Twitter is a fantastic place to network with people involved with cryptocurrencies. We personally found it very useful in connecting with cryptocurrency people and in finding out the latest breaking news. To help others discover the power of Twitter, we have compiled a list of top people involved with cryptocurrencies that you should absolutely follow.
This list is meant to be a live document and will be continuously updated based on suggestions. Our aim is for it to be the most comprehensive list. There are currently over 170 people listed on this list in no particular order of importance broken down into several categories such as entrepreneurs, investors, journalists, developers, lawyers and altcoin team leads.
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Bitcoin Entrepreneurs
- Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) - Co-founder & CEO of Coinbase
- Fred Ehrsam (@FEhrsam) - Co-founder of Coinbase
- Nejc Kodri (@nejc_kodric) - Co-founder & CEO of Bitstamp
- Nicolas Cary (@niccary) - Co-Founder & CEO of Blockchain.info
- Tony Gallippi (@tonygallippi) - Co-founder & Executive Chairman of BitPay
- Asher Tan (@ashertn) - Co-founder & CEO of CoinJar
- George Samman (@sammantic) - Co-founder & COO of BTC.sx
- Ryan Shea (@ryaneshea) - Co-founder of Onename
- Muneeb Ali (@muneeb) - Co-founder & CTO of Onename
- Matt Schlicht (@MattPRD) - Founder of ZapChain
- Catheryne Nicholson (@Catheryne_N) - CEO of BlockCypher
- Matthieu Riou (@mriou) Founder of Blockcypher
- Nick Sullivan (@gorillamania) - Founder of ChangeTip
- Derek Minter (@derekminter) - Co-founder of Honeybadgr
- Ryan Peterson (@RyanPeterson41) - Co-founder of Honeybadgr
- Josh Pelham (@jshplhm) - Co-founder of Honeybadgr
- Paul Benigeri (@benigeri) - Co-founder of backslash.io
- Roneil Rumburg (@roneilr) - Co-founder of backslash.io
- Ryan Zhou (@zhoutong) - Co-founder of CoinJar
- Anson Zeall (@AnsonZeall) - Co-founder of CoinPip
- Miguel Cuneta (@MiguelCuneta) - Co-Founder & CCO of Satoshi Citadel Industries
- Luis Buenaventura (@helloluis) - Co-founder of Rebit.ph
- Dave Shin (@paywise_org) - Founder of PayWise Limited
- Jonathan Levin (@jony_levin) - Ex-CEO of Coinometrics
- Dan Held (@bitonbit) - Former Co-Founder of ZeroBlock
- Matt Slater (@MattSlater91) - Co-Founder of Hedgy
- Warren Paul Anderson (@warpaul) Co-founder & Head of Product of Hedgy
- Mark Smalley (@m_smalley) - Co-Founder & CTO of Neuroware
- Haseeb Awan (@ahaseeba) - Co-Founder of BitAccess
- Songyi Lee (@iamsonge) - Co-Founder of 37Coins
- Jonathan Zobro (@jonathan_zobro) - Co-Founder of 37Coins
- Charlie Shrem (@CharlieShrem) - Co-founder and Former CEO of BitInstant
- Aaron Williams (@aaronwwwilliams) - Founder of Atlanta Bitcoin
- Paul Puey (@paullinator) - Founder & CEO of Airbitz
- Ben Davenport (@bendavenport) - Co-founder & Chief Product Officer of BitGo
- Micah Winkelspecht (@winkelspecht) - Founder & CEO of Gem
- Chris Shepherd (@cshphrd) - CEO of HashRabbit
- Gabe Evans (@GabeEvans) - Technical Co-founder of HashRabbit
- Tom Ding (@tom_ding) - Founder of Koinify
- Fabio Federici (@fabfederici) - Co-founder & CEO of Coinalytics
- Josh Mohland (@mohland) - CEO of Wow Such Business / Creator of Dogetipbot
- Alejandro De La Torre (@bitentrepreneur) - Founder of SendChat
- Lawrence Nahum (@LarryBitcoin) - Founder & CEO GreenAddress
- George Burke (@geoburke) - Co-founder of FreshPay
- Andrew Lee (@2drewlee) - CEO of Purse
- Teemu Paivinen (@teempai) - CEO of Coinmotion
- Tom Hamalainen (@tomhamalainen) Co-founder & Chairman of Coinmotion
