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Who is your bitcoin hero?

Who do you look up to in this space, or think is the most amazing person within the bitcoin world?

I think Sirius - Martti Malmi is mine. Here's a kid still in college who risked for a venture that he wouldn't know would work. He was willing to be open with others across the world. He lost bitcoin trying to be honest, as far as I can tell, with others when running the first exchanges.

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Heroes nominated in these threads (actively edited):
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Hal Finney
Sirius / Martti Malmi
Laszlo Hanyecz
Theymos
Andreas Antonopoulos
Gavin Andresen
Greg Maxwell
Cobra
Michael Saylor
Dave re: Ukraine
LoyceV
o_e_l_e_o
franky1

Early investors, believers, 0Gs
The community
This forum and its users
Friends and neighbors who introduce bitcoin

I have never really though about it. I was always very impressed with Andreas Antonopoulos and his efforts to familiarize people with Bitcoin. You would expect someone like that who got in early to have gathered a significant amount, but Andreas didn't. He did own some Bitcoin from the early days but announced he sold everything to pay his debts and help his family. When Roger Ver made fun of him for not investing in time and getting rich, the community stepped in and he received donations of like 100 BTC or something like that. That's a pretty impressive thing. So my hero is the community who pooled their money together to help one of their own who deserved it.   

I believe those early OG bitcoiners are true heroes - the ones like Laszlo Hanyecz and others who remain anonymous. They distributed or sold for peanuts tens of thousands of their bitcoin to ensure that Bitcoin did not become centralised.
Not all heroes wear capes :)

The space is full of shit-posters, wannabe Satoshis, scammers, but also the best of humanity who are drawn to political activism, financial reform, mathematical purity, simple honesty, equality, and software advancement. It's full of all sorts.. Man..

Thinking of it, I do not follow notable names in the Bitcoin world, a few names pop up like Hal Finney, but overall I do not really look up to anyone in the Bitcoin community. Don't get me wrong, there are lots of notable members who have cobtributed immensely to the growth of Bitcoin many of which would not be k own publicly.

This forum and all the members who keep it going as the most reliable resource for Bitcoin discussions after quite a number of years would pass as my Bitcoin heros and heroines.

Well given those names, it's worthy to count those early investors and believers of bitcoin. I do agree what mbitr said about the OGs.

I don't know many of them since I can say that I'm quite late already with the party. But these guys deserve recognition when the world didn't believed bitcoin.

They were there when majority of the people that have knew it bashed them and did fun of what they've discovered.

I believe those OGs who contributed in early days when Satoshi was still active was the real heroes beside him/her/they. For now, I believe it was the holders, those who make the crypto community known, those who has nodes, those developers that still supporting Bitcoin with its upgrades. These are the existing heroes I can think of.

Satoshi created this forum. See how the world is giving people false information like verify your account and be rewarded $5. The privacy of people is getting to the point it is not possible. Without this forum, many people will not know how bitcoin is working and five out their information without knowing the risks first.

I like Satoshi Nakamoto for creating a coin called bitcoin and also the founder of this forum. Bitcoin is not anonymous but made it in a way people can have privacy.

I like Laszlo for the move to sell bitcoin, this is the most part I like about bitcoin. With this people know that bitcoin has value, that it is money.

I like many staff and members on this forum, members that specifically talks about bitcoin.

My hero would be the Bitcoin community, reasons are
• Members of the bitcoin community are curious and take the deep dive to learn the technical aspect of bitcoin and blockchain
• No one in the crypto space has a stronger hodling mentality like the bitcoin community. This has helped me to build a strong mind as well.
• The community is not fooled when imposters claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto
I must have read my bitcointalk history wrong. Did Theymos create bitcointalk?

I have corrected that, it's a mistake. Satoshi is the founder of this forum and only him/her/them has/have that unique silver icon.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3

Theymos an admin.

It will be sirius. One of the OGs who contributed to bitcoin's development also the first to help satoshi with it, even owned/managed both bitcoin.org and bitcointalk.org domain/website, also becomes admin here.
He did a lot without asking anything in return just believed the technology they worked on.

According to what exists online, Sirius - Martti Malmi was one of the first to contact Satoshi and offer his help, which resulted in Bitcoin evolving to what it is today. Just as Hal Finney went down in history as the person to create the first Bitcoin transaction with Satoshi, Malmi went down in history as the first person to make a BTC -> fiat transaction.

I would have a hard time deciding that I have to choose between Hal and Malmi, although most people have great sympathy for Hal Finney who unlike Malmi remained on the forum until his death. Without diminishing Malmi's merits in the very beginning for Bitcoin, I think it's a shame that he distanced himself from the forum he actually created.

