Gavin Andresen

Gavin Andresen is the chief scientist at the Bitcoin Foundation and who has access to the alert key for the Bitcoin SourceForge project.

After graduating from Princeton University, Gavin began his career working on 3D graphics software at Silicon Graphics Computer Systems.

Since leaving Silicon Valley in 1996, Gavin has tackled a wide variety of software-related ventures, including CTO of an early voice-over-the-Internet startup and co-founder of a company that made multiplayer online games for blind people and their sighted friends.

In April 2011, Forbes quoted Andresen as saying, "Bitcoin is designed to bring us back to a decentralized currency of the people," and "this is like better gold than gold."

Most recently, Gavin has been the lead developer for the Bitcoin digital currency project, working to create a secure, stable "cash for the Internet."

Gavin also created ClearCoin, an escrow-type of service, which was closed circa June 23, 2011.