In other words:
If you had to choose one real person to represent Bitcoin (in the public or in a debate against other crypto currency representatives), who should it be?

(It's clear that Bitcoin isn't led or represented by any single one person officially, which is what makes that question so hard to answer. It's also clear that this is feature, not a bug!)

Andreas Antonopoulos is my favorite public Bitcoin AMBASSADOR

He selflessly shares knowledge and spreads good words about Bitcoin
For noobs, I will recommend his Youtube channel as a MUST

I would tend to agree with Andreas Antonopoulos here. As he has been talking about bitcoin even prior to the huge pump we have seen in 2017. But this guy seems low key though, doesn't want to take attentions but he continue to move forward with his bitcoin lectures and been posting it in youtube. He even has a Q&A portion as far as I'm concern.

He's the only one of top of my head right now, there are others, but it's obvious that they have their own motive behind (like those Venture Capitalist individuals).

Andreas Antonopoulos and Mike Novogratz either between the two will do just fine. But Mr. Antonopoulos is the prominent bitcoin speaker on so many different occasions. On the other hand, we have got Mr. Novogratz who is the biggest bitcoin bull on the planet followed by Arthur Hayes, and Tim Draper.  



Mr. Andreas Antonopoulos lecturing the crowd about the bitcoin

Andreas has no influence whatsoever. He doesn't control anything. Most Bitcoin fans won't know who he is as many won't speak English. Plenty of English speakers never go anywhere near Youtube. He's very careful to never take a position on anything so clearly doesn't want any influence.

At this particular moment in time the person with the most potential influence over price, uptake and mining is probably Xi Jinping.

Nobody can ever replace the influence and the name Satoshi Nakamoto to be representing Bitcoin in any discourse and debates. The man knows everything about Bitcoin but since he is not here with us, I actually do not believe that there should be someone who should occupy this position of being ambassador for Bitcoin. Rather, just like the idea of decentralization, this is a community effort with many people contributing something no matter how little or how big for the welfare and further development of this cryptocurrency.



I have a deep respect and admiration for this man and if ever there is really that need to choose a very good, well-versed and professional ambassador it should be this guy. However, since I firmly believe that Bitcoin is a community effort and a technology to be safeguarded by a group of people with the same mindset, I am adding the names of  Gavin Andersen, Charles Lee, Nick Szabo and Brian Armstrong as possible candidates. Of course, these guys have their own sets of strengths and weaknesses so some people may or may not some of them.

This is subjective and can only be decided through some sort of election process if you ask me. Its like asking 'Who is the most powerful man/woman in the world?'. In my opinion, a team(Not a single person) who have in-depth knowledge of BTC and the blockchain would get my vote.

This is vital since majority of the world would probably debate against BTC which is why this would help even out the odds to some extent. People like Brian Armstrong, Chanpeng Zhao, Andreas Antonopoulos etc should be a part of such a team in my opinion.

Bitcoin community would benefit if Craig Wright will represent in a debate. He is influential, he speaks all time in any conferences, its just that no one asks him live about his claim. its a chance for him to really prove himself of what he is claiming and if he can't prove himself to be real satoshi in the debate, i guess we then had expose the impostor.

i'd be watching in disbelief if Xi Jinping speaks about BTC.

Yeah, this is really a question asking for opinions, not looking for a truth. It's really interesting which answers come up, as obviously metrics like "Twitter followers" aren't really representative (after all, people tweet about all kinds of things, not just Bitcoin).

The lack of a centralized power (even if it was a group of people) is one of Bitcoin's biggest strengths, but at the same time some might say it's one of its biggest weaknesses, as well.

How about actually doing a mock-vote, maybe using BTC stakes?

I choose me.

I don't mean, me Danny Hamilton, I mean we each should strive to be the most influential person in our own lives. To those who we work with, live with, and communicate with, we should work to be knowledgable enough to be the best representative of Bitcoin that we can be.

That being said, I'll also nominate me, Danny Hamilton, for your list  (are we allowed to nominate ourselves)?