Maybe Malmi was a lot more like Satoshi when he decided to move away from Bitcoin, which is somewhat understandable.

Agreed. They are both giants.

Hal worked on cryptocurrency methods before Satoshi, and was the first public supporter and first public transaction.

Martti filled a crucial period. Hal was active until late Jan 2009 and then again nearly two years later, where Martti was active after Apr 2009. Martti helped establish this forum, rewrote parts of the website, learned to code, did debugging and porting, was the first public exchange that we have proof of in late 2009 and then later.

Without either of them, it may never have gotten as much traction.

Martti might be around to speak for himself, but possibly not. I can imagine that he left the community after being burned. It's only a guess from my end. He had an bitcoin exchange where he was using paypal for bitcoin transactions in 2010, and bitcoin was just becoming serious money. Serious enough (pun not intended) to become the targets of scams. Users could have reversed their paypal transactions and cost him money. Between that, wikileaks accepting bitcoin donations, Gavin's CIA visit, and other things, it's a no wonder that he moved away and is reasonably quiet about most of it. I hope that we can one day hear more about what he'd like to say because I'm certain it's very interesting and more in depth than what we've heard so far.

I really believe the most meritorious person besides satoshi introducing bitcoin to me is my own friend and I continue to learn, what is Bitcoin really, and I found this forum bitcointalk which provides better information, until now I am very grateful to have many friends here for sharing information, :)

Have my Mentor Davinci J15 as my Bitcoin Hero.he's one of the earliest investors that got in even when btc was under $1 and he didn't sell till today, according to him he was being laughed by he's friends whom he advised to buy Bitcoin during that time and how he buys into the ideas of a Ponzi system without knowing the full identity of the creator.

The one who introduced me to BTC is my hero, he is unknown though. I only worked with him on his website and gave me some BTC in 2016. And then  I learn this forum as I search how to use the wallet. Many things comes after it and was here already trying to invest on ICOs. The most noticeable are always going to be the trustworthy and becomes a hero for us.  Without Antonopoulos, I wouldn't really learn how money works and the details about BTC.

My former neighboor who bought BTC in 2011 and sold in 2018  ;D

Michael Saylor is my Hero though, he's not an early investor to Bitcoin BTC but since he got into btc BTC he has been advocating for the success of btc and he consistently buys btc whenever the price falls ( buy the deep), and I also follow suit to buy when I see him buys and he's a man I respect a lot when it comes to doing wise investment and advice.

Bitcoin heroes in my eyes are people who put their full trust in Bitcoin up to this moment, no matter whether he is a beginner or a long-timer about Bitcoin, no matter if he holds a large number of bitcoins or only a few Sats. Because for me when that person decides to drop his money in Bitcoin because he believes in taking advantage of it long term then he is still a hero. In every way, my view of the hero is to contribute to adoption even if it's only $1 in Bitcoin.

The heroes of bitcoin are those holders who have tried their best not to deposit to a centralized service since they started to fully support the concept of decentralized bitcoin. To be honest it wasn't easy and it just failed a few times.

I'm just worried about people slowly changing their bitcoin transactions to a "centralized" method because it's too convenient. Surely that's not good, especially if all the bitcoins was mined.

Seeing as Michael Saylor is on the list, I'll back him, I  follow him on Twitter and get
numerous tweets per day from him.

I really admire him, he is a Bitcoiner on another level. He transformed himself from a
critic to pretty much all in.

Really everyone who has been nominated already are truly worthy along with all the Bitcoin
developers.

I have already posted here but seeing as no one has mentioned Gavin Andresen yet, I thought his name should be mentioned in this thread. Let's not forget that he ran his own faucet back in 2010 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=183.0) and gave away 5 BTC per claim.

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In 2014, one Bitcointalk user discovered a bug that made it possible to expose private keys for certain addresses. Many of the addresses originated from Blockchain.info. Long story short, he swept the coins from the vulnerable addresses to his own, informed the community, and got in touch with the owners to return their Bitcoin. He didn't want the problem to be discovered by someone with bad intentions. He saved over 870 Bitcoin (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=581411.msg9888800#msg9888800) be transferring them out from vulnerable addresses.

I would say that the people I admire are all the early developers, but also people working on BTC at this period. Also, I wouldn't say there were early investors, but rather people that wanted to be a part of something new and exciting, a disruptive technology, and didn't care about it like today's investors do. Those are the people we need to thank for the distance we traveled with this.

