Who is the single most influential person in Bitcoin?

[th3nolo]

Choosing the most influential person in the ecosystem is subjective, for each person it is different. However, I believe that Andrea Antonopoulos and Nick Szabo are competing for first place among the most influential people in the Bitcoin ecosystem.

[darewaller]

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!)

My take will go for Andreas Antonopoulos totally and sometimes I think it is crazy, but he looks like he is satoshi to me because the way the this guy speaks of bitcoin is so amazing that you will be wondering where he got his knowledge about bitcoin from and I think that he has been doing this from the time that bitcoin was created, so if anyone really deserves an award or anyone that is actually capable to face anyone in the defense of bitcoin, is actually this guy.

My take will really go for him, which is the reason why I love to listen to him totally because he has a very sound knowledge. If satoshi is to really come out today, I am sure that he will give this guy part of his coins because he really deserves it for the good work that he has done here in bitcoin sphere.

[Upgate]

The single most important person in bitcoin well there are several names that can fill that spot, satoshi nakamoto would be my favorite but he is in oblivion so for now I would say theymos

[xiboothrezi]

Most members think that Andreas Antonopoulos as a person who influences bitcoin, so am I. Especially as he is a technology expert and entrepreneur, so when he becomes a public speaker he will certainly have an influence.
Antonopoulos is also the author of "Mastering Bitcoin", a technical guide to understanding Bitcoin.

[shark1006]

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 the best one all the time. When it is going about Bitcoin, he is always there. Find him on Twitter @APompliano, he is awesome 

[MicroGuy]

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!)

Satoshi Nakamoto who happens to be a friend of mine.

[rodel caling]

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

Yeah true since  from tha start I am curious what is bitcoin that man Mr. Andress Antonopoulos during I study and learning what is bitcoin all about I saw him always in youtube videos teaching the important of bitcoin and how it work as digital currency in the world market. I agree form him power speach to represent bitcoin.

[rdluffy]

If I have to choose only 1 person: Andreas Antonopoulos
But with the whole concept of BTC and cryptos, it's not good to choose one person
But I choose this person because we have a lot of influent people in BTC that are crazy or stupids

[Pearls Before Swine]

On the top of my head, Andreas Antonopoulos.

I just got done watching a couple of youtube documentaries about bitcoin, one of which was about Mark Karpeles, and it was really good.  I'm not saying Karpeles was a positive influence by any means, but he did influence the market...a *lot* back when Mt. Gox was in action. 

There were a few other old school bitcoiners in those videos, but I didn't see Anonopoulos in either one.  I recognize his name from threads on this forum but I don't think I ever saw him speak.  I'll take your and other members' word for it, tho.

I should probably learn some more bitcoin history and learn who the big players are since I got interested in it very late (relatively speaking) and don't watch much bitcoin related media.  My youtube splurge today was an abberation but one I may repeat.  Those docs were very interesting.

[clickerz]

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 the best one all the time. When it is going about Bitcoin, he is always there. Find him on Twitter @APompliano, he is awesome 

I'm his twitter follower too. He is always active especially issues concerning bitcoin,brought his opinions,explanations and ideas about bitcoin  etc. Mostly here favors him and he is, seems he is knowledgeable about bitcoin,and more people read his insights.He is more on educating, spreading bitcoin awareness - a btc evangelist.  

How about the Gemini Investors - the Winklevoss Bros?

[Darooghe]

We are really fortunate that Bitcoin does not have a strong face associated with it, and it's probably what it's attracting so many people. This is not a one person game behind who we all rally to his/her command. This is a community and voluntary effort. We all do what we feel, some stick some does not, and Bitcoin keeps going further. the day Bitcoin is represented by one face, that is the day I know Bitcoin is going down and its time to pull out.

In fact I don't recognize any leading voices, influential person or whatever you name. There are however a few people that have done a lot for Bitcoin's development but I couldn't list all of them without forgetting or just not knowing about some of them so I'm not going to. but if you force me to say one name, i would say "theymos" for running the biggest Bitcoin community.

[Getmon]

Everybody is like joining the bandwagon in cheering Andreas. Andreas! Andreas! But tell me honestly, how many of you guys saying Andreas is the most influential person in Bitcoin have actually read one of his books? How many videos of Andreas have you actually watched?

