Scientists
The minds that decoded nature's laws.
records written
Contemporary era
Hal Finney
May 4, 1956 – August 28, 2014
American software developer (1956-2014)
Contemporary era
Nick Szabo
b. April 5, 1964
American computer scientist
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
Gavin Wood
b. April 22, 1980
Decentralized internet pioneer
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
Dan Larimer
b. c. 1950
Software developer; creator of BitShares, Steem and EOS.IO
Contemporary era
Silvio Micali
b. October 13, 1954
Italian-American computer scientist
Contemporary era
Emin Gün Sirer
b. c. 1950
Turkish-American computer scientist (born 1950)
Contemporary era
Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
b. May 13, 1974
Cypherpunk
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
Steven Goldfeder
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer - Offchain Labs
Contemporary era
Ed Felten
b. March 25, 1963
Professor of computer science and public affairs
Contemporary era
Eli Ben-Sasson
b. 1970
Ph.D. Hebrew University 2001
Contemporary era
Yonatan Sompolinsky
b. 1984
Israeli computer scientist
Contemporary era
Ben Goertzel
b. December 8, 1966
Author and researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence
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
Alex Blania
b. 1993
German entrepreneur
Contemporary era
Amir Taaki
b. February 6, 1988
British-Iranian anarchist revolutionary, hacktivist, and programmer
Rusty Russell
Botanist and curator
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)
Stuart Haber
American cryptographer
W. Scott Stornetta
American physicist
Contemporary era
Dan Boneh
b. 1969
Israeli cryptographer
Contemporary era
Craig Steven Wright
b. October 23, 1970
Australian computer scientist and businessman
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
Ben Delo
b. February 24, 1984
British mathematician and programmer
Modern era
Roger Ver
February 27, 1944 – January 12, 2020
English conservative philosopher and writer (1944–2020)
Contemporary era
Michael Saylor
b. February 4, 1965
American business executive, entrepreneur, and philanthropist (born 1965)
Contemporary era
Marc Andreessen
b. July 9, 1971
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
Contemporary era
Kevin Rose
b. February 21, 1977
Digg founder and NFT project creator
Contemporary era
Gary Vaynerchuk
b. November 14, 1975
Belarusian-American entrepreneur and investor
Contemporary era
Hester Peirce
b. 1970
American lawyer, current Commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Contemporary era
Andreas Antonopoulos
b. 1972
British-Greek Bitcoin advocate
Contemporary era
Saifedean Ammous
b. October 24, 1980
Economist and author (b. 1980)
Contemporary era
Don Tapscott
b. June 1, 1947
Canadian businessman
Contemporary era
Alex Tapscott
b. c. 1950
Canadian business author, and advisor (born 1986)
Lyn Alden
Financial analyst
Contemporary era
Ross Ulbricht
b. March 27, 1984
American founder and administrator of the illicit online marketplace the Silk Road
Contemporary era
Virgil Griffith
b. March 6, 1983
American computer programmer
Contemporary era
John McAfee
September 18, 1945 – June 23, 2021
British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)
Contemporary era
Glen Weyl
b. May 6, 1985
American economist
Contemporary era
Eswar Prasad
b. 1965
American economist
Sarah Meiklejohn
American computer scientist
Modern era
Alexander Van der Bellen
b. January 18, 1944
President of Austria since 2017 (born 1944)
Contemporary era
Lionel Zinsou
b. October 23, 1954
French investment banker, economist and private banker
Contemporary era
Andrej Babiš
b. September 2, 1954
Czech politician and businessman, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
Contemporary era
Ilunga Ilunkamba Sylvestre
b. March 28, 1947
Congolese politician
Contemporary era
Luis Abinader
b. July 12, 1967
President of the Dominican Republic
Contemporary era
Alar Karis
b. March 26, 1958
Estonian molecular geneticist and President of Estonia (born 1958)
Contemporary era
Mikheil Kavelashvili
b. July 22, 1971
Georgian politician and former footballer, sixth President of Georgia since 2024
Contemporary era
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
b. March 4, 1968
Greek politician, prime Minister of Greece, President of New Democracy party