Really I can't say anything for now because I am still learning as it is I do not have any mentor on bitcoin but struggling on my own to learn and know more about it. But if I will select bitcoin Heroes, or Heroins I will say, the first OG or the pioneers are the best to select. If they are still alive, or here in this forum. Although most bitcoin users have their heroes which most of them have already mentioned above. Since you have excluded Satoshi from the hero list I do not know again but I still take him because he brought bitcoin to the world space for everyone to hear and use. It was even in this forum that I heard the name Satoshi. Please don't be offended. Because I was not having the time interested but was having a very small knowledge on Crypto. It was only the name from the seminar. Nothing more, that was where the the whole thing ended.

But if it is in this forum I might have two or 3 persons that are always correcting me, educate me and tell me what to do.

my hero is a friend who first introduced me to bitcoin, because I believe everyone has their own hero and perception, where as you mentioned is a hero for those who know bitcoin and how many times have you been to a party not to me
but it doesn't rule out that theymos is also my hero because he who gave space here provides a lot of info about bitcoin and other alts

same with me, my friend who introduced bitcoin and this forum to me is my hero...

even though "friends" are not in the pool but I still make my friends the people who have contributed greatly to introducing bitcoin to me, besides that theymos and all the moderators who continue to maintain this forum are real heroes who live for bitcoin, thank you all for all of you, especially satoshi.

I got to know bitcoin from an advertisement on one of the platforms and headed to this forum to find out info about bitcoin itself

In a lot of cases particularly from pre 2019, friends have been influential in introducing
others to Bitcoin especially as these introductions have proved very good advice.

I want to add "Family" to the list, My Brother ^{who is a serious Bitcoiner} introduced me
to Bitcoin back in December 2016.

He is the unrecognised equivalent to Michael Saylor, if anyone asks him about Bitcoin
they better be prepared to have their ears burned!

_{he had an account here a few years ago but is not active}

For me, I will give it to all of them that have contributed one way or the other to make and kept this technology moving when most people back then didn't believe in it but they persisted. Looking back at Bitcoin History, all mentioned here made their mark in the space and it will be difficult not to recognize that, and @aoluain  is also right, ^{what about my colleague that was the first person to introduce Bitcoin to me?} They are all Heros in my view.


 

The true heroes of bitcoin are those people who have control of the large amount of bitcoins and didn’t allow it to be centralized. Making sure the future of bitcoin is saved today and for years to come.. There are many of them who are anonymously doing this from the knowledge of the public. The true heroes don’t show off, my respect to all of them.

The early bitcoiners that believed in Bitcoin when nobody believed in it are the main heroes. I can just visualize the mockery by friends, family and colleagues. People might even call them lunatics. But they were courageous and not totally driven by financial rewards. My heroes are also those people in this forum that is always willing to teach, correct and encourage me to be a better member of this community. They might not be well known but everyday they make indelible marks of impact in my life.

Well, my first person is Laszlo Hanyecz ...because he took the first step to buy something (2 x pizzas) with Bitcoin and this has opened people's eyes to see that Bitcoin can be used as a payment option. Some people criticize him and mock him for spending millions on 2 pizzas, but the question is.. would those coins be that valuable if he did not take that first step?

The second person must be Andreas Antonopoulos, because he almost bankrupted himself to spread the word about Bitcoin. He has a wealth of knowledge on the subject and he can make very strong arguments. The guy had the balls to stand in from of the Canadian government to explain a technology to them.. that other governments frowned on at the time.

Both of these guys challenged the norm and what the governments perceived as being illegal.... so we should honor their bravery and courage.  ;)

I've learned everything  about Bitcoin here in Forum so if there is someone that to be my Hero? then it is Theymos because he have managed this forum the best he could and that brings us all to understand Bitcoin the deepest that we could.
so Theymos is what i treat as my Hero .

Some of the answers to your questions exist on another forum, and they are allegedly part of an interview that Martti Malmi gave back in 2015, and some questions also touch on this forum and why he decided not to be active anymore. I will not post a link to that forum because it is part of Roger Ver propaganda - although I am personally surprised that Martti has been active in various places and still avoids this forum.

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Saylor supports Bitcoin, but does it support it in the right way? Bitcoin is conceived as a decentralized digital cryptocurrency - not as a store of value. 100 people who would think like him would have together 10 million Bitcoins in their possession who would sit in cold wallets, which would be good for those who want to profit and forget that Bitcoin exists.

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If he has done something good in the past, then he threw it all in the mud when he supported Faketoshi in his senseless efforts to prove he was Satoshi. For someone who has worked with Satoshi, it’s really weird that he can believe such nonsense. I place him in the same category as Roger Ver, and these are ordinary Judas who never understood the vision Satoshi had.

I believe you do not mean bitcoin hero in this forum, because I saw that award during the last voting of the community award organised by Icopress. If you are talking about bitcoin generally, there are alot of heroes which Satoshi is the number one. According to your question, apart from Satoshi I have another person who is my hero, I don't know his name but I know his story.
That developer that Satoshi was communicating with via email during the creation of bitcoin. What is his name please?

