You either die a hero... or live long enough to see yourself become the villain!

Co-founder and CEO of Blockstream, Dr. Adam Back, invented Hashcash, the  proof-of-work algorithm cited by Satoshi Nakamoto in the Bitcoin  whitepaper, as the future basis for its mining function. 

Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a  best-selling author, speaker, educator, and highly sought after expert  in Bitcoin and open blockchain technologies. He is known for making  complex subjects easy to understand and highlighting both the positive  and negative impacts these technologies can have on our global  societies.

My mission is to use my skills as a technologist to build tools that  empower individuals. The most direct way I believe I can achieve that at  this time is to make it easier for people to take custody of their  bitcoin and manage their private keys.

I am the co-founder of Ministry of Nodes,  providing educational content on how to transition to a Bitcoin  standard. I focus on learning and teaching about hardware and software  that allows the individual to:

1. Hold their own keys
2. Use their own node

NVK is the founder of Coinkite which make many of the devices Bitcoiners  love, like COLDCARD, BLOCKCLOCK, OPENDIME. He is also having fun with  the Bitcoin.Review podcast and ham radios.

Pierre Rochard founded Bitcoin Advisory in 2018 to everyone understand,  buy, and hold bitcoin. He advises clients on how a portfolio allocation  to Bitcoin may be aligned with their long-term objectives, constraints,  and investment philosophy.

Craig Raw founder and developer of Sparrow a Bitcoin desktop wallet with a  focus on multi-signatures for distributed self-custody and privacy. In 2020 he started Sparrow out of the desire to build something with and for Bitcoin which can fill the gaps he saw within the existing wallets.

Jeff Booth is a visionary leader, technology entrepreneur and best-selling author of "The Price of Tomorrow – Why Deflation is Key to an Abundant Future". With his expertise in technology, system thinking and design, he is at the forefront of a transition from an economic system built for the  past, and one built for the future.

Preston Pysh is a co-founder of The Investor's Podcast Network and host of Bitcoin Fundamentals. 

Peter Van Valkenburgh is the Director of Research at Coin Center, a leading research group focused on cryptocurrency technologies. Peter also gave one of the best explanations of Bitcoin ever recorded. Check it out on our "What is Bitcoin?" page.

Bitcoiner with a newsletter about Insights into bitcoin and the future of money and society

American HODL is the lovable loud mouth saying what he feels. If he has an opinion on Bitcoin, you're going to hear it.

Search "hodl" on "primal.net" or other Nostr client.

Hi, I'm Gigi.

I'm a bitcoiner and software engineer, writing words and code for Bitcoin. My first book, 21 Lessons, is one of the most recommended books among bitcoiners. I launched various projects in the bitcoin space. My main focus is on privacy, security, free software, and education.

Head of Customer Experience at Foundation Devices. Co-host of "Ungovernable Misfits". Author of "bitcoiner.guide".

Bitcoin, Freedom and Privacy advocate.

Burn The Bridge focuses on  bringing you articles about interacting with Bitcoin. The emphasis is  on self custody, censorship resistance, mining at home, CoinJoins, and  privacy. Overreaching government regulations coupled with invasive  chain-analysis have threatened the permission-less state of Bitcoin as  well as the rights & privacy of those who use it. 

Ronin• refers to a serf who has fled or a samurai without a master.

Dylan is passionate about human freedom and economic empowerment in the digital  age. He spends his time researching and educating others about bitcoin.

Alex Gladstein is Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights  Foundation. He has also served as Vice President of Strategy for the  Oslo Freedom Forum since its inception in 2009.

Michael Saylor, a Bitcoin advocate and co-founder of MicroStrateg. He is the founder of "Saylor Academy", a non-profit that has provdedfree education to over 2 million students.

Saifedean Ammous is an internationally best-selling economist and author. In 2018, Ammous authored The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking, the best-selling book on bitcoin, published in 37 languages. In 2021, he published The Fiat Standard: The Debt Slavery Alternative to Human Civilization.

