Personal Details 

 
Daniel Krawisz, born in 1982, currently living in Austin, Texas 
 
Education 
 
Master's degree in physics from The University of Texas at Austin, working on a master's in software engineering from there now 
 
Professional experience and achievement 
 
Founder of the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute Interests Philosophy, information theory, machine learning, physics, mathematics, evolutionary biology, Austrian economics, cryptography, psychoanalysis 
 
First experience with cryptocurrencies 
 
Daniel said when he first observed Bitcoin mania in 2011, he realized the currency’s price could only be explained in terms of the network effect. 
 
Role in the Bitcoin community 
 
Daniel writes articles about whatever he finds interesting or what he thinks people need to understand. Much of his writing has concentrated on Bitcoin economic fallacies, but lately he has been delving into technical issues to help think about ways to build better Bitcoin nodes.