I have to admit that I haven't followed most of those stories concerning craig wrong, I mean wright, so I am not sure what Gavin's part in all that was. I assume now that he believes craig to be satoshi or what happened exactly?

It's an old story that has been mentioned many times on the forum, so although GA later distanced itself from his statements, it's still amazing that he even concluded that CW is really Satoshi. For some he has lost his credibility since he went to the hornet's nest, for others it happened in 2016 - for me personally he became completely irrelevant in the whole Bitcoin story - and it will never be clear to me why Satoshi ever let him work with him at all.

Here I am referring primarily to GA’s personality in the sense that he was too curious about who Satoshi was, as well as that he criticized him in the sense that he made too many decisions on his own. After all, it doesn't surprise me that Satoshi decided to leave.

Wow! This is the first time I am reading Gavin's blog post about craig being satoshi. I would really like to know what kind of proof he is talking about and what messages faketoshi was able to sign and with what keys? It's true that it happened in 2016 and the drama with craig's failure to provide the required cryptographic proof happened in 2020/2021. But it's still surprising that craig showed him enough for Gavin to believe he is satoshi. One can only hope Gavin has changed his mind entirely and doesn't still believe such nonsense.  

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https://mylegacykit.medium.com/the-craig-wright-may-2016-signing-sessions-debacle-in-full-context-338e2b316310
No key had to be transferred to Andresen's laptop for him to verify with independent software, yet they didn't do that.
A key is used for signing but is unnecessary for verification. That's the point.

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Different topic but for completion, I will quote Martti Malmi:
https://forum.bitcoin.com/ama-ask-me-anything/i-m-martti-malmi-early-bitcoin-developer-and-the-original-founder-of-the-bitcointalk-org-forums-ama-t2770.html

^I find this amusing. I wonder when he realized, and what was the trigger?
Aww.

In my personal opinion, the bitcoin hero besides Satoshi is Andreas Antonopoulos, but there are also many other heroes, they mostly wear robes, but I really salute the friend who introduced me to bitcoin, maybe for me he is my true hero, and the other true heroes are people who hold bitcoin, and people who have a strong mentality, whatever happens they are never afraid and keep investing in bitcoin.

even though i have never seen theymos but for me he/she is a big hero in bitcoin who continues to maintain this forum still exists today even with a simple appearance that has been maintained for more than 10 years.  i hope that he/she is always healthy so that he/she can maintain this forum.

If bitcoin had a face, it'd probably be Hal's.

I get that he really helped in the early days, but I can't unsee the fact that he's cooperated with Craig Wright and have informed everybody that he's the real Satoshi and that he's showed him a signed message from the genesis' address[1][2].

[1] https://youtu.be/W1f5Ms5heMM
[2] https://youtu.be/2qLI3VIHuKU

+1, I know chances are very slim but I like to think that was behind Satoshi Nakamoto pseudonym.

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Regarding the bitcoin heroes, three names immediately come to my mind; first one is Hal Finney who for me is embodiment of everything (I think) Satoshi is, 2nd  is Andreas Antonopoulos for his efforts in spreading the word about bitcoin and last but not least Laszlo Hanyecz, who is the reason I make bitcoin themed pizza every year to commemorate his famous transaction.

I have bookmarked this thread and I am going to read through it as soon as I have some more time, thanks!

I love how Vitalik destroyed him in this discussion. I think I get what happened now. According to Gavin, he has no doubt that craig is satoshi. At least, that's what he thought back in 2016. He apparently signed a message of Gavin's choosing with a private key that only satoshi could possess. Gavin doesn't mention verifying the signature though and nothing was posted and proved publicly. However, the two of them want to convince the world that it happened and we should just trust them without trying to verify anything on our end. Because that's the point of Bitcoin, blindly trust don't verify. ::)   
It's funny how Gavin says that craig (satoshi) is a very private person and wants to remain private. Well except the whole I am satoshi, look at me drama.

I wonder what was the bribe. Probably paid in BSV.  ::)

He then regretted for stating this BS, but I can't find the blog post.

I added Gavin to the list because he managed to keep bitcoin running between 2011 and 2014 - no small feat.
I don't know about his current views on that event. Perhaps he is keeping quiet due to possibilities that he may have been 1) paid, 2) signed an NDA, or 3) doesn't want further backlash from any community for saying more, like lawsuits, especially when they appear frivolous. He at least regrets being involved (2016): http://gavinandresen.ninja/either-or-ignore

Gavin's words in 2016, despite his regret, might still even today convince people of Craig being Satoshi.
Craig always sounds to me exactly like an in-law who said that he bought bitcoin back in 2003 "back before the other company bought them". He sounds convincing but you'd have to ignore a lot to believe him..

