Gavin Andresen

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Gavin Andresen (born Gavin Bell[1]) is a software

developer best known for his involvement with Bitcoin. Gavin Andresen
He is based in Amherst, Massachusetts. Other names Gavin Bell
Residence Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Originally a developer of 3D graphics and virtual reality
software, he became involved in developing products for Fields Computer science
the Bitcoin market in 2010, and by 2011 was designated Alma mater Princeton University
by Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of
Known for Bitcoin, software
Bitcoin, as lead developer on Bitcoin Core, the reference
implementation for Bitcoin client software. In 2012 he Website
founded the Bitcoin Foundation to support and nurture the gavinandresen.ninja (http://gavinandresen.ninja/)
development of the Bitcoin currency, and by 2014 left his
software development role to concentrate on his work with the Foundation.

Contents
1 Career
1.1 Bitcoin
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

Career
Andresen He graduated from Princeton University in 1988.[1] He began his career working on 3D graphics
software at Silicon Graphics Computer Systems.[2] In 1996, he co-authored the VRML 2.0 specification,[3]
and later published a reference manual for VRML 2.0.[4]

Since leaving Silicon Valley in 1996, Andresen has tackled a wide variety of software-related ventures,
including CTO of an early voice-over-the-Internet startup and co-founder of a company that made
multiplayer online games for blind people and their sighted friends.[2]

Bitcoin
Prior to 2014 Andresen was the lead developer for a part of the bitcoin digital currency project, working to
create a secure, stable "cash for the Internet." [5] Andresen discovered bitcoin in 2010, quickly recognising
the brilliance of its design. Soon after he created a website called the Bitcoin Faucet which gave away
bitcoin.[1] In April 2011, Forbes quoted Andresen as saying, "Bitcoin is designed to bring us back to a
decentralized currency of the people," and "this is like better gold than gold."[6] He was soon designated by
the inventor of bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto to lead development of the client software for the bitcoin network
which is now known as Bitcoin Core.[1]
Andresen also created ClearCoin, an escrow-type of service, which was closed c. June 23, 2011.[7] After
several years working on the software, Andresen left the role of lead developer of bitcoin to work on the
strategic development of its technology.[8] He conceived of the Bitcoin Foundation which became reality in
2012.

Gavin initially stated he believed that Craig Wright was the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, but later
retracted this statement.[9]

See also
History of bitcoin

References
1. Simonite, Tom (15 August 2014). "The Man Who Really Built Bitcoin". MIT Technology Review. Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
2. "The Future of Payments - Panelists - Bitcoin 2013: The Future of PaymentsMay 17-19, 2013 - San Jose, CA".
Bitcoin 2013. 2011-04-16. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
3. "VRML 2.0".
4. "The Annotated VRML 2.0 Reference Manual".
5. Kadhim Shubber (8 April 2014). "Gavin Andresen Steps Down as Bitcoin's Lead Developer". Coindesk. Retrieved
15 November 2016.
6. "Crypto Currency". Forbes. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
7. "ClearCoin - Bitcoin". En.bitcoin.it. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
8. Preukschat, Alex; Josep Busquet (2015). Bitcoin: The Hunt of Satoshi Nakamoto. Europe Comics. p. 87.
ISBN 9791032800201. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
9. "Satoshi". 16 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.

External links
"Bitcoin Foundation: Transperency: Board Members". Bitcoin Foundation. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
"Bitcoin 2013: The Future of Payments - Panelists - Bitcoin 2013: The Future of Payments May 17-
19, 2013 - San Jose, CA". Bitcoin Foundation. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
Gavin Andresen (http://twit.tv/shows/triangulation/episodes/103/) interviewed on the TV show
Triangulation on the TWiT.tv network 15 May 2013, duration: 60 min.
Can Bitcoin Go Mainstream? Voices of the Next Generation with Gavin Andresen of Bitcoin, Council
of Foreign Relations, February 6, 2014 (http://www.cfr.org/economics/can-bitcoin-go-mainstream/p32
339)

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