- Yusho Liu (@shoberrysho) - Co-founder of CoinHako
- Rodrigo Henrik (@rodrigohenrik) - COO/CMO & Co-Founder of Bleutrade
- Chris Yim (@cyim) - Co-founder of LibertyX
- Meg Nakamura (@megnakamura) - CEO of Shift
- Jesse Heaslip (@jjheaslip) - CEO of Bex
- Jacob Hansen (@ejacobhansen) - Co-Founder of CrowdCurity
- Christian Hansen (@ChrHansen) - CTO of CrowdCurity
- Ric Shreves (@ricoflan) - Co-founder of Coin Academy
- Devon Read (@blocktechceo) - Founder & CEO of Blockchain Technology Group
- Adam Ludwin (@adamludwin) - Founder of Chain
- Perianne Boring (@PerianneDC) - Founder & President of Chamber of Digital Commerce
- David Berger (@DavidBergerDCC) - Founder & CEO of Digital Currency Council
- David Moskowitz (@Coin_republic) - Founder of Coin Republic
- Tim Peterson (@timrpeterson) - Founder of Onarbor
- Morgan Rockwell (@Metaballo) - CEO of Bitcoin Kinetics
- Ola Doudin (@odoudin) - Co-founder of BitOasis
- David El Achkar (@DaveAchkar) - Founder of YellowPay
Bitcoin Startup Movers & Shakers
- Changpeng Zhao (@cpzhao) - CTO of OKCoin
- Jack C Liu (@liujackc) - Head of Institutional Development of OKCoin
- Tim Swanson (@ofnumbers) - Head of Business Development at Melotic
- Richard Gendal Brown (@gendal) - Executive Architect, Industry Innovation for Banking and Financial Markets at IBM UK
- Marshall Hayner (@MarshallHayner) - CMO of Block.io
- Nanok Bie (@nanok) - Director of Communications, Marketing & PR at KnCMiner
- Jeffrey Smith (@jeff_smith01) - CIO of CEX.IO
- Alexandr Kerya (@a_kerya) - CMO of CEX.IO
- Adam White (@WhiteAdamL) - Business development at Coinbase
- Nick Tomaino (@NTmoney) - Business development at Coinbase
- Joe Robinson (@i8joe) - VP Product of Circle
- Sean R. Moran (@seanrmoran) - Product at Circle
- Melissa Volkmann (@mvlkm) - Design Ninja HashRabbit
- Faisal Khan (@babushka99) - VP Operations at CoinX
- Elliot Lee (@intelliot) - Developer & Product Manager at Kraken
- Andrew Wagner (@TheAndrewWagner) - Director of PR at Bitcoin Co-op
- Kate Ambash (@kambash) - Community Manager at ChangeTip
- Victoria van Eyk (@victoriavaneyk) - VP Community Development at ChangeTip
- Alexis Aiono (@AlexisAiono) - Head of Support at BTCJam
- Tom Kysar (@tomkysar) - Marketing Lead at Koinify
- Juan Llanos @JuanLlanos - EVP of Strategic Partnerships & Chief Transparency Officer Bitreserve
- Jon Matonis (@jonmatonis) - Founding Director, Bitcoin Foundation
- Nick Spanos (@nickspanos) - Founder of Bitcoin Center NYC
- Daniel Krawisz (@DanielKrawisz) - Director of Research at Satoshi Nakamoto Institute
- Colbert Low (@sirxl) - Country Lead for BitX Malaysia
- Mostafa Farghaly (@MostafaFarghaly) - Bitcoin Developer at BitOasis
- Neil Woodfine (@nwoodfine) - Client Relationship Manager at OKCoin
- Tristan Winters (@tristan_winters) - Business Development at iceCUBED Bitcoin Exchange
- Arianna Simpson (@AriannaSimpson) - Account Specialist BitGo
Bitcoin Investors/VCs/Angels
- Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) - Co-founder & General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
- Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz) - Co-founder & General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
- Balaji S. Srinivasan (@balajis) - General Partner at Andreesen Horowitz
- Chris Dixon (@cdixon) - General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
- Joel Monegro (@jmonegro) - Investment Team at Union Square Ventures
- Eddy Travia (@startupeddy) - Co-founder of Seedcoin
- Cameron Winklevoss (@winklevoss) - Principal of Winklevoss Capital
