Andreas Antonopoulos

Andreas M. Antonopoulos (born 1972 in London) is a British bitcoin advocate, tech entrepreneur, and author. He is a host on the Let's Talk Bitcoin podcast[2] and a teaching fellow for the M.Sc. Digital Currencies at the University of Nicosia.[3]

Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Andreas Antonopoulos presenting at Internetdagarna 2017 in Stockholm
Born1972 (age 48–49)
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity College London
OccupationTech entrepreneur[1]
Websiteantonopoulos.com

Early career

Antonopoulos obtained his degree in Computer Science and Data Communications and Distributed Systems from University College London. As a partner at Nemertes Research, Antonopoulos researched computer security, stating that the greatest threat to computer security was not experienced hackers, but overly complex systems that resulted from rapid change in business.[4]

Bitcoin involvement

In 2012 Antonopoulos became enamored with bitcoin. He eventually abandoned his job as a freelance consultant and started speaking at conferences about bitcoin, consulting for startups, and writing articles free of charge.[5]

According to his podcast, Antonopoulos is a consultant on several bitcoin-related startups.[6]

In January 2014, Antonopoulos joined Blockchain.info as chief security officer.[7] In September 2014 he left the CSO role.

In April 2014, Antonopoulos organised a fundraising campaign for Dorian Nakamoto, who was identified in a Newsweek article as the creator of bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. The reporting techniques used in the article were controversial among journalists and Bitcoin community members. The fundraiser, intended to assist Nakamoto after the attention he received as a result of the article, raised 50 bitcoins, worth US$23,000 at the time.[8][9]

On 8 October 2014, Antonopoulos spoke in front of the Banking, Trade and Commerce committee of the Senate of Canada to address the senators' questions on how to regulate bitcoin in Canada.[10]

In March 2016, the first edition of Mastering Bitcoin was released by Antonopoulos, in print and online,[11] followed by a second edition in June 2017.[12]

Receiving of bitcoin gifts

In December 2017, unsolicited donations of over 100 bitcoins were sent to Antonopoulos by over a thousand followers of his work, after Roger Ver made a public post to Twitter on 5 December questioning Antonopoulos's investment choices given his "eloquent" public speaking about bitcoin since 2012.[5][13]

Bibliography

Books
  • Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Currencies (2014, O'Reilly) ISBN 978-1449374044
  • Mastering Bitcoin 2nd Edition: Programming the Open Blockchain (2017, O'Reilly) ISBN 978-1491954386
  • Mastering Ethereum: Building Smart Contracts and dApps (2018, O'Reilly) ISBN 978-1491971949
  • The Internet of Money (Volume 1) (2016, O'Reilly) ISBN 978-1537000459
  • The Internet of Money (Volume 2) (2017, Merkle Bloom, self-published) ISBN 978-1947910065
  • The Internet of Money (Volume 3) (2019, Merkle Bloom, self-published) ISBN 978-1947910171

Notes

    References
    1. "Issue 15 - Evidence - October 8, 2014". Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce. Parliament of Canada. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
    2. AARON MAK (29 December 2018). "Cryptocurrency's Terrible 2018". Slate. Slate. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
    3. Elias Hazou (11 April 2014). "UNIC launches bitcoin course". Business. CyprusMail. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
    4. John Schwartz (12 September 2007). "Who Needs Hackers?". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
    5. Lucinda Shen (8 December 2017). "Why People Are Giving This Man Almost $2 Million in Free Bitcoin". Fortune. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
    6. David Morris (21 January 2014). "Bitcoin is not just digital currency. It's Napster for finance". Retrieved 16 October 2014.
    7. Kyt Dotson (29 January 2014). "Bitcoin Weekly, January 29, 2014: TigerDirect on board, CEO of BitInstant arrested, Antonopoulos joins Blockchain.info". siliconANGLE. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
    8. Kevin Collier (22 April 2014). "Dorian Nakamoto thanks Bitcoin community for $23,000 donation". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
    9. Oscar Williams-Grut (17 March 2014). "Bitcoins raised for 'inventor' Dorian Nakamoto". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
    10. Michael Carney (9 October 2014). "Bitcoin evangelist Andreas Antonopoulos wows Canada's Senate Committee on Banking". PandoDaily. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
    11. Github (17 March 2016). "Release Edition1Print1 - bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook". Retrieved 7 December 2017.
    12. Github (8 June 2017). "Second Edition - First Print - bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook". Retrieved 20 September 2018.
    13. Joon Ian Wong (8 December 2017). "A bitcoin booster got $1.5 million after being "bitshamed" for being poor". Quartz. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
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