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Daniel Larimer received a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Computer Science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2003. He is a visionary software engineer and serial entrepreneur who is focused in the areas of blockchain technology, cryptocurrency, decentralized exchanges, economic systems and freedom.

Dan Larimer is the co-founder of Steemit, Inc and its CTO until march 2017. He's also the CEO of Cryptonomex, Inc. which is a blockchain technology consulting company. He also founded BitShares and Invictus Innocations. He originated the idea of the "decentralized autonomous company" or DAC.

In 2009 he was attempting to engineer a digital currency when he discovered Bitcoin. He immediately got involved with Bitcoin and began communicating with Bitcoin creator, Satoshi Nakamoto in a Bitcoin forum. At this time he was alarmed by the amount of centralized exchanges being arbitrarily shut down. He came to the conclusion that decentralized exchanges would become necessary. It was at this time he created BitShares and invented BitUSD which is the first trustless cryptocurrency pegged to the dollar. For over two years he innovated and fine-tuned blockchain technology to support a decentralized exchange. The resulting technology is called Graphene and is what powers BitShares and Steem.

Dan's stated mission in life is "to find free market solutions to secure life, liberty, and property for all.

In March, 15, 2017, Dan resigned Steemit, Inc with a post - Today I submitted my Resignation to Steemit, inc - published in his Steemit account.

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Links:

• Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-larimer-0a367089
• Bytemaster's Blog : http://bytemaster.github.io/
• @dantheman : https://steemit.com/@dantheman
• @dan : https://steemit.com/@dan
• @dantheman : Daniel Larimer - Co-Founder of BitShares & Steemit (#introduceyourself). June 2016
• @dan : Today I submitted my Resignation to Steemit, inc. March 2017
• @dantheman : Making Steem really open source (deleted - see comments). March 2017
• @etherqueen : Bitshares The Musical - Starring Dan Larimer. June 2016
• @joseph : Tone Vays Debates Ned Scott And Dan Larimer About Steemit. December 2016
• @stellabelle : Have You Ever Wondered Why Steemit Wasn't Built On Ethereum? February 2017
• @oaldamster : The burden of a visionary. March 2017
• @stephenkendal : Steemit Lead Developer, Dan Larimer, Leaves as Steem Market Cap Declines to $18.8 Million..!!. March 2017
• @ned : My Announcement March 15 2017. March 2017
• @teamsteem : Thank you Dan Larimer! You are a great mentor! March 2017
• @steempower : Dan Larimer interview with Alex Sterk from Blocktalk. May 2017
• @kus-knee : The Old Dog Presents: My Gift to The Community. A Transcript of Dan's Awesome Interview Where He Lauds Steemit! May 11th, 2017
• @kus-knee : The Old Dog Presents: My Latest Completed Steemgig as a Gift To Our Community. The Edited Dan Larimer Steemit Video. May 15th, 2017

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• Steemit
• Steem Tokens
• Steem Gnome
• In the News

References:

• Blocktalk : #blocktalk - Dan Larimer Bitshares Video interview with Dan Larimer hosted by Alex Sterk. Published in 5/4/2017
• Razor Forex : Steemit Lead Developer, Dan Larimer, Leaves as Steem Market Cap Declines to $18.8 Million Written by Steve Todorov Published in 3/15/2017
• International Business Times : Blockchain experts discuss fake news and reputation Written by Ian Allison. Published in 1/31/2017
• Liberty.me : The Tatiana Show: Steemit Edition with Ned Scott, Dan Larimer, Brian Sovryn, and Ryan Singer Video interview hosted by Tatiana Moroz. Published in 9/21/2016
• TheAnarchast : How I made $15,000 in 12 Hours on Steemit, the New Blockchain Based Social Media Platform Video interview with Ned Scott and Dan Larimer hosted by Jeff Berwick. Published in 8/6/2016
• Forbes : Meet Cryptonomex's Dan Larimer And His 'Four Horsemen' Of Crypto-Economics. Written by Roger Aitken. Published in 10/12/2015