Gregory Maxwell
Gregory Maxwell: Early Bitcoin developer; proposed CoinJoin (2013); co-founder of Blockstream (2014). In June 2011 he argued on the forum that Bitcoin should default to deterministic wallets; BIP32 later credits him with “the original idea of type-2 deterministic wallets”. In August 2013 he proposed CoinJoin for on-chain privacy. Blockstream's 2014 seed-round post lists him among its co-founders.
Source: bitcointalk.org
Key facts
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Also known as | gmaxwell (bitcointalk) | bitcointalk.org |
| Role | Early Bitcoin developer; proposed CoinJoin (2013); co-founder of Blockstream (2014) | bitcointalk.org |
| First known Bitcoin link | Registered on the Bitcoin forum, 5 May 2011 | bitcointalk.org |
| Work | Blockstream, co-founder (2014) | blog.blockstream.com |
Background
- Co-author of the Bulletproofs, Erlay and Confidential Assets papers [wuille.net]
- Bitcoin privacy (CoinJoin) [bitcointalk.org]
- Deterministic wallets and backups [bitcointalk.org]
What is not known
No X account shown: @gmaxwell on X belongs to someone else.
Timeline
- 17 Nov 2014: Co-founds Blockstream; $21M seed round announced. [blog.blockstream.com]
Connections
- Pieter Wuille: Blockstream co-founders (2014); BIP32 builds on his type-2 deterministic wallet idea [github.com]
- Adam Back: Blockstream co-founders (2014) [blog.blockstream.com]
- theymos: Co-signers of the CoinJoin bounty escrow (2013) [bitcointalk.org]
In their own words
“Bitcoin really ought to offer and default to using deterministic wallets.” (18 Jun 2011, via bitcointalk) [bitcointalk.org]
“Bitcoin is often promoted as a tool for privacy but the only privacy that exists in Bitcoin comes from pseudonymous addresses which are fragile and easily compromised…” (22 Aug 2013, via bitcointalk) [bitcointalk.org]
FAQ
- Who is Gregory Maxwell?
- Gregory Maxwell: Early Bitcoin developer; proposed CoinJoin (2013); co-founder of Blockstream (2014). In June 2011 he argued on the forum that Bitcoin should default to deterministic wallets; BIP32 later credits him with “the original idea of type-2 deterministic wallets”. In August 2013 he proposed CoinJoin for on-chain privacy. Blockstream's 2014 seed-round post lists him among its co-founders. (source: bitcointalk.org)
- When did Gregory Maxwell first appear in Bitcoin's history?
- Registered on the Bitcoin forum, 5 May 2011. (source: bitcointalk.org)
- How was Gregory Maxwell connected to Pieter Wuille?
- Blockstream co-founders (2014); BIP32 builds on his type-2 deterministic wallet idea. (source: github.com)
See also
- Pieter WuillePieter Wuille: Bitcoin Core developer; author of BIP32 and co-author of SegWit, Schnorr and Taproot; Blockstream co-founder; now at Chaincode Labs. Author of BIP32, the hierarchical deterministic wallets behind today's seed phrases, and co-author of BIP141 (SegWit), BIP340 (Schnorr signatures) and BIP341 (Taproot). BIP32 (HD wallets), which he authored, is assigned, 11 Feb 2012.
- Adam BackAdam Back: Inventor of Hashcash, cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper; co-founder and CEO of Blockstream. Cypherpunk and cryptographer. In 1997 he proposed Hashcash, the proof-of-work that Bitcoin mining uses. In 2008 Satoshi emailed him before publishing the whitepaper, and he pointed Satoshi to Wei Dai's b-money. In 2024 he testified in COPA v Wright.
- theymostheymos: Administrator of the Bitcoin Forum (bitcointalk.org). One of the earliest members of the Bitcoin forum (member #35, February 2010), now its Administrator. On 15 August 2010, minutes after the first report about block 74638, he replied: “This could be a serious problem.”
References
- bitcointalk.org bitcointalk.org
- GitHub · gmaxwell github.com
- blog.blockstream.com blog.blockstream.com
- wuille.net wuille.net
- bitcointalk.org bitcointalk.org
- bitcointalk.org bitcointalk.org
- github.com github.com