Most Influential: Luke Dashjr

Veteran Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr is a highly influential figure at the center of debates regarding the core purpose of the Bitcoin blockchain. His prominence stems from his history, including fixing a 2013 hard fork and maintaining Bitcoin Knots. Dashjr strongly opposes the introduction of protocols like Ordinals and Runes, which enable NFTs and fungible tokens on Bitcoin, viewing them as unnecessary spam that distracts from Bitcoin's primary function as decentralized digital money. This stance places him in opposition to proposed changes to OP_RETURN that would remove the 80-byte data cap for inscriptions. Critics argue that Dashjr's vision compromises Bitcoin's immutability, especially as his mining pool, Ocean, has refused to process some inscription transactions. Dashjr is expected to remain a leading voice in these ongoing debates.

(Source：CoinDesk)