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New York Times journalist and author of Digital Gold, a definitive narrative account of Bitcoin's early history and the colorful characters who shaped it.

Pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin who published the whitepaper in 2008 and launched the network in 2009.

Pioneering cryptographer and cypherpunk who received the first-ever Bitcoin transaction from Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009. Early developer of PGP and RPOW.

Argentine technology entrepreneur, founder of Xapo, and early Bitcoin evangelist who introduced Bitcoin to Silicon Valley executives.

Early Bitcoin developer and pioneer who made the first real-world Bitcoin purchase (10,000 BTC for two pizzas on May 22, 2010), created the first MacOS Bitcoin client, and pioneered GPU mining.

Cryptographer, computer scientist, and legal scholar who coined the term "smart contracts" in 1994 and designed Bit Gold in 1998, a direct precursor to Bitcoin's architecture.

Seminal book by Saifedean Ammous analyzing Bitcoin through the lens of Austrian economics and monetary history.

First modern darknet marketplace (2011-2013) that used Bitcoin as its sole payment method, serving as one of Bitcoin's earliest large-scale demonstrations as a medium of exchange.

New York Times journalist and author of Digital Gold, a definitive narrative account of Bitcoin's early history and the colorful characters who shaped it.

Early Bitcoin developer and pioneer who made the first real-world Bitcoin purchase (10,000 BTC for two pizzas on May 22, 2010), created the first MacOS Bitcoin client, and pioneered GPU mining.

Cryptographer, computer scientist, and legal scholar who coined the term "smart contracts" in 1994 and designed Bit Gold in 1998, a direct precursor to Bitcoin's architecture.

Creator of Silk Road, the first modern darknet marketplace, which pioneered Bitcoin as a medium of exchange. Sentenced to life in prison in 2015 and pardoned by President Trump in January 2025.

German software developer who created the viral "What is Bitcoin?" video and BitcoinJS, served as CTO of Ripple, co-created the Interledger Protocol, and is known for losing the password to an IronKey containing 7,002 BTC.

Bitcoin pioneer, founder of BitInstant, and founding board member of the Bitcoin Foundation who became one of the first people sentenced to prison for a Bitcoin-related crime.

Co-founder of Gemini cryptocurrency exchange and early Bitcoin investor, known alongside his twin brother Tyler for the Facebook lawsuit and becoming Bitcoin billionaires.

Co-founder of Gemini cryptocurrency exchange and early Bitcoin investor, known alongside his twin brother Cameron for the Facebook lawsuit and becoming Bitcoin billionaires.

Third-generation venture capitalist who purchased 29,656 BTC at the US Marshals Silk Road auction in 2014, founder of Draper Associates, DFJ, and Draper University, and one of Bitcoin's most vocal billionaire advocates.

Early Bitcoin investor and evangelist known as 'Bitcoin Jesus' for his aggressive promotion of Bitcoin adoption, who later became a prominent advocate for Bitcoin Cash.