Cointelegraph announces the Top 100 Notable People in Blockchain 2021.

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From the obvious to the esoteric, the philanthropic to the acquisitive, and the publicity hounds to the anonymous... here is the most comprehensive list of crypto's most fascinating and influential characters.
Let’s get one thing out of the way: You will not agree with every selection on the Cointelegraph list of the Top 100 Notable People in Blockchain.

In fact, you will almost certainly disagree, vehemently, with many of the people we’ve included on this year’s list.

You will rage at the inclusion of [insert comedy villain here] and the exclusion of, say, Charles Hoskinson. Particularly if you are indeed Charles Hoskinson.

You will seethe at the fact that Arthur Hayes is nowhere to be found. (We looked.) You'll eat your own... words because you once tweeted that John McAfee was a shoo-in.

And despite your fury at the absence of the delightful Charlie Lee, and the presence of [really, that guy?], we hazard that our Top 100 is the blockchain industry’s most comprehensive, thoroughly researched... and indubitably controversial selection.

Our criteria for inclusion this year recognizes that the Cointelegraph Top 100 is not a Who’s Who of crypto. Nobody is guaranteed a position based on their reputation. Instead, it references those whose choices over the last year have made a major impact on the industry, or who we expect to be particularly influential over the course of 2021.

Irreverence toward the "establishment" in crypto, if such a thing can exist in an industry barely over a decade old, is reflected by the fact that there are an astonishing 75 new entrants on this year’s list.

Even more surprising is the fact that not a single person from last year’s Top 10 kept their spot in the top bracket of this year’s list — and five of them are gone from our Top 100 completely.

Our list, compiled with the input of the entire editorial team at Cointelegraph, is not an endorsement of the individuals who appear on it, nor a celebration of every achievement. We actively dislike black hat hackers, but you can’t deny the impact they’ve had on our industry.

And although it’s somewhat Western-centric, that’s a deliberate choice since some of our regional editions have created lists of their own. We should also note that we had no quotas regarding diversity and inclusion, despite a robust internal debate; the list is meritocratic, although we continue to be surprised and disappointed at the pace at which underrepresented groups are entering the sector.

With that said, we are encouraged by the fact that women now represent 24% of the Top 50 — a significant increase from the 10% of 2020.  Source Link