Russian-Canadian programmer and writer primarily known as a co-founder of Ethereum. He invented the smart contract concept now used by Ethereum, which is aimed at solving the issue of trust between two parties when exchanging money or property. His contributions are so instrumental that he is often called The father of Ethereum.
Satoshi Nakamoto
The founder of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, was the first person to create and release a blockchain based currency. It is not known who he is or where he currently lives. It has been speculated that his identity is actually a group of people who all worked together but this has never been confirmed. Satoshi Nakamoto started Bitcoin in 2009 and left the project in 2010. He then handed over control to Gavin Andresen and subsequently stepped away from the public eye.
Chris Larsen
Larsen, who is the founder of Ripple, has a net worth of $37.5 billion. His company Ripple provides global financial transactions that allow banks to have smoother cross-border transactions. Larsen was also behind the highly successful e-commerce site E-Loan, which he sold to Banco Popular North America in 2000 for $64 million and serves as an executive chairman at Ripple.
Charlie Lee
He left Google to work on Litecoin full time on GitHub.
He was also one of the first to predict that Bitcoin would eventually become legal tender and become regulated by governments worldwide.
Roger Ver
Ver is best known for his work as an angel investor and entrepreneur. He was the first person to start investing in Bitcoin companies, and he has been called Bitcoin Jesus because of his promotion of the currency. Ver is also one of the largest investors in bitcoin related startups. He owns a lot of bitcoins and it is believed that he owns about 250,000 bitcoins which makes him one of the wealthiest bitcoin holders worldwide.
John McAfee
In November 2017, McAfee claimed that he would eat his manhood on national television if Bitcoin does not reach $500k by 2020. He has also predicted that Bitcoin will surpass $1 million by the end of 2020.
McAfee has also offered up his thoughts on other cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum and Litecoin. In February 2018, he proclaimed that Ethereum is tanking while promoting an ICO based on ERC-20 tokens called Pundi X.
Nick Szabo
A computer scientist, legal scholar and cryptographer best known for his pioneering research in digital contracts and digital currency, Nick Szabo is one of the earliest innovators in the field of decentralized computing. One of the original architects of what would eventually become Ethereum, Nick Szabo designed Bit Gold – a precursor to Bitcoin – nearly two decades before Satoshi Nakamoto published his seminal 2008 white paper on Bitcoin.
David Chaum
In 1985 he founded DigiCash Inc., which developed electronic money, including eCash and Ecash—the first digital currency based on public key cryptography. In 1990, he published an essay on the creation-evolution controversy entitled The Evolution of Morality which has been translated into many languages.
Peter Todd
Todd has always been an integral part of the cryptocurrency community. He was involved with early bitcoin projects such as Bitcoind (Bitcoin daemon) and Electrum (lightweight bitcoin client). In 2012, he became a member of the Bitcoin Foundation Board of Directors.
Jimmy Song
This list of the 10 Best Crypto Influencers of all time is built on three things; their knowledge, their impact, and their influence. Some may say that influencer is a subjective term. I disagree. You can’t deny the power and influence of someone just because you don’t like them or agree with them. The word influencer has become a buzzword but the way I see it is this: an influencer isn’t someone who simply has followers or fans – they have to have an impact on the lives of those they are influencing, whether they are doing so knowingly or not.
