---
layout: static-informational
title: Gregory Maxwell
blurb: "Bitcoin Core Developer, Blockstream CTO, Controversial figure to the Big Block political faction"
permalink: /people/gregory-maxwell
people-groups: [early-cypherpunk, later-cypherpunk, cryptocurrency]
---

Gregory Maxwell is a former Bitcoin developer.

## Links

* [Gregory Maxwell's webpage](https://nt4tn.net/)
* [nullc on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/user/nullc)
* [nullc on Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=nullc)
* [Gregory Maxwell on GitHub](https://github.com/gmaxwell)
* [Gregory Maxwell on Blockstream.com/team/ in 2017](https://web.archive.org/web/20171211211149/https://blockstream.com/team/greg-maxwell/)
* 04-Nov-1999 EMEDIA - [Cease and DeCSS: DVD's Encryption Code Cracked](https://web.archive.org/web/20000226011228/http://www.emediapro.net/news99/news111.html)
* 20-Jul-2011 [Statement on Royal Society document release, encumbrance of the public domain, and prosecution of Aaron Swartz](https://nt4tn.net/papers/201107.PTRSOL_statement.txt)
* 29-Dec-2014 CoinDesk - [Gregory Maxwell: How I Went From Bitcoin Skeptic to Core Developer](https://www.coindesk.com/gregory-maxwell-went-bitcoin-skeptic-core-developer/) by Daniel Cawrey
* 03-Feb-2015 Epicenter Bitcoin on Youtube - [EB65 – Adam Back & Greg Maxwell: Sidechains Unchained](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE_elgnIw3M) with [Adam Back](/people/adam-back)
* 09-Nov-2015 The Bitcoin Foundation on Youtube - [Top Bitcoin Core Dev Greg Maxwell DevCore: Must watch talk on mining, block size, and more](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RguZ0_nmSPw)
* 09-Nov-2015 The Bitcoin Foundation on Youtube - [Panel Discussion-DevCore Draper University 2015](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iQSRGT3nfE) with [Andreas Antonopoulos](/people/andreas-antonopoulos), [Matt Corallo](/people/matt-corallo) and [Gavin Andresen](/people/gavin-andresen)
* 07-Dec-2015 bitcoin-dev Mailing List - [Capacity increases for the Bitcoin system - (Core's Roadmap)](https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2015-December/011865.html)
* 05-Mar-2017 CryptoCoinsNews - [Bitcoin Dev Gavin Andresen: Samson Mow and Greg Maxwell = “Toxic Trolls”](https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/gavin-andresen-samson-mow-and-greg-maxwell-toxic-trolls/) by P. H. Madore
* 17-Mar-2017 Medium.com - [Adam Back and Greg Maxwell aren’t the kings of Bitcoin](https://medium.com/@Chris_Stewart_5/adam-back-and-greg-maxwell-arent-the-kings-of-bitcoin-9e03e0a52177) by Chris Stewart
* 13-Apr-2017 CoinDesk - [From AsicBoost to UASF: Greg Maxwell on Bitcoin's Path Forward](https://www.coindesk.com/asicboost-uasf-greg-maxwell-bitcoins-path-forward/) by Alyssa Hertig
* 14-Apr-2017 BitcoinTalk - [Greg Maxwell doesn't support BIP 148 UASF](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1870015.0)
* 06-Jun-2017 TrustNodes.com - [Making Gregory Maxwell a Bitcoin Core Committer Was a “Huge Mistake” Says Gavin Andresen](http://www.trustnodes.com/2017/06/06/making-gregory-maxwell-bitcoin-core-committer-huge-mistake-says-gavin-andresen) by ?
* 09-Sep-2017 CoinJournal.net - [Greg Maxwell on the Prospects of SegWit2x And Why Bitcoin Developers May Leave The Project If It Succeeds](https://coinjournal.net/greg-maxwell-prospects-segwit2x-bitcoin-developers-may-leave-project-succeeds/amp/) by Kyle Torpey
* 20-Nov-2020 Bitcointalk - [User interview](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5262967.msg55722022#msg55722022)