Bitcoin hero? Hmmm I think that guy who bought Pizza with 10,000 Btc and that pizza merchant who accepts Btc as payment lol just kidding. Though these people  may somehow help Bitcoin to be recognized as a currency early that year.

The real Bitcoin hero are those who believe and stays and will continue to support Bitcoin until it will be widely accepted anywhere in the world. I know there were also those people who worked hard to help Bitcoin to be recognized, but without us as the investors and believers Bitcoin will not going to be this successful.



Sold in 2018 with what price?  Please tell me not during the sharpest dip lol.

 

If you place Satoshi on a different class which I believe he should be, there are alot of people on the second row of bitcoin heroes and down to all users.
There are alot of heroes in this space that has made disclosed and undisclosed sacrifices in this place, even here in the forum.
I consider all the btc donors here, even the recent Dave gesture to Ukraine.
There are heroes who go about educating people about Bitcoin.
The ones with big passion that bought pizza with btc that gave it high publicity.
The likes of Gmaxwell, Theymos, Cobra, Sirus and many more.
The ones that provide technical help in the technical section like LoyceV, o_e_l_e_o, and even the self acclaimed anti hero franky1 and many more users are all heroes of bitcoin.

Can you clarify this? Is Dave a person? Do you have a link?
I've added the others.

+1 for Hal being the face of bitcoin. My image of him will always be a high school football star with Atlas Shrugged under his arm.

I agree with your opinion, themos is a hero of btc, who has kept this forum, then people who dare to hold bitcoin and always invest in bitcoin, under any circumstances, they are also true heroes of bitcoin, without anyone daring to hold bitcoin for sure bitcoin is not will be popular until now, and it is impossible for people to dare to invest in bitcoin, my real heroes in bitcoin are everyone in this forum, who have taught me about bitcoin world.

the one below is my Bitcoin Hero


without a solid community then bitcoin would be impossible for the size it is today. I got to know bitcoin when I searched for it self-taught on google, then accidentally I found this forum in 'search'. this forum is really awesome with amazing people too, nice to join here.

I tend to agree, this dude deserves to be called a Hero of all heroes in Bitcoin.
Hal Finny was here since the Bitcoin forum was created and he contributed a lot to this forum sometimes I may think that he deserves to call and has a right to claim as a satoshi.

I always think that those who spend large sums of Bitcoin before also can be called a Hero, the pizza man, and also the forum member donators contributed Bitcoin for the sake of the forum that was created by the creator of Bitcoin.

There are a lot of them who deserve a Hero badge.

I don't find him a Hero, but what he does is a really needed one for the ongoing market. This can be connected to the adoption, investment, trust, real-time usage, etc. For this I choose Micheal Saylor. The decisions he took in buying and accumulating bitcoin have made a big change among the institutional investors. Following his activities there were more number of billionaires and their firms into bitcoin investment. At some point there were discussions stating such huge accumulation could lead to manipulation of market, but the same has caused positive move on the cryptomarket.

Bitcoin seems to attract extremely talented people. Many are already mentioned here but I want to mention a few more.

I would like to start with Con Kolivas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Kolivas) to this list, an Australian anaesthetist that gave us cgminer and the solo mining pool ckpool. He's known here in the forum as -ck (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=19971). I would say he has been extremely influential in the Bitcoin world. Almost the entire mining industry adopted cgminer in one way or another, and even these days ckpool keeps finding blocks.

Open source has benefited Bitcoin immensely. This is a good opportunity to also acknowledge jgarzik (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=541) who published the CPU Bitcoin miner (https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=1925.0;all) that would eventually be forked by -ck and turned into cgminer. Also of course there's the great work of kano (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=36044) who has contributed many things, like cgminer's API which enabled the creation of multiple miner dashboards, and is the current maintainer of cgminer (https://github.com/kanoi/cgminer), adding support for the latest GekkoScience Compac F, which were created by the talented sidehack (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5355470.0). There's also all the great work done by Luke-Jr (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3318) with bfgminer (https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer), and other projects like Bitcoin Core development and keeping alive a lot of tools and projects like a graph of the number of Bitcoin nodes (https://luke.dashjr.org/programs/bitcoin/files/charts/historical.html), and others.

Mike Caldwell gave us the casascius coins (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=41892.0), creating a whole industry of physical bitcoins and bitcoin related art. There's a lot of people in that space that have created amazing things, like kialara (https://kialara.com) for example.

