Crypto Heroes

Check out the Young Platform Academy's 'Crypto Heroes' section to learn about the most influential people in the crypto world and their stories

Beginner

Bitcoin

Who is Satoshi Nakamoto really? Clues, candidates and curiosities

The creator of Bitcoin hides behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. Who are they really? Net worth and possible candidates

March 22, 2023

10 min

Beginner

Ethereum

Proof-of-Stake

Vitalik Buterin, A Young Man Changing The World

Created by Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum is the world’s second most important blockchain and the engine behind Web 3.0 and Defi innovations

August 30, 2022

11 min

Beginner

NFT

Layne Lafrance and CryptoKitties: Ethereum’s first NFTs

Dapper Labs powered the success of CryptoKitties, Ethereum’s first NFTs. Find out who the collection's product leader is, Layne Lafrance

August 26, 2022

9 min

Beginner

DeFi

Stani Kulechov and Aave: the finnish lawyer of DeFi

How was Aave born? From the combination of finance and smart contracts, came the decentralised loans: who is Stani Kulechov, its creator?

August 25, 2022

10 min

Beginner

DeFi

Sergey Nazarov: Chainlink’s Oracles and the Mystery of Satoshi

Who is Sergey Nazarov? The founder of Chainlink, an oracle system for smart contracts, and possibly Satoshi Nakamoto.

August 19, 2022

9 min

Beginner

Crypto DEX

DeFi

Hayden Adams and Uniswap: the DEX revolution

We find out how Uniswap was created, a decentralised exchange for cryptocurrencies made on Ethereum ; and who its founder, Hayden Adams, is.

July 20, 2022

10 min

Beginner

Altcoin

DeFi

Denelle Dixon: advocate for the Stellar Foundation

Denelle Dixon is CEO of the Stellar Development Foundation. Let's find out how the Stellar project was born and what its future holds

July 12, 2022

12 min

Beginner

Metaverse

Sébastien Borget and The Sandbox: from a mobile game to the metaverse

The Sandbox enables game development on the blockchain. Let’s find out who Sébastien Borget is, its creator, and how the SAND ecosystem works

June 20, 2022

8 min

Beginner

Metaverse

Esteban Ordano and Ari Meilich: the brains behind Decentraland

Esteban Ordano & Ari Meilich built decentraland, a metaverse which hosts many real life use cases. Read the story of who created Decentraland

June 15, 2022

8 min

Beginner

Altcoin

Proof-of-Stake

Silvio Micali: the MIT Professor and Inventor of Algorand

Prof Micali, the MIT lecturer and 2012 Turing Prize winner made crypto green: let’s find out who Silvio Micali is and how Algorand was born.

June 14, 2022

6 min

Beginner

Ethereum

Who is Fabian Vogelsteller, the Forgotten Father of ERC-20?

Who invented the standard for utility tokens, the ERC-20? Fabian Vogelsteller, an unknown character in the history of Ethereum.

May 19, 2022

8 min

Beginner

DeFi

Stablecoin

Do Kwon: from full moon to LUNA’s eclipse

Based on LUNA and the UST stablecoin, we find out how Terra Luna came about and who Do Kwon is, the founder of the DeFi project.

May 17, 2022

9 min

Beginner

Proof-of-Stake

Who is Sunny King, the inventor of Proof-of-Stake?

Proof-of-Stake is the popular alternative to Bitcoin’s Proof-of-Work. Who invented it, and what is the first cryptocurrency of this type?

April 15, 2022

7 min

Beginner

DeFi

Ethereum

Polygon: The Success Story Of The 3 Founders

Polygon (MATIC) was born out of the need of 3 guys, Jaynti Kanani, Sandeep Naiwal and Anurang Arjun, to solve the problems of Ethereum.

March 17, 2022

7 min

Beginner

Bitcoin

Crypto Security

Timothy May: The Cypherpunks’ Leader

Tim May was an advocate for privacy and cryptography, flags he carried forward with the cypherpunks during the birth of the internet

March 11, 2022

6 min

Beginner

DeFi

Ethereum

Charles Hoskinson: Cardano beyond numbers

Charles Hoskinson is one of the founders of Ethereum who has chosen a different path. Let's analyse the motives and goals that drive him.

March 2, 2022

7 min

Beginner

Bitcoin

Crypto Market

Caitlin Long: How to go from Wall Street to Bitcoin

Caitlin Long is one of the most influential women in the crypto world, with a solid background in traditional finance.

February 28, 2022

6 min

Beginner

Ethereum

Gavin Wood, the personality behind Polkadot

Gavin Wood was part of the original team that founded Ethereum, but it is Polkadot that best expresses his vision.

February 21, 2022

7 min

Beginner

DeFi

Proof-of-Stake

Emin Gün Sirer and Team Rocket climbing up to Avalanche

Emin Gün Sirer founded Avalanche, but not everyone knows about his ties to Satoshi Nakamoto and how he preceded Bitcoin.

February 16, 2022

7 min

Beginner

DeFi

Proof-of-Stake

Anatoly Yakovenko’s brilliant idea for Solana

Anatoly Yakovenko is the inventor of Proof-of-History. We explore the places and people who made Solana rise.

February 15, 2022

7 min

Beginner

Altcoin

Charlie Lee: Litecoin’s Founder

The creator of Litecoin, Charlie Lee, has had an incredible career, working his way through tech and crypto giants. What inspired him to develop Litecoin?

February 8, 2022

6 min

Beginner

Altcoin

Roger Ver: the Bitcoin Cash champion

Learn about the life and achievements of Bitcoin Jesus and supporter of Bitcoin Cash, Roger Ver. Here's how an early cryptocurrency adopter lived it.

January 28, 2022

7 min

Beginner

Altcoin

Kathleen Breitman: The Bright Woman Behind Tezos

Kathleen Breitman is the co-founder of Tezos and, as her twitter username says, a brilliant woman, expert in both finance and blockchain.

December 28, 2021

6 min

Beginner

DeFi

Andre Cronje: The Creator Of Yearn Finance

Andre Cronje, founder of Yearn Finance, is a key figure in DeFi. Discover his unique background and vision in decentralized finance.

December 21, 2021

7 min

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