Ben has been educating people in the realm of using and securing Bitcoin since 2016. His YouTube channel has amassed over 10.5 million views, and in between making tutorials, Ben regularly travels the globe speaking at conferences, running workshops, and educating political dissidents on how to use BTC as a tool for human rights.

Parman created a site that is dedicated to helping you progress your understanding of Bitcoin, and some of the technical aspects – easy, difficult, and outrageously  extreme, but hopefully interesting.

Will Clemente is a leading on-chain analyst and co-founder of Reflexivity Research, a  firm that provides in-depth research reports for the Bitcoin and  cryptocurrency industry.

Jack Mallers is a crypto entrepreneur who founded Zap and Strike, two companies that  help users buy, sell, and receive Bitcoins. He also played a role in El  Salvador's Bitcoin adoption

Nic Carter, a co-founder and GP at the VC firm Castle Island Ventures, has been a longtime Bitcoiner.

Creator of Clark Moody Dashboard.

CEO of Mempool.space

Peter Todd is a Canadian cryptographer and software developer who was an early contributor to the development of Bitcoin.

Created Crypto Voices podcast and Porkopolis Economics. Provides updates and commentary on the status of global central bank money and US debt.

A computer scientist, legal scholar, and cryptographer known for his research in smart contracts and digital currency.

Head of Business Development at Zaprite.com, working on Bitcoin payments. Author of "Gradually, Then Suddenly".

Nicolas is a prominent bitcoin developer, best known as the founder of BTCPay Server.

Co-founder and CTO of Swan Bitcoin. Yan  is also the author of Inventing Bitcoin, a quick guide to why Bitcoin was invented and how it works.

The Chief Strategy Officer at GRIID. Partner at Bitcoin Park.

Contributor to Wasabi Wallet & CEO of zkSNACKs. Max contributes to numerous open-source projects, including Wasabi  Wallet, Bitcoin Core, BTCPay Server, JoinMarket, LND, and BISQ. His  focus is to establish a second realm with a sound monetary economy,  empowering sovereign individuals to engage in entrepreneurial pursuits. 

Taco pleb. Editing "citadel21.com" and adviser at "The BTC Adviser". Fighter of the good fight!

Independent Bitcoin Journalist and Content Creator.

Founder of Bitcoin Beach, in El Salvador.

Pete Rizzo conducts archival research on Bitcoin's history, working to identify the people and events that most impacted its development.

Owner of Peony Lane Winery.

CTO at Ocean Mining.

Bitcoin On-Chain & Cycle Analyst.

Creating mass awareness for the mass adoption of Bitcoin.

Bitcoin Youtube Influencer.

Host of What Is Money podcast.

Chief Boiling Officer at Ocean Mining

Investment Manager, Equity Management Associates,LLC. Sound money  advocate. Gold stock fund manager. Austrian economist. Anti-Federalist.

Exposer of Bitcoin Scammers. Creator of Junseth's world.

Co-host of Bitcoin Monthly.

Privacy advocate and host of "Opt Out" podcast.

Veteran Investor interested in Bitcoin

CEO of Fedi and a full time Bitcoin advocate.

A strategic Bitcoin adviser, educator, author and founder of Bitcoin for Fairness.

Host of "Bitcoin Audible" and audiobook narrator.

Bitcoin Magazine Editor In Chief. Author of Genesis Book.

Finance, Economics and Investing Journalist.

10th known contributor to Bitcoin Core. Full-Time Open-Source Bitcoin+Lightning Project at Spiral BTC.

Allen Farrington is a writer and investor in bitcoin. He cowrote Bitcoin Is Venice and Only The Strong Survive, and is a cofounder of Axiom Capital.

Co-founder and CEO of twitter. Block Head, Square Head, Chairman, and co-founder of Block.

Bitcoin Youtuber

CEO & Co-founder of Satoshi Act Fund. President & Founder Satoshi Educate.

Investor and Bitcoin and Freedom Maximalist.