Gavin Andresen, the man who made possible the miracle of 'bitcoin’
It 48 years old, He lives in the quiet Amherst (Massachusetts) and is privileged to have been selected by what is probably one of the most wanted men in the world: Satoshi Nakamoto. We talked about Gavin Andresen, the man who made possible the miracle of bitcoin.
In 2009 Satoshi Nakamoto designed the cryptographic algorithm is the basis of the current virtual currency bitcoin. I always shrouded in mystery, this guy disappeared 2011, completely disassociating your creation. Since then media as the magazine Newsweek, unmask have tried unsuccessfully. However, the person responsible for the value of the dollar has gone through the roof is another.
“It all started when I began to send Satoshi code to improve the system. Eventually he ended up trusting me until one day I took over. Since then he took away to disappear completely”. In this simple way explains Andresen in an interview MediaHuffington Post its beginnings in the world of bitcoin.
Andresen decided to jump into the world of bitcoin because he noticed that a coin was beyond the control of any governmentThis telecommunication engineer graduated from Princeton University (USA), that came from working in several companies dedicated tosoftware, any one day decided to jump into the then unknown currency.Just caught his attention was beyond the control of any government. And it hit full.
Andresen is now manager of the currency over fashionable. What it is to be the lead developer of the open source defining rules bitcoin and providing software necessary to use. The CIA and Washington lawmakers have appealed to him to explain this phenomenon they already worth millions. And it was he who devised the Bitcoin Foundation, a non profit organization created in 2013 which it is the closest thing to a central authority in the world of bitcoin.
Giving 'bitcoins’ for promotion, get rich
For those unfamiliar with this coin, we must clarify that not physically exist. Actually, which it has a bitcoin you have really is an encrypted code that allows instantaneous transactionspeer-to-peer (P2P). No brokers or central servers. No costs to either party.
Its value depends on many factors and is constantly changing depending on how much you want to pay users for him. To give you an idea, when the bitcoin only worth a few cents Andresen created the call Bitcoin Faucetwho gave away five of these coins each visitor. Now each is changed 600 dollars.
The founder of bitcoin He liked his work so much that soon put only reference in home Project your email, as acknowledged by the Andresen himself to Huffington Post. Then Andresen stepped forward formally in December 2010: “With the blessing of Satoshi, I'm going to start more actively manage the project Bitcoin”, wrote.
Gavin Andresen He is working on this project full time since then and charges a fortune (recognizes that today could well retire). Yes, in bitcoins. “I convinced my hairdresser so that I could cash inbitcoins. More and more things you can buy with this currency”, has come to recognize and respect humorous.
What if Andresen was really Satoshi Nakamoto?
This very rapid rise has led to frequent assumptions that Andresen is actually Satoshi Nakamoto and got rid of the pseudonym as the currency was strong. But he denies.
“No soy Satoshi Nakamoto. We have never seen. I have had many email conversations with him”, he said after a conference last April.
The objective is to create a stable Andresen currency internet so people everywhere can transact with each other as easily as sending an email. “The bitcoin have a similar decision to email, began as something complex into a ubiquitous tool. Just takes time for it to become an easy to use transaction”.
Andresen left office last April leaving Wladimir van der Laan, also experienced developer bitcoin, command. What he wants is, as recognized himself, focus on other issues cryptocurrency. I shall certainly that soon we will hear…
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