Greg Maxwell
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Greg Maxwell is one of Bitcoin's most prolific core developers and cryptographers, responsible for Confidential Transactions, MimbleWimble concepts, coinjoin, MAST, and numerous cryptographic contributions to the Bitcoin protocol. He served as CTO of Blockstream and has contributed to Bitcoin Core for over a decade.
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- Role
- Bitcoin Core Developer / Cryptographer
- Known For
- Confidential Transactions, CoinJoin, Blockstream CTO
- Nationality
- American
- Twitter Handle
- gmaxwell
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