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Gavin James Wood is an English computer scientist, a co-founder of Ethereum, and creator of Polkadot and Kusama. [1] [2] Early life. Wood was born in Lancaster, England, United Kingdom. He attended the Lancaster Royal Grammar School.
Gavin Wood. Free-Trust Technologist and Founder of Polkadot, Kusama, Parity, Web3 Foundation and Ethereum. Who I am. Since my childhood economics and game theory have always interested me, even to the point of co-publishing a strategy board game of my own design.
Nov 29, 2021 · Gavin Wood coined the term Web3 (originally Web 3.0) in 2014. At the time, he was fresh off of helping develop Ethereum, the cryptocurrency that is second only to Bitcoin in prominence and...
Gavin Wood began originating blockchain technology as co-founder and CTO of Ethereum. At Parity, Gavin currently leads innovation on Substrate and Polkadot.
Apr 20, 2022 · Gavin Wood, founder of blockchain infrastructure company Parity Technologies, coined the term “Web 3.0” in 2014, laying out his vision of the future of the internet.
Jul 28, 2020 · British computer programmer Gavin Wood was introduced to Bitcoin—and, subsequently, Vitalik’s whitepaper—by Bitcoin evangelists Amir Taaki and Johnny Bitcoin. He got in touch with Buterin, and offered to write an implementation of Ethereum in the C++ programming language.
Oct 21, 2022 · Wood, a longtime crypto developer who co-founded Polkadot after exiting the Ethereum Foundation in 2015, will remain a majority shareholder in Parity Technologies.
Oct 21, 2022 · Gavin Wood, co-founder of Parity Technologies, the company behind the Polkadot blockchain, is stepping down as the firm’s CEO, according to a Bloomberg report . Wood, also an early Ethereum contributor and co-founder, will remain Parity’s majority shareholder and chief architect.
Gavin Wood. Founder. Gavin began originating blockchain technology as co-founder and CTO of Ethereum. He invented fundamental components of the blockchain industry, including Solidity, Proof-of-Authority consensus, and Whisper. At Parity, Gavin currently leads innovation on Substrate and Polkadot.
May 25, 2021 · That's why Gavin Wood says it's important for his Polkadot system of blockchains to support it — at least for the foreseeable future. Wood was the lead developer when Ethereum was built and is...
