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Title: BitcoinTalk expert list. Who uses the badge. Post by: vit05 on April 16, 2018, 05:14:14 AM I was reading some old threads and in some moments crossed with users who used a badge of Bitcoin Experts. I looked for some more information about them and found no topics. Not even on the original topic (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=427201.0). @qwk made a list with some of the users in another topic, but I do not know if it is complete and updated these days. Moreover, there is no information about what they did or who they were.
I added a system of badges to SMF a while ago, though only two are defined now. Here are the current badges:
So I decided to make a list with some information about them and link to some personal information outside the forum. If you have any additional information or if you know someone who has this badge but is not on this list, please let me know. The BitcoinTalk expert list
He was a developer for PGP CorporationPGP and he was very active in Cypherpunk Mailing List and created Reusable Proofs of Work. If you have never read, please, read his post "Bitcoin and me" "I think I was the first person besides Satoshi to run bitcoin" (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=155054.0)
He is the inventor of hashcash, the proof-of-work system used by several anti-spam systems. A similar system is used in bitcoin.
He created the Dark Wallet (https://www.wired.com/2014/07/inside-dark-wallet/), DarkMarket. Worked on Electrum. He fought against ISIS. :) (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1091258.40)
Founder of Armory wallet
Former Google engineer, and a former contributor to Bitcoin Core
He has reported some vulnerabilities and is working on rsk (https://www.rsk.co/)
CEO of Mt. Gox
Bitcoin Core Developer. Created one of the first bitcoin mining pools (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=23768.0)
Bitcoin Dev.
Translated Bitcoin's white paper into Hebrew. Created several meetups in Israel. And he was very active in the forum.
He was very active in the pool section. Created p2pool.org
Cryptography Consultant. Bitcoin Dev
Founder of Blockchain.info (https://blockchain.info/)
Invented the Mastercoin (Omni) protocol, ICO, Token.
He is one of the few people that HODL the community too. It is possible to see several people who were very active in various parts of the forum, including people on this list, and who over time look for other interests or other communities. Some of them get tired of Bitcoin and everything that surrounds it. Others get tired of talking and communicating. Others look for different places to express their opinions. And some decides to cut their online activity for security reasons or financial reasons. So I consider Theymos a community HODL and not just a Bitcoin HODL. He was here when Satoshi was active, he's here right now, and he'll probably be right after a nuclear war (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Nuclear_war_and_Bitcoin).
Personal Website (https://achow101.com/) Video where he talks about Armory Wallet (https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/69p5vt/watch_armory_wallet_with_andrew_chow_on_youtube/) Developer, specializing in C++, Python, and Java. Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Armory developer. He is the moderator of the Technical Support and Development and Technical Discussion sections of Bitcointalk. And it is one of the core devs that are most present on the BTalk. [/list] Later I will put more information about them. Who do you think should be considered a Bitcoin Expert? Remember that it only enters the list if someone who is already in it indicates. Title: Re: BitcoinTalk expert list. Who uses the badge. Post by: edwardceng on April 16, 2018, 06:03:45 AM I believe and can say for sure, you should add -ck (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=19971) (Con Kolivas) to Bitcointalk expert list. Wikipedia link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Kolivas Title: Re: BitcoinTalk expert list. Who uses the badge. Post by: Lauda on April 16, 2018, 06:05:42 AM I personal believe achow101 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=290195) deserves to be in it. Since he is one of the most active in the Technicals sections (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=6.0). No, way too early.I believe and can say for sure, you should add -ck (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=19971) (Con Kolivas) to Bitcointalk expert list. Wikipedia link: Maybe. His Wikipedia page has nothing to do with the Badge that is being talked about here.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Kolivas Mike Hearn (https://blog.plan99.net/@octskyward) Both of these don't deserve a badge.Mike Hearn (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2700) Former Google engineer, and a former contributor to Bitcoin Core Mark Karpelès (https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/89o16y/im_mark_karpel%C3%A8s_exceo_of_bankrupt_mtgox_ask_me/) MagicalTux (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2134) CEO of Mt. Gox Title: Re: BitcoinTalk expert list. Who uses the badge. Post by: Quickseller on April 16, 2018, 06:44:16 AM I would personally recommend achow101 to be a Bitcoin expert. His knowledge, experience and contributions to Bitcoin, and the dev/tech sections should speak for themselves.
