Location: China, Beijing
Cihan Wu (Kit .: 忌 寒) is a co-founder of Bitmain (along with Mikri Zhang) and a well-known supporter of Bitcoin Cash. He entered the top ten most influential figures in the world of blockchains according to Coindesk in 2017. She holds a degree in economics from Peking University.
In 2018, he took 3rd place in Fortune The Ledger magazine 40 to 40 years for transforming business into leading positions in the field of finance and technology. His own capital in 2018 was 2.39 billion US dollars.
The author of many lectures, including the best-selling book “Why multiple implementations are very important for Bitcoin,” Cihan Wu gained great popularity and authority in the crypto-community. In his work he places special emphasis on the psychology of power in the world of cryptocurrency.
“Why do we not know the other forms of government described by Aristotle? Democracy is not possible in open source software. Therefore, developer software is very complex and abstract. And in most cases it is obvious who is good and who is bad, and you cannot just vote to decide how the software will work. In some projects there is tyranny. This does not apply to open source software. This is Microsoft. This is Office. Perhaps this is why Microsoft so hates the community of developers who create open source software. ”
Known for his criticism of Bitcoin regarding the omission of the possibility of timely implementation of the system of smart contracts, however, he shares the opinion of investors about its further growth.