Mate.. why do the majority of votes fall to Andreas?  because of the intelligence of his detailed explanation of Bitcoin is very easy to understand.  I totally agree with the majority voice.

I am not disagreeing with that. Andreas is good in speaking and has the passion and vast knowledge about Bitcoin. No wonder why his books are popular and his video watched and he is invited as speaker everywhere. He's a professor after all.

The single more influential person in Bitcoin is no other than Satoshi Nakamoto! Alive or dead, real or fake, individual or group, Satoshi is still on top as the most influential person in Bitcoin.  

everybody would say this too if satoshi is physically real.  the problem is.. do you know where satoshi's house is!!

Lol. Do we have to know the house of the person first before he gets qualified as a Bitcoin influential person? And you think Satoshi is not physically real, don't you?

[cabron]

You're not going to see Satoshi coming out, its better that way. There are people really knowledgeable about BTC and all of the blockchain being a platform for all these cryptocurrencies but you will start learning to see Andreas is best for it since he knows not just the ins and out of cryptocurrencies but also have the knowledge to financial institutions and banks. He is even a programmer himself though not an expert but he knows more than enough to live his life paying everything with BTC.

[vintages]

I would have chosen Satoshi Nakamoto, the true influencer of Bitcoin but the guy seems to have disappeared after the creation of Bitcoin, without no public appearance afterwards.
However, my go to is McAfee  The guy obviously knows how to bring in more people into Bitcoin because of his overhyped price prediction.

[dothebeats]

Andreas Antonopoulos, no doubt. He has been a true bitcoin advocate and has been sharing his knowledge for the longest of time without any hint of personal interest whatsoever for making money. On top of that, he explains bitcoin and economics pretty well without being bias about it. Talk about someone whom you could read books of and listen hours upon hours of podcast and talks regarding bitcoin, politics, economy and society in general, he is your guy.

[acroman08]

I would have chosen Satoshi Nakamoto, the true influencer of Bitcoin but the guy seems to have disappeared after the creation of Bitcoin, without no public appearance afterwards.
However, my go to is McAfee  The guy obviously knows how to bring in more people into Bitcoin because of his overhyped price prediction.

I would've chosen satoshi too if he was still showing himself to the public. but he does still have influence. I also would've agreed with you upon choosing
McAfee because of his "overhyped price prediction." but that type of influence could backfire. In my opinion, Andreas Antonopoulos has the most influence
regarding the growth and acceptance of bitcoin he teaches and explains the entirety of bitcoin and how it functions.  

[Getmon]

I would have chosen Satoshi Nakamoto, the true influencer of Bitcoin but the guy seems to have disappeared after the creation of Bitcoin, without no public appearance afterwards.
However, my go to is McAfee  The guy obviously knows how to bring in more people into Bitcoin because of his overhyped price prediction.

This guy knows how to make people laugh... at him and his ridiculous predictions. This man is not influential at all in terms of cryptocurrency. He is famous because he is John McAfee but he is not influential in crypto. He is famous because he exaggerates prediction figures but he cannot even influence the prices of the shitcoins he is promoting. He is not going to cause any pump at all no matter what he says.   

[Chain Clash]

I would have chosen Satoshi Nakamoto, the true influencer of Bitcoin but the guy seems to have disappeared after the creation of Bitcoin, without no public appearance afterwards.
However, my go to is McAfee  The guy obviously knows how to bring in more people into Bitcoin because of his overhyped price prediction.

This is a very good point. The mere fact that John McAfee is making these unbelievable predictions might cause some people to actually get in :-)

[anon241469]

Of course Andreas. But... has nobody mentioned Saifedean Ammous? Seriously, I think way too many people are overlooking that guy's work.

[bounceback]

my go to is McAfee   The guy obviously knows how to bring in more people into Bitcoin because of his overhyped price prediction.

I'm not really sure you chose John Mcafe to represent bitcoin in my opinion John Mcafe is not a smart and good person for that even though he has launched several projects, unlike Andreas Antonopoulos who has a lot of experience and can also understand many things about bitcoin.

I would personally choose Andreas Antonopoulos to represent bitcoin because in my opinion he is worthy in that field.