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Gregory Maxwell
Sharpened Bitcoin's cryptography and its limits.
Known as nullc, Gregory MaxwellActive Jan 2011 →
Why they matter
Maxwell pushed both Bitcoin's cryptography and its culture of caution — insisting the system's guarantees be preserved as it scaled.
Profile
Self-taught cryptographer and early Core contributor who pioneered ideas like Confidential Transactions and pubkey recovery, co-founded Blockstream, and was a forceful voice in the technical debates that shaped Bitcoin's direction.