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Ann Hibner Koblitz, Neal Koblitz, and Alfred Meneze, Teachers. Authored: ELLIPTIC CURVE CRYPTOGRAPHY: THE SERPENTINE COURSE OF A PARADIGM SHIFT. Describes the shift from RSA to ECC in cryptography, and provides background to Satoshi's selection of the Koblitz curve SECP256K1 or y^2 = x^3 + 7 for Bitcoin and Blockchain Public Key Cryptography.

 

Satoshi Nakamoto, Entrepreneur. Authored: BITCOIN: A PEER-TO-PEER ELECTRONIC CASH SYSTEM. Put the "e" in cash and money. The most popular Crypto-currency. Provides a universal interchange capability between most fiat and crypto currencies, and changed forever the basis for trade and commerce in the digital age.

 

Vitalik Buterin, Inventor of Ethereum. Explains why it is Bitcoin 2.0. The second most popular Crypto-currency, that put "progammable" into e-cash and e-money.

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