It's one individual, and his name is Nick Szabo.  

And I also think now would be a great time for him to come out and denounce the way that the Bitcoin community has all but abandoned the principles that Bitcoin was founded upon.  When Nick sees statements like this one by Jeremy Allaire of Circle, he's got to be doing a giant facepalm in his secret lair:

"I’m not so concerned about the vocal, early-adopter community of anarcho-libertarians, who may be frustrated or disappointed about [all bitcoin transactions being subject to capital gains tax]"