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Event April 27, 2016 Added September 22, 2026 Updated September 24, 2026 Biography

Matt Corallo — Wrote BIP 152's compact block relay, then kept moving

Matt Corallo

Matt Corallo joined Bitcoin Core in 2011, co-founded Blockstream in 2014, authored BIP 152's Compact Block Relay, built the FIBRE relay network, then moved on to Chaincode Labs and Spiral.

Event March 5, 2013 Added April 17, 2026 Updated September 23, 2026 Biography

Gregory Maxwell — Blockstream co-founder and designer of CoinJoin and Confidential Transactions

Gregory Maxwell

Long-time Bitcoin Core contributor (gmaxwell), Blockstream co-founder, co-developer of libsecp256k1. Authored CoinJoin, co-designed Confidential Transactions. Known for deep technical write-ups.

Event March 17, 2011 Added April 17, 2026 Updated September 20, 2026 Biography

Pieter Wuille — Bitcoin Core developer behind BIP-32, libsecp256k1, SegWit, and Taproot

Pieter Wuille

Belgian software engineer (sipa), Bitcoin Core committer since 2011. Author/co-author of BIP-32, BIP-141 (SegWit), BIP-340/341 (Schnorr/Taproot). Initiator of libsecp256k1; Blockstream co-founder.

Event August 20, 2008 Added March 1, 2026 Updated September 13, 2026 Biography

Adam Back (1970–) — Inventor of Hashcash and the first person Satoshi Nakamoto contacted

Adam Back

British cryptographer and cypherpunk (born 1970) who invented Hashcash (1997). The first known person Satoshi contacted about Bitcoin (August 20, 2008). Co-founded Blockstream in 2014.