<p>Chris Larsen has been <a href="http://bitcoinmagazine.com/introducing-ripple/" rel="nofollow">publicly identified</a> as CEO of OpenCoin, the company behind the new Ripple. The core developers have been <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-04-11/introducing-ripple-a-bitcoin-copycat" rel="nofollow">publicly identified</a> as Jed McCaleb, Arthur Britto, Stefan Thomas, and me (David Schwartz).</p>

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David, I asked quite a few questions here on this thread on Ripple forums, mind taking a look? https://ripple.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=34 I'm not sure that bombarding Bitcoin SE with these would have been that right thing to do.
ripper234
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2013-02-24T06:58:06.310Z
http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/7897/what-is-joel-katz-role-in-ripple
ripper234
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2013-02-24T11:30:24.553Z
FYI, David Schwartz = Joel Katz
ripper234
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David Schwartz
<p>First of all it's important to point out that Ripple (unlike Bitcoin) has been developed by a company, OpenCoin Inc. There is no information about individual developers on ripple.com or opencoin.com. The following information can be found from the <a href="http://www.whois.com/whois/opencoin.com">Whois of opencoin.com</a>:</p>

<pre><code> Registrant:
 OpenCoin Inc
 268 Bush St #2724
 San Francisco, CA 94104
 US
</code></pre>

<p>That said Ripple is (will be) open source and decentralized, people can write competing clients and the Ripple network could function in the future without OpenCoin Inc.</p>

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2013-02-11T15:50:58.407Z
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D.H.
<p>Who are the core developers behind <a href="https://ripple.com/">the Ripple system</a>?</p>

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2013-02-11T13:03:17.520Z
I know alternative cryptocurrencies are allowed on the Bitcoin stackexchange (sigh ...).  But is Ripple considered a cryptocurrency?
Stephen Gornick
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2013-02-11T13:30:39.247Z
@StephenGornick Well, they are based on rules of cryptography as far as I know and share a few similarities to Bitcoin. Moreover, the response to discussion on whether or not include Ripple in this SE were all in the "yes" category - http://meta.bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/335/323 .
ThePiachu
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ripper234
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Who are the core developers behind Ripple?
ThePiachu
# Who are the core developers behind Ripple?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-02-11)

Who are the core developers behind [the Ripple system](https://ripple.com/)?

**Tags:** development, ripple

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I know alternative cryptocurrencies are allowed on the Bitcoin stackexchange (sigh ...).  But is Ripple considered a cryptocurrency?  
> **username_0**: @username_1 Well, they are based on rules of cryptography as far as I know and share a few similarities to Bitcoin. Moreover, the response to discussion on whether or not include Ripple in this SE were all in the "yes" category - http://meta.bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/335/323 .  
> **username_2**: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/7897/what-is-joel-katz-role-in-ripple  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2013-02-11. Score: 11

Chris Larsen has been [publicly identified](http://bitcoinmagazine.com/introducing-ripple/) as CEO of OpenCoin, the company behind the new Ripple. The core developers have been [publicly identified](http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-04-11/introducing-ripple-a-bitcoin-copycat) as Jed McCaleb, Arthur Britto, Stefan Thomas, and me (username_3 username_3).

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: username_3, I asked quite a few questions here on this thread on Ripple forums, mind taking a look? https://ripple.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=34 I'm not sure that bombarding Bitcoin SE with these would have been that right thing to do.  
> **username_2**: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/7897/what-is-joel-katz-role-in-ripple  
> **username_2**: FYI, username_3 username_3 = Joel Katz  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2013-02-11. Score: 6

First of all it's important to point out that Ripple (unlike Bitcoin) has been developed by a company, OpenCoin Inc. There is no information about individual developers on ripple.com or opencoin.com. The following information can be found from the [Whois of opencoin.com](http://www.whois.com/whois/opencoin.com):

```
 Registrant:
 OpenCoin Inc
 268 Bush St #2724
 San Francisco, CA 94104
 US

```

That said Ripple is (will be) open source and decentralized, people can write competing clients and the Ripple network could function in the future without OpenCoin Inc.


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