For every newbie trader or blockchain enthusiast who joins Twitter in search for information needs a starting point and want to know who are the trusted information sources to follow. In order break this entry barrier and make this process easier, in this post I would like to list the Top Crypto Influencers of the Blockchain and Crypto world and also few notable facts about them.
Please note that the order of the below presentation is in alphabetical order and has got nothing to do with the level of influence.
| Name | About | Twitter Handle |
|---|---|---|
| Andreas M. Antonopoulos | Entrepreneur, coder, hacker, author, humanist, pacifist, pilot. Author of Mastering Bitcoin & The Internet of Money | Aantonop |
| Adam Back | cypherpunk, cryptographer, privacy/ecash, inventor hashcash (used in Bitcoin mining) PhD Comp Sci http://adam3.us Co-Founder/CEO https://blockstream.com | adam3us |
| Barry Silbert | Founder of Digital Currency Group which is a parent company of Grey Scale Investment, CoinDesk and Genesis Trading | Barrysilbert |
| Chris Burniske | Partner at Place Holder VC which is a venture capital partnership that invests in decentralized information networks. Author at medium @cburniske and co-author of #Cryptoassets | Cburniske |
| Charlie Shrem | Bitcoin pioneer and Founder of Bitcoin Foundation | CharlieShrem |
| Jihan Wu | Co-founder of BITMAIN, the company that makes the Bitcoin mining equipment | JihanWu |
| Jimmy Song | Bitcoin Developer and Entrepreneur. Venture Partner at Blockchain Capital LLC | Jimmysong |
| Max Keiser | American broadcaster, film maker, and block chain entrepreneur. He hosts Keiser Report, a financial program broadcast on Russian state media channel RT | Maxkeiser |
| Nick Szabo | Blockchain, cryptocurrency, and smart contracts pioneer. | NickSzabo4 |
| Peter Todd | Notable Blockchain consultant | Peterktodd |
| Pieter Wuille | Bitcoin developer & Co-founder at Blockstream | Pwuille |
| Roger Ver | early investor in bitcoin related startups including Bitcoin.com, Blockchain.com, ZCash, BitPay, Kraken, Purse.io. Prominent supporter of bitcoin adoption and now promotes Bitcoin Cash. He identifies himself as a libertarian, an anarcho-capitalist, peace advocate and advocates for individualism and voluntarism. | rogerkver |
| Tuur Demeester | Economist & investor, Editor in Chief at Adamant Research | TuurDemeester |
| Vitalik Buterin | 24 year cryptography enthusiast who dropped out from the college to build Ethereum Project | VitalikButerin |
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About the Author:
Rishi Agarwal is the founder and chief editor at https://coinscenario.com. Other than researching about Blockchain technology and startups, he is also an active day trader, investor and entrepreneur in this ecosystem.