There are of course a lot more people that should be mentioned here, but I think I made the point already. The more I learn about Bitcoin, the more I realize this space is filled with a huge and diverse group of extremely talented people. Bitcoin is a great technology, but what makes it absolutely amazing is the people that are involved in it.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1935179.msg60018674#msg60018674

I kind of thought your list would stick to some names relevant to Bitcoin history, but it seems like your list of heroes could get as long as time goes on ;)

My bitcoin hero is no other than my friend who introduced me to this forum back in 2017.

I remember the conversation we had when we were talking about watches. I told him that I wanted to purchase this $200 Seiko watch in which he approved of my taste. Since I was only a college student at that time and earning money (via part-time jobs) was not in my radar at that time, he quickly introduced me to this forum and the potential of earning BTCs every weekly by participating into campaign signatures.

Because of my friend, he opened the doors for me to purchase not only books but educational materials for my general use. I literally owe him everything- though it is kinda sad to see him being inactive in this forum.

Who's to say that DaveF isn't already part of bitcoin history? ;)

I am happy to include specific names at this point. The shout outs are heart-warming. If the list becomes limited later, then I'll deal with it then (or not).

I'm now reading user comments in this thread and come to the conclusion that I can't single out one or more of them as my bitcoin hero. I understand when people name famous figures from bitcoin world or hyperactive bitcointalk users (or administration) and I don't rule out that they really had a very big influence on someone that some are ready to call them their bitcoin hero. I want to say that, in my opinion, it is not entirely correct to single out one hero, because I believe that everyone who in one way or another was related to the creation, development, popularization of BTC contributed to the future and he is already a hero. Also, each user on this forum has brought, albeit a small, but a piece to the bitcoin community and therefore deserves praise. Someone more, someone less. That's not the point.
I see it as if billions of drops of water form an ocean and bitcoin looks exactly like this, where the ocean is bitcoin, and the drops are each of bitcoin users. Perhaps I will voice an unpopular idea that even Satoshi with his creation would mean nothing without a bitcoin users community because it was these people who breathed life into bitcoin with their faith in it.

I've not read or heard the story of all those nominated except that of Hal Finney and Laszlo Hanyecz, so between this two, Hal Finney is the hero for me.
And also this forum and its users are all bitcoin heros for me, alot have been done by this forum and it's users that have helped bitcoin become what it is today.
And also, the bitcoin community at large, most especially those that contributed in one way or the other to increase the popularity of bitcoin, this could be by introducing bitcoin to their neighbors, friends, families, etc, teaching them how to buy and sell bitcoin, all this people are all my bitcoin heros.

Actually, the members you listed have had a significant impact on the Bitcoin world and cryptocurrency in general. A real Hero is always active, supportive, and willing to assist when required. Many of these folks have persuaded me to reconsider my previous belief that cryptocurrency is a ponzi scam, and they have persuaded me to believe in Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general.
There are undoubtedly some excellent idols to be ranked. More are still accessible, and I realize it's impossible to list them all. I'd like to express my heartfelt gratitude to everyone of my heroes.

               Quite embarrassing to admit but I really have too little to no knowledge about the people being mentioned except for satoshi. So If I had to mention a bitcoin hero for me then I would say my best friend that introduced me to all this and changed my views about crypto which were mostly negative since what I read about it online are just pop ups that say bitcoin is used by criminals for laundering and other criminal activities on darkweb.

               Another would be the very first ones that bought/invested or traded bitcoins for other things like that guy who exchanged 10k bitcoins for two pizzas. These people were the ones that paved the way for bitcoin and has contributed a lot to what it is today.

This is a pretty good topic.  If I had to pick one “bitcoin hero” it would probably be the person who I think is most likely Satoshi and one I’m surprised to not see already on this list, Nick Szabo. Nick is the creator of bitcoin precursor BitGold and the pioneer of Smart Contracts. He is someone who’s got to be on this list (even if I don’t like who he is as a person).

I am new so I apologize if my contribution ain't in line. I will say the people I look up to are SFR10 and others who whitelist for free considering the fact that some new people like me who are here to learn but are affected by the proxy ban as a result of having the same IP address as some individuals who have done evil so the sin of those ones now affects other who ain't guilty of the same crime. They are the ones I look up to

Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer implementation of the b-money proposal by Wei Dai and the Bitgold proposal by Nick Szabo, and the principles of the system in general were described in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto and I think they were early heroes.
and heroes for me are two of my friends who introduced me to bitcoin and this forum because of them I can until now.
and the next hero is all of us especially those who have been in this forum for a long time (and I really respect all the seniors who have been here for a long time) because they make this the best forum survive and continue to grow which I think will continue to grow.
and what's more impressive is that this forum made me have an amazing and life changing income that i never imagined and i never got before. And this forum is an eternal hero because it all started from here making bitcoin and other crypto more popular and also a place for us to learn and have knowledge.

i have a bitcoin hero sotoshi nakamoto only he is a real hero who makes bitcoin from a cheap price to what it is now, even though satoshi is not on the list but satoshi is a true bitcoin hero.

