{"id":10168,"date":"2023-03-17T02:47:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T02:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/?p=10168"},"modified":"2022-05-17T02:10:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T02:10:01","slug":"who-is-gavin-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/who-is-gavin-wood","title":{"rendered":"Who is Gavin Wood?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Alternar tabla de contenidos\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #ffffff;color:#ffffff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #ffffff;color:#ffffff\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/who-is-gavin-wood\/#history_of_gavin_wood\" >History of Gavin Wood<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/who-is-gavin-wood\/#gavin_wood_and_ethereum\" >Gavin Wood and Ethereum<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/who-is-gavin-wood\/#gavin_wood_and_polkadot\" >Gavin Wood and Polkadot<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Tiempo de lectura:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutos<\/span><\/span><p>You may have ever heard of\u00a0<strong>Gavin Wood<\/strong>. This is a British computer programmer mostly known for being the co-founder of Ethereum and the creator of\u00a0<strong>Polkadot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He is not only known for these two positions. Wood was also responsible for inventing what we know today as\u00a0<strong>Solidity<\/strong>\u00a0and for writing the Yellow paper on the current Ethereum virtual machine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"history_of_gavin_wood\"><\/span><strong>History of Gavin Wood<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<p>Wood had a past before developing\u00a0<strong>Ethereum<\/strong>. This past was quite remarkable, as he worked as a scientist and researcher at Microsoft\u2019s company. He later came to Ethereum becoming a co-founder after meeting Vitalik Buterin and Jonny Bitcoin. All this stage took place during the years 2013 and 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Wood succeeded in discovering Ethereum\u2019s network coding language called Solidity and following this event he published in 2014 the Ethereum Virtual Machine\u00a0<strong>Yellow Paper<\/strong>\u00a0representing Ethereum\u2019s\u00a0<strong>smart contract<\/strong>\u00a0execution system.<\/p>\n<p>Wood held the position of first chief technology officer at Ethereum\u2019s foundation until 2016 when he moved on to found Parity Technologies, formerly known as\u00a0<strong>EThcore<\/strong>. Ethcore was developed for the Ethereum network. With this project he developed software dedicated to companies using blockchain technology with the help of a former\u00a0<strong>Ethereum Foundation<\/strong>\u00a0worker, Jutta Steiner.<\/p>\n<p>The company launched, in\u00a0<strong>2016<\/strong>, the new Parity Ethereum software client on Rust. This began to perform as Parity\u2019s\u00a0<strong>CWO<\/strong>\u00a0as of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Gavin founded what is known as the\u00a0<strong>Web3.0 Foundation<\/strong>. This is a non-profit foundation focused on Internet\u00a0<strong>infrastructure<\/strong>\u00a0and technology. This project starts with the\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/que-es-polkadot-dot\/\">Polkadot<\/a>\u00a0network.<\/p>\n<p>In short, Wood worked for Ethereum until 2016 where he decides to create his own company\u00a0<strong>Parity Tecnologies<\/strong>\u00a0which specializes in the development of core infrastructure for Ethereum and with this for\u00a0<strong>Bitcoin, ZCash and Polkadot.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"gavin_wood_and_ethereum\"><\/span><strong>Gavin Wood and Ethereum<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<p>Wood\u2019s story in relation to Ethereum presents its beginnings in 2013 when the programmer had 15 years of experience in\u00a0<strong>open source<\/strong>\u00a0coding. At this stage of his life he met\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/quien-es-vitalik-buterin\/\">Vitalik Buterin<\/a>.<\/b>\u00a0In a matter of weeks Wood joined\u00a0<strong>Buterin<\/strong>\u00a0and turned Ethereum into more than just a white paper.<\/p>\n<p>In January<strong>\u00a02014<\/strong>\u00a0Wood, together with Vitalik, had already written Ethereum\u2019s\u00a0<strong>PoC-1<\/strong>\u00a0and this was presented at the Bitcoin Conference of America. Half a year later the co-founders met in Switzerland to finally\u00a0<strong>found<\/strong>\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>Ethereum<\/strong>\u00a0network. In the meantime, Wood was working on devising the foundations of the project to come,\u00a0<strong>Solidity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wood wrote the foundations, the structure of the blockchain, the Yellow Paper and the rest of the specifications needed to shape this new infrastructure. In\u00a0<strong>2016<\/strong>\u00a0Wood founded Parity Technologies and managed to develop the infrastructure of Ethereum and other\u00a0<strong>Web 3.0<\/strong>\u00a0networks. He also managed to\u00a0<strong>decentralize<\/strong>\u00a0the web carrying out a wave of technological revolution.<\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"image_1715900923\" class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\">\n<div class=\"img-inner dark\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large size-large lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Qui%C3%A9n-es-Gavin-Wood2.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Qui\u00e9n-es-Gavin-Wood2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Qui\u00e9n-es-Gavin-Wood2-300x205.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Qui\u00e9n-es-Gavin-Wood\" width=\"768\" height=\"526\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Qui\u00e9n-es-Gavin-Wood2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Qui\u00e9n-es-Gavin-Wood2-300x205.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Qui\u00e9n-es-Gavin-Wood2.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"gavin_wood_and_polkadot\"><\/span><strong>Gavin Wood and Polkadot<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<p>As Parity Tecnologies developed, Wood began to address certain thoughts about the expected version of Ethereum that would include fragmentation. As he waited he began to find certain\u00a0<strong>obstacles<\/strong>\u00a0that would put the blockchain in the face of\u00a0<strong>fragmentation<\/strong>\u00a0and after four months he came up with a solution.<\/p>\n<p>The solution achieved a\u00a0<strong>heterogeneous framework<\/strong>\u00a0for multiple chains that came to be called\u00a0<strong>Polkadot<\/strong>. This protocol was launched in\u00a0<strong>2017<\/strong>\u00a0thanks to the efforts of Parity Tecnologies and Web 3.0 Fundation. The technology presented by this project was expressly designed to\u00a0<strong>support the decentralization<\/strong>\u00a0of the web.<\/p>\n<p>Other innovative spin-off projects such as\u00a0<strong>Substrate<\/strong>\u00a0followed Polkadot. This project establishes a framework that allows users to build their own blockchain. Another innovation was\u00a0<strong>Kusama<\/strong>. This project is completely independent from Polkadot, however, it runs on the same software as a testing ground.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Ethereum,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/que-es-polkadot-dot\/\">Polkadot (DOT)<\/a>\u00a0allows each user and developer to create their own\u00a0<strong>blockchain<\/strong>. It gives them the freedom to\u00a0<strong>choose<\/strong>\u00a0the types of fees they will charge and how quickly transaction blocks will be confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Tiempo de lectura:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutos<\/span><\/span>You may have ever heard of\u00a0Gavin Wood. This is a British computer programmer mostly known for being the co-founder of Ethereum and the creator of\u00a0Polkadot. &nbsp; He is not only known for these two positions. Wood was also responsible for inventing what we know today as\u00a0Solidity\u00a0and for writing the Yellow paper on the current Ethereum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-criptomonedas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}