History of Bitcoin

Name:Jorge Timón Achievements: - working with Adam Back and Mark Friedenbach on sidechains - Founder Blockstream BIP 99 Motivation and deployment of consesus rule changes(soft/hardfrorks) (draft) Bitcoin core 0.11 Websites: https://github.com/jtimon https://github.com/Blockstream https://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.jorge.timon https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/interview-with-jorge-timon-leader-of-freicoin-project-1385157216/ http://medialab-prado.es/person/jorge_timon https://bensonsamuel.com/2012/10/27/jorge-timon-an-interesting-involved-bitcoiner/ https://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/eb-20-guests-jorge-timon-and-mark-friedenbach-bitcoin-2014-freicoin-freimarkets-sidechains

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 :Gregory Fulton Maxwell Achievements: - Early Bitcoin miner - Linux expert and Mozilla firefox expert - Bitcoin core developer since May 05, 2011 - Founder Blockstream  - Joined BitcoinTalk Mid 2012 - The architect of the two-way peg which made sidechains possible. - Privacy-preserving techniques :CoinJoin and blinded proof of solvency. - Uncovered a bug in OpenSSL - Received The Finney freedom prize Bip 9 version bits with timeout and delay(Supported since Core 12.1) BIP 32 homomorphic key derivation Bitcoin version 0.5.0 Bitcoin version 0.6.3 Bitcoin-Qt version 0.8.2 Bitcoin Core 8.4 Bitcoin Core 9.0 Bitcoin Core 11.0 Bitcoin Core 13.1 Bitcoin Core 13.2 Bitcoin Core 16.0 Cofounder of  https://blockstream.com left 19 january 2018 https://coinjournal.net/greg-maxwell-hopes-to-have-a-sidechains-bip-ready-in-a-few-months/ https://coinjournal.net/bitcoin-core-developer-gregory-maxwell-on-why-altcoins-dont-work/ https://www.newsbtc.com/2016/08/...

Name: Pieter "sipa" Wuille " Not sure what you've given us Hal, but as it is only 256 bit, I doubt it's a private key ." Achievements: Joined BitcoinTalk December 17, 2010 Began developing February 2011 BIP 9: Version bits with timeout and delay BIP 30: Duplicate transactions(Supported since Bitcoin Core 0.10) BIP 32: Hierarchial deterministic wallets BIP 42: A finite monetary supply for Bitcoin(Draft) BIP 62: Dealing with malleability(Witdrawn) BIP 66: Strict DER signatures(Final) BIP 103: Block size following technological growth(Draft) BIP 141: Segregated witness(consensus layer)(Supported since Core 13.0) BIP 143: Transaction signature verification for version 0 witness program Bip 144 segregated witness(Supported since Core 13.0) BIP 146 Dealing with signature encoding malleability - Many hours of hard work and testing - Created segregated witness for Bitcoin improvement and better security - Uncovered a bug in OpenSSL - Founded Blo...