Inventors & Engineers
Builders of the tools that changed everything.
records written
Contemporary era
Satoshi Nakamoto
Pseudonymous creator or creators of Bitcoin
Contemporary era
Hal Finney
May 4, 1956 – August 28, 2014
American software developer (1956-2014)
Contemporary era
Adam Back
b. 1970
British cryptographer
Contemporary era
Wei Dai
Cryptographer, creator of Crypto++, and author of the b-money proposal
Contemporary era
David Chaum
b. 1955
American computer scientist and cryptographer
Contemporary era
Vitalik Buterin
b. January 31, 1994
Russian-Canadian computer scientist
Contemporary era
Joseph Lubin
b. 1964
Canadian-American entrepreneur
Anthony Di Iorio
Canadian entrepreneur
Contemporary era
Charles Hoskinson
b. November 5, 1987
American entrepreneur, founder of Cardano
Contemporary era
Charlie Lee
Computer scientist and creator of Litecoin
Contemporary era
Billy Markus
b. 1983
Co-founder of Cryptocurreny Dogecoin
Contemporary era
Jackson Palmer
Dogecoin co-founder
Contemporary era
Jed McCaleb
b. 1975
American tech entrepreneur and philanthropist
Contemporary era
Chris Larsen
b. 1960
American programmer
Contemporary era
David Schwartz
b. November 16, 1969
Programmer
Ethan Buchman
Canadian political candidate from Ontario
Contemporary era
Jutta Steiner
b. 1983
Computer security expert and cryptocurrency entrepreneur
Arthur Breitman
Cryptocurrency entrepreneur
Contemporary era
Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
b. May 13, 1974
Cypherpunk
Dominic Williams
Erlang programmer
Modern era
Juan Benet
October 7, 1927 – January 5, 1993
Spanish writer (1927–1993)
Contemporary era
Bram Cohen
b. October 12, 1975
American programmer, creator of BitTorrent protocol
Muneeb Ali
Pakistani-American computer scientist received Ph.D. Princeton University 2017
Contemporary era
Mustafa Al-Bassam
b. 1995
British computer hacker and co-founder of LulzSec
Contemporary era
Pavel Durov
b. October 10, 1984
Technology entrepreneur (born 1984)
Contemporary era
Nikolai Durov
b. November 21, 1980
Russian programmer and mathematician
Contemporary era
Sam Altman
b. April 22, 1985
American venture capitalist
Contemporary era
Yat Siu
b. 1973
Austrian-born Hong Kong entrepreneur (born 1973)
Contemporary era
Pieter Wuille
b. September 10, 1984
Bitcoin Core developer
Gregory Maxwell
Software developer
Jameson Lopp
Bitcoin engineer
Contemporary era
Amir Taaki
b. February 6, 1988
British-Iranian anarchist revolutionary, hacktivist, and programmer
Contemporary era
Eric Hughes
b. c. 1953
Cypherpunk movement co-founder
Contemporary era
John Gilmore
b. 1955
Cypherpunk co-founder and internet activist
Contemporary era
Phil Zimmermann
b. February 12, 1954
Creator of Pretty Good Privacy
Contemporary era
Len Sassaman
April 9, 1980 – July 3, 2011
US computer systems engineer
Contemporary era
Ralph Merkle
b. February 2, 1952
American cryptographer and cryonicist (born 1952)
Contemporary era
Matthew D. Green
b. 1976
American cryptographer and researcher
Contemporary era
Craig Steven Wright
b. October 23, 1970
Australian computer scientist and businessman
Contemporary era
Calvin Ayre
b. May 25, 1961
Canadian businessman, Gambling Industry Founder, Blockchain Venture Capitalist
Contemporary era
Changpeng Zhao
b. September 10, 1977
Canadian businessman
Contemporary era
Brian Armstrong
b. January 25, 1983
American business executive and investor
Contemporary era
Fred Ehrsam
b. May 10, 1988
American business executive and investor
Contemporary era
Sam Bankman-Fried
b. March 6, 1992
American cryptocurrency entrepreneur convicted of fraud (born 1992)
Ryan Salame
American business executive and convicted felon
Contemporary era
Anthony Scaramucci
b. January 6, 1964
American financier and political figure (born 1964)
Contemporary era
Cameron Winklevoss
b. August 21, 1981
American businessman and rower
Contemporary era
Tyler Winklevoss
b. August 21, 1981
American businessman and rower
Contemporary era
Mark Karpelès
b. June 1, 1985
Former CEO of Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox
Contemporary era
Charlie Shrem
b. November 25, 1989
American entrepreneur
Contemporary era
Kris Marszalek
b. 1979
CEO, Crypto.com
Contemporary era
Wences Casares
b. February 26, 1974
Argentine businessman
Contemporary era
Jeremy Allaire
b. May 13, 1971
American-born technologist and Internet entrepreneur
Contemporary era
Giancarlo Devasini
b. 1964
Italian entrepreneur, doctor and billionaire
Contemporary era
Nischal Shetty
b. 1986
Historical figure
Contemporary era
Vladimir Tenev
b. 1987
Bulgarian-American entrepreneur and co-founder of Robinhood, a US-based financial services company
Contemporary era
Yoni Assia
b. March 1, 1981
Businessperson
Barry Silbert
Businessman
Dan Morehead
Founder and CEO, Pantera
Contemporary era
Michael Saylor
b. February 4, 1965
American business executive, entrepreneur, and philanthropist (born 1965)