Gavin Wood
Ethereum co-founder who created Solidity and Polkadot and coined “Web3”
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Gavin Wood is an English computer scientist who co-founded Ethereum, wrote its technical “yellow paper” and created the Solidity programming language. He coined the term “Web 3.0” for a decentralised internet in 2014 and founded Polkadot.
Biography
Background
Wood grew up in Lancaster and earned a PhD in computer science at the University of York, working on music visualisation.
Ethereum
He joined Vitalik Buterin in 2014 as Ethereum’s first CTO, writing the yellow paper that specified its virtual machine and creating Solidity, the main smart-contract language.
Web3
In 2014 he described “Web 3.0” as an internet without trusted intermediaries.
Polkadot
He founded Parity Technologies and the Web3 Foundation and in 2016 proposed Polkadot, a network linking blockchains, launched in 2020.
Timeline
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1980
Born in Lancaster, England
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2014
Ethereum yellow paper; coins Web 3.0
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2015
Founds Parity
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2016
Polkadot white paper
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2020
Polkadot launches
Notable works
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2014
Ethereum: A Secure Decentralised Generalised Transaction Ledger Paper
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2014
Solidity Programming language
Did you know?
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1
He worked at Microsoft Research before Ethereum.
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2
Kusama is Polkadot’s experimental “canary” network.
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3
He lives in Switzerland.
Connections
Frequently asked
Who is Gavin Wood?
Gavin Wood is an English computer scientist who co-founded Ethereum, wrote its technical “yellow paper” and created the Solidity programming language. He coined the term “Web 3.0” for a decentralised internet in 2014 and founded Polkadot.
How old is Gavin Wood?
Gavin Wood is 46 years old, born on 22 April 1980 in Lancaster, England.
Where is Gavin Wood from?
Gavin Wood was born in Lancaster, England.
What is Gavin Wood known for?
Gavin Wood is best known for Ethereum yellow paper and Solidity; founding Polkadot and Parity; coining “Web 3.0”.
References
- Gavin Wood — Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Gavin Wood (Q43379767) — structured data. Wikidata. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
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