Iám nominate the Dev of the most unique and next generation coin Magi (XMG)
Joe Lao!
He has succeeded to bring true innovation in the altcoinwereld. He is the only developer of a M7M coin. This coin will be the future and perhaps the little brother of BTC.
Check out what Magi (XMG) has achieved in a period of two months without IPO or Premine!

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