Individuals and entities shape Bitcoin’s consensus, development, and adoption through technical expertise, economic influence, advocacy, or operational contributions.
Co-founder and CEO of Arch Network, a Bitcoin Layer 2 scaling solution. A long-time Bitcoin enthusiast, Mudano has over a decade of experience in Bitc...
CEO of Blockstream and Hashcash inventor, pioneering Liquid Network, Babylon staking, and Bitcoin’s layered scaling approach.
Author of 'Mastering Bitcoin,' educating on Bitcoin scaling, upgrades, and holdings with a decentralization focus.
General Partner at a16z, author of 'Read Write Own,' discussing blockchain scaling and Bitcoin’s Web3 integration.
CEO of Lightning Labs, driving Lightning Network development since co-authoring its 2015 whitepaper, advocating scalable, private transactions.
Eric Wall is a prominent Bitcoin advocate and cryptocurrency researcher, holding a Master’s in Computer Science from Lund University. He supports scal...
Bitcoin educator and co-founder of BHB Network, advocating Lightning Network scaling and Bitcoin maximalism, critical of OP_CAT complexity.
Jack Mallers is the CEO of Twenty One Capital and founder of Strike, a Bitcoin payment app using the Lightning Network, known for advocating Bitcoin a...
Luke Dashjr is a Bitcoin Core developer known for his contributions to protocol development, including Segregated Witness (SegWit), and for maintainin...
Macroeconomist and 'Broken Money' author, advocating Bitcoin as a store of value, analyzing scaling, upgrades, and holding impacts.
Executive Chairman and co-founder of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), a prominent advocate for Bitcoin adoption in corporate treasuries. Under his l...
Cryptography pioneer who coined 'smart contracts,' discussing Bitcoin’s role in scaling, variants, and economic security.
Bitcoin Core developer known for Replace-by-Fee and timewarp fixes, discussing upgrades and scaling conservatively.
Bitcoin Core developer and co-author of Taproot (BIP 340-342), contributing to upgrades enabling modern Layer 2 solutions like Lightning and BitVM.
Anonymous creator of the Stock-to-Flow model, analyzing Bitcoin’s price trajectory and ecosystem trends.
Robin Linus is a Bitcoin researcher and developer known for his work on BitVM, a method to enhance Bitcoin's programmability, and ZeroSync, a STARK pr...
Author of 'The Bitcoin Standard,' focusing on Bitcoin’s monetary fundamentals, scaling, and upgrade benefits.
CSO of Blockstream and CEO of JAN3, promoting Bitcoin nation-state adoption, Liquid scaling, and maximalist principles.