21 BTCGavin Andresen
Gavin Andresen: Early developer; ran the Bitcoin Faucet, led the project after Satoshi. Gave away free bitcoins through his Faucet in 2010 so newcomers could try Bitcoin. In December 2010 he started managing the project “with Satoshi's blessing”, and Satoshi's last email said the project was “in good hands with Gavin and everyone”.
Background
- Princeton University
Connections
- Satoshi Nakamoto: Took over project management “with Satoshi's blessing”
In their own words
“For my first Bitcoin coding project, I decided to do something that sounds really dumb: I created a web site that gives away Bitcoins.” (11 Jun 2010, via BitcoinTalk)
“With Satoshi's blessing, and with great reluctance, I'm going to start doing more active project management for bitcoin.” (19 Dec 2010, via BitcoinTalk)
From the Bitcoin Museum
Gavin takes over project management (19 Dec 2010): A week after Satoshi's last forum post, Gavin Andresen proposes a GitHub pull-request workflow for Bitcoin development.
See also
References
- gavinandresen.ninja gavinandresen.ninja
- X · @gavinandresen x.com
- bitcointalk.org bitcointalk.org
- bitcointalk.org bitcointalk.org