Title: Re: BitcoinTalk expert list. Who uses the badge. Post by: edwardceng on April 16, 2018, 06:45:47 AM I believe and can say for sure, you should add -ck (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=19971) (Con Kolivas) to Bitcointalk expert list. Wikipedia link: Maybe. His Wikipedia page has nothing to do with the Badge that is being talked about here.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Kolivas Those Wikipedia just one of reference, but I think it related. Quote Development of the cryptographic currency mining software CGMiner At least related to a few people that were written by OP. I think this thread would be help (can be one of reference): https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=557991.0 Title: Re: BitcoinTalk expert list. Who uses the badge. Post by: Lauda on April 16, 2018, 06:49:57 AM -snip- That thread raises a better question. Why doesn't gmaxwell have that badge? We should award it to the people that have superior knowledge first; that is, if you want to remain fair.I think this thread would be help (can be one of reference): https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=557991.0 Title: Re: BitcoinTalk expert list. Who uses the badge. Post by: edwardceng on April 16, 2018, 07:22:37 AM -snip- That thread raises a better question. Why doesn't gmaxwell have that badge? We should award it to the people that have superior knowledge first; that is, if you want to remain fair.I think this thread would be help (can be one of reference): https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=557991.0 At first, I tried suggesting one people only to OP. With that thread, well yes, maybe I could suggest gmaxwell added to OP's list too (but I didn't know much about him). Its just personal opinion to add -ck to that list, I have read a few stories about him. And I felt -ck has a good enough contribution. Yeah, it's fair enough to awarded people with superior knowledge first. But I can't measure it, at all. This is would be a list, so everyone free to suggest people that would be on the list, as long as people that suggested is capable enough related to criteria itself. Title: Re: BitcoinTalk expert list. Who uses the badge. Post by: nc50lc on April 16, 2018, 09:02:47 AM -snip- gmaxwell is a core developer, he got a better badge [https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/badges/qt.png] than the "book" bitcoin expert badge.Look at the left side (Under the coins) of his latest post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3069524.msg31735429#msg31735429 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3069524.msg31735429#msg31735429) achow101 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=290195) is the best nominee to this list, he can accurately point out and correct mistakes from the member's replies and posts in the D&TD Board. Title: Re: BitcoinTalk expert list. Who uses the badge. Post by: Lauda on April 16, 2018, 09:09:47 AM -snip- gmaxwell is a core developer, he got a better badge [https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/badges/qt.png] than the "book" bitcoin expert badge.Look at the left side (Under the coins) of his latest post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3069524.msg31735429#msg31735429 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3069524.msg31735429#msg31735429) achow101 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=290195) is the best nominee to this list, he can accurately point out and correct mistakes from the member's replies and posts in the D&TD Board. Shouldn't he then also get the Bitcoin Core developer badge?Title: Re: BitcoinTalk expert list. Who uses the badge. Post by: edwardceng on April 16, 2018, 09:51:22 AM achow101 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=290195) is the best nominee to this list, he can accurately point out and correct mistakes from the member's replies and posts in the D&TD Board. Shouldn't he then also get the Bitcoin Core developer badge?This badge https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/badges/qt.png refer to Bitcoin-Qt core developer, right? And achow101 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=290195) one of on the list: https://bitcoin.org/en/development But I can see that badge on achow101's (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=290195) profile, even in in Dev&Tech. Can it be disabled? Edit: It's clear enough, didn't all of the core developer got those badge.
Title: Re: BitcoinTalk expert list. Who uses the badge. Post by: Blazed on April 16, 2018, 11:38:56 AM -ck wrote Cgminer and is worthy of being on that list. I am amazed that gmaxwell is not considered an expert?? I have to assume anyone who has written code for Core over years is an expert at this point.
Title: Re: BitcoinTalk expert list. Who uses the badge. Post by: vit05 on April 16, 2018, 04:33:23 PM The badge is disabled in some sections, so sometimes can be confusing, but he has none. And as it is on the topic, someone on the list needs to indicate.
gmaxwell already has the developer badge. He can not have both. Title: Re: BitcoinTalk expert list. Who uses the badge. Post by: vit05 on July 07, 2018, 06:05:19 PM I'm happy to discover that at some point after I created this topic, achow101 was included in the list of experts. I tried to find the topic where someone has indicate him, but I did not find it. So I believe it was a direct indication to theymos on private or theymos himself chose to do it. I hope this topic has contributed to this decision.
I could not find if anyone else has been included in the list too. I searched the -ck history and could not find the badge, unfortunately. Since he definitely deserved it. =) Title: Re: BitcoinTalk expert list. Who uses the badge. Post by: pugman on July 07, 2018, 06:50:30 PM Theymos! He should be in the list. He wrote the first ever blockexplorer if I am not mistaken. He also has a bitcoin expert badge. And he is a freaking genius. Include him in the list!
Title: Re: BitcoinTalk expert list. Who uses the badge. Post by: jackg on July 08, 2018, 12:01:47 AM Theymos! He should be in the list. He wrote the first ever blockexplorer if I am not mistaken. He also has a bitcoin expert badge. And he is a freaking genius. Include him in the list! He was also personally selected by the Bitcoin Founder to host a forum that provides information to users of Bitcoin (this is just as a note not too relevant though, but someone entrusted with a forum would have to be somewhat knowledgeable with it and he has had several years to learn). Nice list, can you change "Luke Dash Jr" to "Luke Dashir" as he discussed with theymos on reddit that that was his actual name. Jeff Garzik, -ck are also very knowledgable on cryptocurrency and somehow didn't make the list (jgarzik was a bitcoin core developer previously). Title: Re: BitcoinTalk expert list. Who uses the badge. Post by: xtraelv on July 08, 2018, 02:03:43 AM What about:
Satoshi (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3) Bitcoin and Bitcointalk Founder Wei Dai (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1954) creator of the Bitcoin predecessor b-money (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/B-money) (1998) Gavin Andresen (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=224) Bitcoin Chief Scientist Sirius (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=4) Bitcoin Core Developer and Bitcointalk.org domain owner (First dev to work with Satoshi) theymos (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=35) Bitcointalk Admin & he wrote the Bitcoin Block Explorer, although he does not run it anymore. coblee (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=20651) Litecoin Founder Vitalik Buterin (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=7314) Ethereum Founder ocminer (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=43526) (Suprnova Mining Pools) who now twice alerted users about verge exploits. In April (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3256693.msg33924018#msg33924018) and May (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3256693.msg38862113#msg38862113) |
