<story><title>Gavin Andresen, the Most Powerful Person in the World of Bitcoin</title><url>http://www.technologyreview.com/news/527051/the-man-who-really-built-bitcoin/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>drcode</author><text>Yeah, Gavin was a guest on EconTalk podcast back in 2011, when bitcoins were still $1. I listened to him talk a few minutes and said &amp;quot;Whatever that guy is doing I&amp;#x27;m investing in&amp;quot; even though I didn&amp;#x27;t &lt;i&gt;really&lt;/i&gt; understand Bitcoin until much later...&lt;p&gt;I still think it&amp;#x27;s no coincidence that Gavin is spearheading Bitcoin- He is impressive because he&amp;#x27;s very down-to-earth but still supernaturally smart. I&amp;#x27;m not sure Bitcoin would have gone anywhere without him.</text></comment>
<story><title>Gavin Andresen, the Most Powerful Person in the World of Bitcoin</title><url>http://www.technologyreview.com/news/527051/the-man-who-really-built-bitcoin/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>exo762</author><text>There is a plan in progress that will fix issue with big blocks being a problem for miners. This is a first step of scaling Bitcoin to the level of thousands transactions per second.&lt;p&gt;And it&amp;#x27;s also a great read.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://gist.github.com/gavinandresen/e20c3b5a1d4b97f79ac2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;gist.github.com&amp;#x2F;gavinandresen&amp;#x2F;e20c3b5a1d4b97f79ac2&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>