Richard Stott

Designer in the early days. AKA Richard Wild

Mar 2014 to Aug 2014

Taylor Gerring (left) with Richard (right) at the Bitcoin Expo in April 2014:

It appears that Richard died in 2024:

RIP Richard Wild (aka Richard Stott). He was a designer who worked on Ethereum in the early days. pic.twitter.com/6YQvQvQvQv

— Laura Shin (@blockchaingirl) July 30, 2024

His last tweet was posted on 25th May 2024.

On 8th August 2025, Janina told Bob via Twitter DM that “It was on LinkedIn where I read about it. on his profile. the bio said ‘deceased’ and somebody had posted something from this profile saying they are a family member. asking for privacy, etc. the profile got deactivated and reactivated since. just checked, it seems deactivated again.”

Bob intended to speak to Richard in 2017/2018 during Bob’s “maple syrup diplomacy phase” with Charles, after this tweet-thread, but the call never actually happened.

Links

• X (note: his twitter handle was IOHK_Richard in earlier years)
• IOHK profile
• LinkedIn (now deleted)

References

This page is referenced from the following articles and videos:

• Early Days of Ethereum People - Referenced in content
• Ethereum Foundation Timeline - Referenced in content
• Early Days of Ethereum - Episode IV - Referenced in content