- Tyler Winklevoss (@tylerwinklevoss) - Principal of Winklevoss Capital
- Barry Silbert (@barrysilbert) - Founder of Bitcoin Investment Trust
- Brock Pierce (@brockpierce) - Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Crypto Currency Partners
- Erik Voorhees (@ErikVoorhees) - Bitcoin Angel investor
- Roger Ver (@rogerkver) - Bitcoin Angel Investor
- Sean Percival (@Percival) - Partner at 500 Startups
- Scott Robinson (@TheScottRob) - Director, FinTech & Marketing at Plug & Play Tech Center
- Bastian Brand (@ICryptoInvestor) - Investment Manager at Pathfinder Capital
- Matthew Roszak (@MatthewRoszak) Founding Partner at Tally Capital
- Adam Draper (@AdamDraper) - Founder & CEO of Boost VC
- Brayton Williams (@BraytonKey) Founder at BoostVC
- Steve Waterhouse (@waterhousephd) - Partner at Pantera Capital
- Ryan Selkis aka Twobitidito (@twobitidiot) - Investments Director at Digital Currency Group
- David Lee (@davidlee) - Managing Partner at SV Angel
- Ben Parr (@benparr) - Managing Partner at DominateFund
- Michael Terpin (@michaelterpin) - Co-Founder & Chairman of BitAngels
- Michael Sonnenshein (@Sonnenshein) - Account Executive at BitcoinTrust
- Farzad Hashemi (@nestmate) - Bitcoin Angel Investor
- Terrence Yang (@YangTerrence) - Founder of Yang Ventures
Bitcoin Journalists
- Pete Rizzo (@pete_rizzo_) - US Editor for CoinDesk
- Jon Southurst (@southtopia) - Asia Editor for CoinDesk
- Emily Spaven (@emilyspaven) - Managing Editor of CoinDesk
- Tom Sharkey (@tom_sharkey) - Journalist & sub-editor for CoinDesk
- Danny Bradbury (@dannybradbury) - Journalist at CoinDesk
- Wong Joon Ian (@joonian) - Journalist at CoinDesk
- Daniel Cawrey (@danielcawrey) - Journalist at CoinDesk
- Tanaya Macheel (@tanayamacheel) - Writer & sub-editor at CoinDesk
- Aaron van Wirdum (@AaronvanW) - Contributor to CoinDesk
- Caleb Chen (@bitxbitxbitcoin) - US Editor of CryptoCoinsNews
- Christoph Marckx (@cryptomaniacs) - Writer at CryptoCoinsNews
- Josiah Wilmoth (@Y3llowb1ackbird) - Writer at CryptoCoinsNews
- Tina Hui (@TinaHui) - CEO & Founder of FollowTheCoin
- Kevin Cruz (@KCruz305) - Writer at Bitcoin Magazine
- Maria Jones (@MariaJonesCT) - General manager at CoinTelegraph
- Allen Scott (@allenscottCT) - Editor at CoinTelegraph
- Diana Ngo (@DHQNgo) - Journalist at CoinTelegraph
- Ian DeMartino (@IanDeMartino) - Writer at CoinTelegraph
- Carlo Caraluzzo (@CaraluzzoCarlo) - Writer at CoinTelegraph
- Tone Vays (@tone_llt) - Bitcoin Analyst at CoinTelegraph
- Adam B. Levine (@GamerAndy) - Editor-in-Chief of LetsTalkBitcoin
- Kyle Torpey (@kyletorpey) - Writer at InsideBitcoins
- Jean-Pierre Buntinx (@jdebunt) - Founder of Cryptoarticles.com
- Serge Schouterden (@SergioSchout) - Founder of Cryptoarticles.com
- Ofir Beigel (@ofirbeigel) - Blogger at 99Bitcoins
- Sean Wince (@SeanWince) - Writer at CoinBrief
- Andre Infante (@AndreTI) - Journalist at CoinReport
- Yashu Gola (@whoisyashu) - Writer at NewsBTC
- Mark Hopkins (@rizzn) - Founding Editor for SiliconANGLE
- Tuur Demeester (@TuurDemeester) - Editor of MacroTrends
- Olly (@AltCoinSpec) - Writer at Altcoin Speculation
- Ben Isgur (@BenIsgur) - Blogger at TheBlogChain.com
- Nigel Dollentas (@nigeldollentas) - Writer at Bitcoinist
- John Scianna (@johnnydoge) - Writer at Bitcoinist
- Julia Tourianski (@BraveTheWorld) - Blogger at Brave The World
- Keith Horwood (@eagle8) - Head of Performance Marketing at CoinDesk
Bitcoin Developers
- Gavin Andresen (@gavinandresen) - Chief Scientist, Bitcoin Foundation
