History of Bitcoin

Name:William Feller(1906-1970) born with the name Vilibald Srecko Feller Achievements: A skilled mathematician and expert in probability theory. His work an introduction to probability theory and its applications, Volume 1(1957) is mentioned in the Bitcoin whitepaper as reference number 8. Links: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Feller/ https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/feller-william.pdf https://www.wiley.com/en-us/An+Introduction+to+Probability+Theory+and+Its+Applications%2C+Volume+1%2C+3rd+Edition-p-9780471257080 https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/395110.William_Feller https://www.lapasserelle.com/escem/finance1/02_probabilities/william_feller.htm

Name :Ralph Merkle Achievements: - The man that invented cryptographic hash functions. The mathematical equation that encrypts and secures  Bitcoin is based on an invention that Ralph Merkle developed in 1975 for an undergraduate project. - One of the inventors of public key cryptography Bitcoin whitepaper reference 7 R.C. Merkle, "Protocols for public key cryptosystems," In Proc. 1980 Symposium on Security and Privacy, IEEE Computer Society, pages 122-133, April 1980 Website: http://www.merkle.com/1974/Puzzles1975.12.07.pdf http://www.merkle.com/

Name: Adam Back Achievements: - computer science PhD in distributed systems from the University of Exeter. - He invented the proof-of-work algorithm that is the foundation of Bitcoin’s security model - The proof-of-work system Hashcash, invented in 1997 is a system to eliminate spam in email - Bitcoin whitepaper Reference number 6 Hashcash - A Denial of Service Counter-Measure - August 1, 2002 - Prefers the programming language C instead of C++ - implemented credlib, a library that implements the credential systems of Stefan Brands and David Chaum. - Joined BitcoinTalk 2013 and Bitcoin miner to late 2013 - Founded Blockstream  and ceo october 2016 - Was an applied crypography consultant to startups, worked for startups and bigger companies - Adam Back lost 108.45 Bitcoin on MT gox attack Websites: https://blockstream.com/ https://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/sets/blocksize-debate

Name: Henri Massias Achievements : A Ph.D in Mathematics in 2000 with "La certification cryptographique du temps" Bitcoin whitepaper Reference 2: H. Massias, X.S. Avila, and J.-J. Quisquater, "Design of a secure timestamping service with minimal trust requirements," In 20th Symposium on Information Theory in the Benelux, May 1999.

Name : Wei Dai " I was very interested to read your b-money page, I am getting ready to release a paper that expands your idea. " Satoshi Nakamoto Achievements: - Graduate from the University of Washington in computer science - The creator of b-money in  November 1998 which described the ledger that later became the bitcoin blockchain - Created SHA256 implementation - Cypherpunk academic 9 and Extropian - Visual C++ programmer - Had a C++ library which Satoshi Nakamoto used - Began bitcoin mining in early 2011  - Identified critical Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) vulnerabilities affecting SSH2 - Discovered Browser exploit against SSL/TLS known as BEAST Bitcoin whitepaper Reference 1 Wei Dai, "b-money"  Website:   https://lesswrong.com/user/Wei_Dai/submitted Wei Dai's Home Page

Name:W.Scott Stornetta Achievements: Created with Stuart Haber the first commercial blockchain in 1991 at Bellcore A Ph,D in Physics from Stanford Chief scientist First digital capital Bitcoin whitepaper Reference 3 S. Haber, W.S. Stornetta, "How to time-stamp a digital document," In Journal of Cryptology, vol 3, no 2, pages 99-111, 1991. Bitcoin whitepaper Reference 4 S. Haber, W.S. Stornetta, "Secure names for bit-strings," In Proceedings of the 4th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, pages 28-35, April 1997.

Name: Stuart Haber Achievements: Ph.D & M.Phil Columbia University With  W.S. Stornetta while researching at Bellcore in 1991 developed a blockchain Surety. Stuart Haber is a director of the International Association for Cryptologic Research Advisor at Yugen Partners. He is referenced 3 times in the Bitcoin white paper: reference 3: S. Haber, W.S. Stornetta, "How to time-stamp a digital document," In Journal of Cryptology, vol 3, no 2, pages 99-111, 1991. reference 4: D. Bayer, S. Haber, W.S. Stornetta, "Improving the efficiency and reliability of digital time-stamping," In Sequences II: Methods in Communication, Security and Computer Science, pages 329-334, 1993. reference 5: S. Haber, W.S. Stornetta, "Secure names for bit-strings," In Proceedings of the 4th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, pages 28-35, April 1997. http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VD1JyXcAAAAJ&hl=en