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Gavin Wood

Polkadot / Parity
Berlin, Germany
Gavin Wood co-founded Ethereum, wrote its original Yellow Paper (technical specification), and invented the Solidity programming language used by millions of smart contract developers. He then founded Parity Technologies and created Polkadot, an interoperability protocol enabling different blockchains to communicate. Wood also coined the term "Web3" in its current usage. He remains one of the most technically profound thinkers in the blockchain space.
Blockchain / Web3 Infrastructure

About Polkadot / Parity

Polkadot is a blockchain interoperability protocol enabling multiple specialized blockchains (parachains) to connect and communicate. Parity Technologies is the primary developer of Polkadot and Substrate, a blockchain framework.

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