Image credit: Pixabay This is my top 100 for people to watch in the blockchain and cryptofinance. I’d be happy to hear about who else should be included and what I’m missing. Now let’s get straight to the point! 1. (Ethereum co-founder) Vitalik Buterin 2. (investor, author of “ ”) Marc Andreessen Why Bitcoins Matters 3. (CEO of The Tapscott Group, “ ” author) Don Tapscott Blockchain Revolution 4. (CEO of Northwest Passage Ventures) Alex Tapscott 5–6. and ( ) Cameron Tyler Winklevoss first bitcoin billionaires 7. (author of & ) Andreas Antonopoulos Mastering Bitcoin The Internet of Money 8. (creator of Litecoin) Charlie Lee 9. (co-founder and CEO at @Coinbase) Brian Armstrong 10. (CEO and founder , co-founder of Ethereum) Anthony Di Iorio Decentral & Jaxx 11. (co-founder and Executive Chairman of , Inc.) Tony Gallippi BitPay 12. (co-founder of ) Jihan Wu BITMAIN 13. (co-founder of Ethereum, founder of ) Joseph Lubin ConsenSys 14. (venture and blockchain investor) Tim Draper 15. (president and co-founder Blockchain) Nicolas Cary 16. (world’s first Investor in Bitcoin startups including) Roger Ver 17. (managing Partner at #Blockchain Capital and Chairman of Bitcoin Foundation) Brock Pierce 18. (co-founder and CEO at ) Valery Vavilov Bitfury Group 19. (founder of ) Derin Cag Richtopia 20. (CEO of ) Sasha Ivanov Waves platform 21. (co-founder at Coinbase) Fred Ehrsam 22. (co-founder of ) Sunny Ray Unocoin 23. (senior writer at YahooFinance) Daniel Roberts 24. (CEO of ) Bobby Lee BTCChina 25. (CEO of ) Patrick Byrne Overstock.com 26. (Forbes senior editor) Laura Shin 27. (varkets reporter and blogger for Bloomberg News) Camila Russo 28. (investor, ) Adam Ludwin Chain project 29. (founder of ) Jeff Garzik BloqInc 30. (chief technology officer for ) Richard Gendal Brown R3 31. (VP Business Development at ) Alejandro De La Torre BTC.com 32. (author for NY Times, author of “ ”) Nathaniel Popper Digital Gold: A History of Bitcoin 33. (CNN reporter, author of “ ”) Jose Pagliery Bitcoin and the Future of Money 34. (Global Head of Financial Services at ) Bill Sullivan Capgemini 35. (CEO at ) Wences Casares Xapo 36. , (blockchain marketer, . founder) Alexander Lashkov Smile Bright Media Inc 37. (founder of the Chamber of Digital Commerce) Perianne Boring 38. (system builder, crypto space contributor) Emin Gun Sirer 39. (founder and CEO of ) Barry Silbert Digital Currency Group 40. (venture investor) Fred Wilson (bitcoin developer) Pieter Wuille 42. (host of the BREAKING BANK$ radio show on Voice America) Brett King 43. (founder and CEO of Pantera Capital) Dan Morehead 44. (launched the Digital Currency Initiative at the MIT Media Lab) Brian Forde 45. (owner ) Jim Marous Digital Banking Report 46. (CEO of ) Erik Voorhees ShapeShift 47. (creator of ) Jackson Palmer Dogecoin 48. (founder of ) Dan Podolan LiveMarketCap 49. ( founder, expert at ) Andrew Chapin Benja.co ICO Governance Foundation 50. (co-Founder at ) Samantha Radocchia Chronicled 51. (computer scientist and cryptographer) Nick Szabo 52. (blockchain enthusiast and podcaster) Chris DeRose 53. (cryptocurrencies expert and podcast host) Joshua Unseth 54. (bitcoin programmer) Gavin Andresen 55. (investor, founder of ) Christine Lu America innovates 56. (cryptographer, founder) Adam Back Blockstream 57. (founder and CEO of ) Dinis Guarda BlockchainAge 58. (cryptography and security expert) Joey Zhou 59. (France European Commission) Gilles Babinet 60. (co-founder of ) Elizabeth Stark Lightning 61. (blockchain expert, founder ) Julian Hosp Ten-X 62. ( creator) Igor Barinov Oracles POA Network 63. (bitcoin developer) Jimmy Song 64. (partner at Deloitte) Nigel Walsh 65. (CTO at ) Sally Eaves TeamBlockchain 66. (editor-in-chief at ) Tuur Demeester Adamant Research 67. (security expert) Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn 68. (CEO at ) Vinny Lingham CivicKey 69. (writer of blog) Michael Kitces The Nerd’s Eye View 70. (ex-UBS’s Chief Information Officer, advisor) Oliver Bussman 71. (economist and blockchain Enthusiast) Rob Gill 72. (founder and ) Micha Benoliel FireChat OpenGarden 73. ( co-founder) Michael Flaxman coinsafe 74. (author and futurist) Daniel Jeffrie 75. (bitcoin expert and ) Knut Svanholm blogger 76. (founder & CEO at ) Greg Osuri Overclock Labs 77. (co-founder and managing partner at ) Carlos Domingo SPiCE VC 78. (founder of , ) Justin Mitchell a# capital blogger 79. (enterprise startup growth specialist, director at , ) Jesse Williams ExecVision blogger 80. (CEO of ) Anton Telitsyn Lordmancer 81. (ICO Consultant, Entrepreneur, Investor. ) Chris Herd 82. (blockchain engineer) Danny Ryan 83. (EIR at ) Nick Soman Foundation Capital 84. (venture investor, founder of ) Elian D. Alvarez 54Ventures 85. ( founder, blockchain and crypto ) Paul Walsh MetaCert blogger 86. (blogger, marketer at ) Stefan Cheplick StockTwits 87. (angel Investor, podcast host) Matt Ward The Syndicate 88. (CTO of payment service provider) Alexey Arkhipov QIWI 89. (futurist, startup growth advisor) Warren Whitlock 90. (finance expert) Michael Mainelli 91. (investment advisor at ) Ross Gerber Gerber Kawasaki 92. (lecturer at MIT) Meltem Demirors 93. (co-founder of ) Simon Taylor 11FSTeam 94. (founder at ) Gary Nuttall Distlytics 95. (CEO of the ) Anne Connelly ixo foundation 96. (co-founder ) Kristian T. Sorensen Norfico 97. (CEO of ) Anti Danilevsky KICKICO 98. (engineer, leader of ) Marie Wieck IBMBlockchain 99. (author of “ ”, founder) Melanie Swan Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy Institute for Blockchain Studies 100. (non-executive director , advisor and ambassador for the ) Neira Jones Cognosec Emerging Payments Association Please note, that this list is made based on my preferences. These 100 people are really great and worth following, feel free to contact me to propose any changes and suggestions! While curating this list I not only conducted own research but analized some current lists like the ones from Richtopia , Cryptocompare , Influencive and Onalytica .