Definitely apart from those who started this movement as such, my best friend is my bitcoin hero, since it was thanks to him that I learned about cryptocurrencies. He is and always will be my economics teacher as he learns something more about these digital currencies every day.

Though it is not included in the listed Heroes ,  but I will still include and that is My Brother because he is the one that Opened my Eyes and Knowledge about what is Bitcoin and how this brings good to my life .

My first Impression about Bitcoin is not that Good that's why His effort and dedication to make me understand is Unforgettable and worth a trust.

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but my Bitcoin crypto world/forum Hero is Theymos , because even How hard he is facing difficulties in this forum running yet he continues to spread the word of crypto .

I think some things are better done with practical experience and you haven engage with such person's involved before you can attain a certain level of credible trust in what they can offer, these are members of the forum am quit familiar with, i see their post everyday, learn and engage on discussion about bitcoin with them, they are practically into it and are giving out resourceful meaning with their roles on the forum, i think am pretty good with having them as my heroes among others on the forum rather than those i rarely have an encounter with.


This is my first hero in cryptocurrency because the whole entire forum represent a knowledge archive, a noble citadel of learning, where everyone come together across the world to make progress on the course of bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general.

So what you are saying is, aside from Satoshi who obviously is everyone's #1 pick, every other person that has kept the network going, from the miners which I don't know if many mentioned here to the person that actually introduced you to Bitcoin and the people or person that kept this forum gong from the beginning till now and the lots that have invested heavily on Bitcoin and made it main steam are all not worth recognizing? there are a lot of heroes here which makes it difficult to pick out just one.

Maybe you and your bro are very close to each other because he willingly help you to get started in bitcoin, you are lucky to have a bro like that while others like me, we have a cruel brother but its better that we are the ones that know bitcoin and not our bro's because if that happens, then we still have a zero knowledge until now in regards to bitcoin.

I discovered btc myself, so will that means that my bitcoin hero is myself or my inner self? But, how did you know that theymos is having a hard time? If you will only check his address, you will see that he has a lot of bitcoins. That should be enough to maintain or to keep this forum alive but yes, he is one of our hero because without him, there will be no bitcointalk.

To be honest there's a lot I don't know about the people you mention because I'm really new here so I'm even new to some of the great characters you mention in your thread.
For now it's possible to say heroes should really understand about these people.
I've had conversations in a few threads with some of the people the OP mentioned and I've also seen them argue a lot and to me that's great but of course specifying a Hero just because it's not very good so maybe I'll still keep looking and will still assume they all are heroes without excluding one

The OP has some great names which is undeniable and Can't really point out an individual either,  but I would say the community here is the place with all its real heros as a whole because we get to share information and compliment each other to make us more knowledgeable. But ultimately we all need to give ourselves an applaud for not giving up on crypto and getting this far, you are the  real heros  🙌

First and foremost Salute to Satoshi (whomever and wherever he/she is) without satoshi (a true hero) there won't be btc or bitcointalk.org forum.
And i completely agree with you, i have once stumbled across the satoshi thread during the early days of btc and you could see how the journey started and the dedication and contribution of the very early supporters (The OGs). Each one of them back then played a vital role in the process of btc development, they committed in supporting the network and all (The Unsung Heroes).

The active btc community from developers, miners to holders are all heroes to me because they keep the btc flame burning and will continue to do so come what may. Btc has change each an everyone of our lives and we can only do as much as give gratitude to those who started the journey. Am sure satoshi wherever he/she may be (if still alive) will be proud to see the immense progress btc has made in the whole world today.

Hal finney thing is what crosses my mind. Besides being the first bitcoin recipient from satoshi (correct me if wrong) Finney is also said to have developed a digital money called Reusable Proof of Work (RPOW). This RPOW project shows how much Finney is interested in and passionate about cryptographic payment systems.

the guy who looks a little like 'guy pearce'.  ;D

i mean 'michael j. saylor' of 'microstrategy', he's a true believer of bitcoin.

keeps buying no matter what and if you hear him talking you'd start to see that he's right.

this is the time when you should acquire as much as possible and don't fall for fuds.

Alice and bob are my bitcoin Heroes my reasons is because the story of bitcoin transaction and how it gets verified in the network cannot be complete without sharing this two users early bitcoin involvement and how the spent their first coin. i see them as my own hero because the embraced the technology without so much persuasion following their early involvement.

