Top 5 Cryptocurrency Influencers You Should Follow [2018]
Influencers are individuals who can motivate others to connect with a business or the technology. In the field of cryptocurrency, the influencers are the people are strong supporters of Bitcoinand other cryptocurrencies and helping others to know about them through their writings and talks. Here is the list of 5 influencers whom you can follow.
#1 Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a best-selling author, speaker, educator, and one of the world’s foremost Bitcoin and open blockchain experts. He is known for delivering electric talks that combine economics, psychology, technology, and game theory with current events, personal anecdote, and historical precedent effortlessly transliterating the complex issues of blockchain technology out of the abstract and into the real world.
In 2014, Antonopoulos authored the groundbreaking book, Mastering Bitcoin, widely considered to be the best technical guide ever written about the technology. Andreas is well known for his talks on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aantonop
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aantonop
#2 Vitalik Buterin
Vitalik Buterin is a Russian-Canadian writer and programmer. Vitalik was involved in the Bitcoin community since 2011, co-founding and writing articles for Bitcoin magazine. But he is primarily known as the boy-genius behind Ethereum, the world’s second-most valued and recognized cryptocurrency platform behind Bitcoin.
He is very active on social media and he writes about blockchain technology, decentralisation, economic aspects of cryptocurrencies.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin
Medium: https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin
#3 Charlie Lee
Charlie Lee is the creator of Litecoin. Lee worked for tech giants such as Microsoft and Google before discovering Bitcoin in 2011. Charlie proceeded to create Litecoin after discovering Bitcoin, in October 2011. Just 2 years later he left Google and joined the Coinbase team. He was the third person to be hired at Coinbase, and worked there as director of engineering until 2017, when he quit to dedicate himself completely to Litecoin, the cryptocurrency he had created about 6 years before.
Charlie is a personality in the cryptocurrency space and his Twitter account has gathered quite a following.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SatoshiLite
Medium: https://medium.com/@SatoshiLite
#4 Erik Voorhees
Erik Voorhees is a prominent cryptocurrency businessman. He was born in the US but later moved to Dubai, New York City, and New Hampshire. He was the founder and original CEO of Coinapult and Director of Marketing at Bitinstant. His most successful project so far is Shapeshift, a cryptocurrency trading platform, which offers instant exchange services for Bitcoin, Litecoin, and many other cryptocurrencies.
He is a great believer of Bitcoin and blogs at Money And State.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/erikvoorhees
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/evoorhees
#5 Charlie Shrem
Among the prominent millionaires who made their fortunes off cryptocurrency, Charlie Shrem is a polarizing figure. A staunch supporter of Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency space, Shrem spent two years in prison for activity related to an unlicensed money-transmitting business.
Shrem is a vocal advocate of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general. Shrem has announced plans to continue to invest in the cryptocurrency space, but to diversify his holdings and transfer his Bitcoin profits toward real estate investments.
Charlie Shrem maintains an active online presence and he has large following on social media.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/charlieshrem
Medium: https://medium.com/@cshrem
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