Are you also hypnotized by the Blockchain boom? Then you must follow these 5 influential people to monitor all the ups and downs in the world of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency.

These people have been important influencers, marketers, advisors, practitioners, blockchain and crypto experts for a very long time. We have listed only those people who have established themselves after years of hard work and rigorous study of Blockchain and cryptocurrencies. These are the people who shape the future of Blockchain and crypto-assets by their moves and ideas.

Let us look at this list of significant and influential people.

1) Vitalik Buterin (Co-founder and face of Ethereum and as a co-founder of Bitcoin Magazine) – He has to be the most important person for his active presence, innovation, and dominance in the Blockchain world since a very young age. Vitalik Buterin gave his published his first white paper at a very young age of 19. He was the mastermind of world second most popular cryptocurrency after Bitcoin, i.e. Ethereum.

2)Gavin Andresen (Developer that worked with Satoshi & founder Bitcoin Foundation) – He is one of the most significant players in the Blockchain world since 2010 and he was honored by Satoshi Nakamoto as the lead developer of the reference implementation for Bitcoin client software after Satoshi Nakamoto declared his retirement from Blockchain community. In 2012, Gavin Andresen founder the Bitcoin Foundation to support the developments of Bitcoin currency.

3) Charlie Lee (Creator of Litecoin and Director of Engineering at Coinbase) – He is an ex-google employ who got influenced by Bitcoin in 2011 and by October 2011, he released Litecoin on Bitcointalk to the public after mining only 150 coins. In December 2017, Lee made it official that he sold or donated all his coins except a few which he kept as collectibles. In May 2018, he announced he will depart from Litecoin project in near future to ensure full decentralization.

4) Brian Armstrong (Co-founder & CEO at Coinbase and author) – Armstrong established Coinbase as a digital currency exchange of Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum and Litecoin with fiat currencies in about 32 countries and Bitcoin transactions and storage in 190 countries worldwide. The exchange currently has over 13 million users and their revenue worth is more than US$1 billion.

5) John McAfee (Founder of McAfee Associates and Crypto Market-Maker) – He is a famous Britain born American computer programmer and businessman. He is well-known for creating the first commercial antivirus software, McAfee. His interest in Blockchain and cryptocurrency lead him to invest in this field as in 2013, McAfee started D-central, a secure computer network device. In recent years McAfee has indulged in cryptocurrencies. In January 2018, he left his company and declared that he wants to spend all his time on cryptocurrencies.