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Ray Dillinger
One of the few who reviewed Bitcoin before the world saw it.
Known as Ray Dillinger, Bear, CrydditActive Nov 2008 →
Why they matter
Bitcoin shipped having been read by almost no one. Dillinger is one of the tiny handful who vetted the original code and corresponded directly with Satoshi before release — an unsung hero of the launch.
Profile
Cryptographer ("Bear" / "Cryddit") who, in November 2008, performed a security review of the blockchain portion of Satoshi's source code while Hal Finney audited the scripting language and both checked the accounting — weeks before Bitcoin went live.