On the other hand Coin Centre's Peter Van Valkenburgh is an absolute legend.
Definitely. Outside Nic Carter and probably Andreas Antonopoulos, I couldn't think of a better sort of "defender" than Van Valkenburgh.
Donate to Coin Center, people. They're doing a damn great job in defending Bitcoin from these imbeciles:
https://www.coincenter.org/donate/Sadly this is only the first time I have seen or heard his name but you are right,,, the guy's quite good to read about. I did hear his interview last month explaining Bitcoin though and it is SO surprising to hear interviews still talking about Bitcoin like this (comparison about email 20 years ago example).
I still think Andreas has a better way of simplifying things but this is just as good an educator. Thank you:)