Erik Voorhees

One of the earliest movers in bitcoin and cryptocurrency, his motivation to play his part in the scene was born from concern around systemic problems with the current monetary system. He is co-founder of Coinapult, worked as Marketing Director at BitInstant (one of the earliest crypto exchanges) and was the founder of bitcoin gambling site Satoshi Dice. He is now most known for his role as creator and CEO of bitcoin and altcoin exchange ShapeShift, which he founded under alias Beorn Gonthier until he was forced to reveal his true involvement as part of a seeding round in 2015.