Top Bitcoin Developer Gavin Andresen Predicts Ethereum Will Outgrow It
Gavin Andresen, one of blockchain's original developers, has given the ethereum digital currency his vote of confidence, in a tweet likely to rankle with bitcoin supporters. Andresen said ethereum's "lead will grow even as its blockchain size exceeds bitcoin's". Earlier this year, Andresen controversially threw his weight behind Craig Wright as Satoshi, the person credited with inventing bitcoin.
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Ethereum has more nodes today than Bitcoin. Prediction: it's lead will grow even as its blockchain size exceeds bitcoin's. — Gavin Andresen (@gavinandresen) September 25, 2016

This isn't the first time that Gavin Andresen made a statement that got him on the wrong side of many in the Bitcoin community. Earlier this year, as chief scientist at the Bitcoin Foundation, he wrote: “I believe Craig Steven Wright is the person who invented Bitcoin. I was flown to London to meet Dr. Wright a couple of weeks ago, after an initial email conversation convinced me that there was a very good chance he was the same person I’d communicated with in 2010 and early 2011. After spending time with him I am convinced beyond a reasonable doubt: Craig Wright is Satoshi.”

After he refused to refute Wright's discredited claims, the Bitcoin Foundation blocked Andresen's access to Bitcoin's source code and he was forced to relinquish his position.