Another hero of mine is Theymos and all bitcoin talk users. I think every member of the forum is a hero because the keep adding to the bitcoin community daily

You can't be certain that was why they sold. For me, off course I know they didn't sell off all they had just to ensure that Bitcoin doesn't become centralized. Nope, that's not true. They would've sold to take advantage of the market for profit. At the time, virtually nobody had an idea that Bitcoin would be this big the way that it's today.

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Definitely, he is. I read a post a few minutes ago where someone calculated how much Microstrategy was losing in this ongoing bearish momentum. Those who jeer at him now should also be willing to praise him when price bounces back to profit.

Erik Vorhees for sure. He was the one who created satoshidice, and it grew so much that he sold it for insane amount of bitcoins, the amount is too much to calculate right now but if he kept even half of it, that makes him one of the richest people in the world.

Then he built shapeshift which wasn't really a great success but still something decent I suppose, and that is why I believe that he is going to be fine in the future as well and my idol. Dude managed to build things that worth something and get rich via them. The grand master of crypto startups and he didn't do that by making fake tokens and sell that to people like so many others did.

A name that has not been mentioned but that definitely deserves to be on this list is that of Mike Caldwell.
inventor of the coin casascius (for those unfamiliar with them, he is one of the most coveted bitcoin collectibles) and one of the bip38 proposers (encrypting a private key with a password ).
He also revealed his identity to express confidence in the products he sold / private keys stored = trusted person.

Heroes do not need to have big names and high-profile individuals for them to be remembered for their notable contributions. Sometimes, they are just those regular persons living in private but deserved enough to be called heroes since they make the forum more interesting and become more informative on part of the newcomers. Yes, i agree that these bitcoin heroes and heroines are more seen in the forum actively participating in all good discussions. 

Why didn't you include a lot of people's favorite, Robert Kiyosaki?

Naturally, a Bitcoin hero can only be somebody who has done more than anybody else to defend Bitcoin from external attacks.

That is why I give my cap to everybody who resisted the block size increase pressure [which induces centralization], those who stood up in Congress and other parliaments to stop anti-nitcoin bills, those who influcenced positive public opinion for Bitcoin, and those who is/was fighting out CSW-type lawsuits against the backdrop of the courts and fought successfully.

Bitcoin is a very popular term, a lot of people talk about bitcoin and many large companies have invested in bitcoin, I also agree with your review that the real hero of bitcoin is Satoshi, if you ask me who is the hero of bitcoin besides Satoshi it is very difficult to explain ,because almost all investors and markets become heroes of bitcoin, but personally I prefer the person who has taught me about bitcoin to be my hero, because if he doesn't teach me about bitcoin it is certain that until now I still have no interest in entering the world of bitcoin , because he came at the right time when I lost everything and all my business went bankrupt he came bringing a ray of hope and taught me about the world of bitcoin, finally with the help and knowledge from him my economic life is now starting to improve, thank you true hero.

For me, the person who taught me about bitcoin and introduced the investment and trading world of bitcoin is my hero. Others are my inspiration. I also admire the bitcoin journey of people because it will make my way smoother. So experience and knowledge is my another hero. 

OP, I really don't know who should I call my bitcoin hero, obviously it's hard for me to choose one of them because it's actually this community that can be called bitcoin hero. I agree that some people like you mentioned in the thread are those who contributed to bitcoin mainly because they have provided a lot of valuable insights to the community, but rest assured that this huge community definitely has more bitcoin heroes for us.

I believe the bitcoin community on this forum is a hero especially to those who talk about bitcoin more often than others. As of the time I write, bitcoin has been called 6,327,663 base ninjastic tools, that's a very high designation.

I myself really admire Changpeng Zhao because of his hard work, he started working as an employee at MC Donald's and part time work at a gas station and is still in college. and I was inspired from the first Changpeng Zhao bought bitcoin in 2014 around the price of USD 600 even though the market time of the day fell sharply to around USD 200, but Changpeng Zhao keeps bitcoins quietly, that's why I really like the mentality he has he is unaffected even when the market is unfavorable.

Someone who does something against unwanted attacks, this can be said to be a hero figure and here more precisely is someone who is willing to do anything to defend against external resistance that always fights Bitcoin.

And the people who distribute and sell Tens of Thousands of Bitcoins to ensure that Bitcoins are not centralized.

For me personally there are no Bitcoin heroes and from the list of names you mentioned above I don't recognize them, I think Bitcoin heroes are all communities involved in holding Bitcoin with its presence from the past until now Bitcoin is growing and continues to grow until now. So basically no one is a hero in Bitcoin other than the original creator (Satoshi Nakamoto) and the entire Bitcoin community.