- Jeff Garzik (@jgarzik) - Bitcoin Core Developer at BitPay
- Peter Todd (@petertoddbtc) - Bitcoin Developer at CoinKite
- Pieter Wuille (@pwuille) - Bitcoin Core Developer at at Blockstream
- Matt Corallo (@TheBlueMatt) -Bitcoin Core Developer at at Blockstream
- Oleg Andreev (@oleganza) - Author of CoreBitcoin
- Andreas Antonopoulos (@aantonop) - Security and Distributed Systems Expert
- Ross McKelvie (@lead_brogrammer) Lead Engineer of Boost VC
- Sergio Demian Lerner (@SDLerner) - Security Auditor at Coinspect
- Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4) - Cryptographer & Creator of "Smart Contract" Concept
Lawyers
- Brian Klein (@brianeklein) - Partner at Baker Marquart LLP and Chair of Bitcoin Foundation's Legal Advocacy Committee
- Patrick Murck (@virtuallylaw) - General Counsel at Bitcoin Foundation
- Amor Sexton (@amorsexton) - Digital Currency Lawyer at Adroit Lawyers
- Reuben Bramanathan (@bramanathan) - Senior Lawyer at Adroit Lawyers
- Andrew Beal (@ajbeal) - Associate at Crowley Corporate Attorneys
- Preston Byrne (@prestonjbyrne) - COO and General Counsel at Eris Industries
- Pamela Morgan (@pamelawjd) - Attorney at Empowered Law
- Ryan Gilbert (@thebtclawyer) - Associate Attorney at Dell Graham and Host of the Bitcoin Lawyer Podcast
- Marco Santori (@msantoriESQ) - Counsel at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
- Sarah I. Hody (@SHodyEsq) - Attorney at Coinbase
Altcoin Team Leads
- Charlie Lee (@satoshilite) - Creator of Litecoin
- Jackson Palmer (@ummjackson) - Creator of Dogecoin
- Ross Nicoll (@JRossNicoll) - Dogecoin Developer
- Vitalik Buterin (@vitalikbuterin) - Creator of Ethereum
- Anthony Di Iorio (@diiorioanthony) - Founder of Ethereum
- Joel Dietz (@fractastical) - Creator of Swarm
- Jed McCaleb (@JedMcCaleb) - Co-founder of Stellar
- Joyce Kim (@joyce) - Executive Director of Stellar
- Pavel Kravchenko (@kravchenkopo) - Cryptographer at Stellar
- Charles Hoskinson (@nprojectcharles) - Founding Member of Bitshares and Ethereum
- Chris Larsen (@chrislarsensf) - Founder & CEO of Ripple Labs
- David Schwartz (@JoelKatz) - Chief Cryptographer at Ripple Labs
- Julian Martinez (@julianeon) - Support Engineer at Ripple Labs
- Patrick Nosker (@pnosker) - VeriCoin Developer
- effects (@effectsToCause) - VeriCoin Developer
- Andrew Vegatabile (@TheRealMage) - Litecoin Association Director
- btcdrak (@btcdrak) - Viacoin Developer
- Ahmed Bodiwala (@CryptoExpert) - Myriadcoin and Digitalcoin Developer
- Bryce Weiner (@BryceWeiner) - Developer of various altcoins
- Robert Wilkins (@rfwilkins) - CEO of Ziftr and Creator of Ziftrcoin
- Tatiana Moroz (@queentatiana) - Creator of Tatiana Coin
- Max Keiser (@maxkeiser) - Creator of Maxcoin
- BTCarchitect (@BTCarchitect) - Creator of ARCHcoin
- Jon Marshallz (@JonMarshallz) - Fastcoin Developer
- Julian (@jyap) - Creator of Jumbucks
- Judith Jakubovics (@JudithJakubovic) - BizDev & International Community Coordinator at MasterCoin Foundation
- Jeremy Kandah (@jkandah) - MaidSafe Board Member
We know this list is not complete and we may have accidentally missed out some names. May we request a kind favor to help us complete this list by writing in the comments section below or by tweeting us @coingecko.
UPDATE 11 January 2015: This list has reached over 200 names! Thank you for all the suggestions. We have also created a list on Twitter to make it easy for you to follow these top cryptocurrency personalities. Thank you very much. Bobby (@bobbyong) and TM Lee (@tmlee)
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