6 Most Influential Crypto Figures Throughout 2022

JAKARTA Crypto figures have a big influence on society and the public. The crypto world itself has a number of prominent figures who are often followed by the digital asset community. These figures are the founders of various crypto projects ranging from Vitalik Buterin to Changpeng Zhao.

The names above are often active in discussing the development of the crypto industry, policies related to crypto assets, establishing partnerships with governments and others. In the crypto space there is no gap between distance and age, it is proven by the presence of the youngest figures in the industry, Vitalik Buterin who was born in 1994, and Justin Sun 1990. In addition, the policies or statements they make also influence the market. Then, who are the most influential crypto figures version of Voi.id?

The Most Involved Crypto character

Vitalik Buterin is the founder of Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin. Buterin is a central figure in the birth of a complex blockchain. The Ethereum blockchain itself allows developers to develop decentralized applications (DApps), decentralized finance (DeFi), NFT development, and so on.

The Russian-blooded figure who was born in 1994 is often invited to various crypto events in the world. His insights about the crypto world are often a hot topic for the community. Buterin became a crypto billionaire at the age of 27 when Ethereum broke the price of $3.000 in May 2021, according to Forbes.

Apart from being a programmer, Buterin is also a writer. In his early days he worked in crypto magazine Bitcoin Weekly and was paid 5 Bitcoins in 2011, where the price of BTC at that time was still in the range of 3.50 US dollars per coin. However, the following year, he decided to set up his own crypto magazine, Bitcoin Magazine, which is still running today.

Then, the second most influential crypto figure is Changpeng Zhao or CZ. The figure who was born in Jiangsu, China, who has worked at McDonald's is the founder of the world's largest crypto trading company, Binance. The company also issued Binance Coin (BNB).

Meanwhile, the Binance Chain network is the most widely used network by developers and token publishers because it has a much cheaper transaction fee than its competitor, Ethereum. Meanwhile, in 2021, the crypto exchange company Binance managed to facilitate crypto trading worth 9.5 trillion US dollars.

Thanks to his work, Binance got permission to operate in Dubai. He is also active in various business events such as at the B20 Bali event yesterday. Binance is often active in acquiring other shocked crypto companies, including Voyager. Not long ago, he also announced the acquisition of a leading crypto exchange in Indonesia, Tokocrypto. CZ often shares his opinions regarding cryptocurrencies on Twitter's social media accounts.

While the third important figure is Anatoly Yakovenko. He is the mastermind behind Proof-of-History (PoH), a consensus mechanism that runs the Solana blockchain. This is different from consensus in general, which usually uses Proof-of-Work (PoW) and Proof-of-Stake (PoS) mechanisms.

According to DailyCoin, at first Yakovenko had no desire to build blockchain. Instead, he wants to build deep learning hardware and mine digital tokens to fund its development. But one day, Yakovenko stumbled on his time use as a consensus mechanism, which led to Solana.

After struggling with the idea for a while, Yakovenko eventually built Solana and used the Proof-of-History (PoH) mechanism to build chains much faster than Bitcoin and Ethereum.

As co-founder of Solana Labs, Yakovenko has a tremendous influence on the crypto ecosystem. The Solana chain works very similar to Ethereum, and hundreds of dApps are now living in it.

Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano (ADA) is an active figure on social media and often shares his views on crypto roles in developing countries. He and the Cardano team are actively providing support to various countries in Africa, particularly in terms of internet education and services.

Hoskinson is already working with the Burundi government, Zanzibar, Ethiopia, and other countries for internet service procurement in areas that do not yet have access. On the other hand, Hoskinson is also one of the founders of early Ethereum alongside Vitalik Buterin and Gavin Woods.

In addition, Charles Hoskinson donated US$20 million (equivalent to Rp285 billion) aimed at establishing a mathematics study center called the Hoskinson Center for Formal Mathematics at Carniege Mellon University.

The main focus of the Hoskinson Center study will revolve around mathematical theorems and the findings of evidence, verification steps, and ratification of truth through computer assistance. Therefore, the university revealed that the study center would encourage new ways of doing mathematics because it was supported by the collaborative digital special math.

Woods was one of the founders of Ethereum who several years later founded his own blockchain, Polkadot (DOT). Together with Vitalik, he played a major role in writing the Ethereum code and eventually became the Chief Technical Officer of the Ethereum Foundation.

Woods is a central figure in solidity development, the programming language used to write smart contracts. After his role in Ethereum was completed, he decided to set up PolkaDot, a network that allows other users to create blockchains that can communicate with other blockchains.

Justin Sun is the founder of TRON (TRX). The BTT and SUN crypto owners from China have been appointed Grenada's permanent representative for the World Trade Organization (WTO). The 1990-born man has played a fairly important role in the industry, he has been appointed on the advisory board of the Huobi Global crypto exchange.