[6] Since leaving Silicon Valley in 1996, Andresen has tackled a wide variety of software-related ventures, including CTO of an early Voice over IP startup and co-founder of a company that made multiplayer online games for blind people and their sighted friends.

[3] Andresen was the lead developer for a part of the bitcoin digital currency project, working to create a secure, stable "cash for the Internet."

[1] In June 2011, he attended an "emerging technologies conference for the US intelligence community" held by In-Q-Tel to present on Bitcoin.

[2] Andresen also created ClearCoin, an escrow-type of service, which was closed on about June 23,[citation needed] 2011.

[2] His commit access to Bitcoin Core on GitHub was revoked in May 2016 after stating Wright was Satoshi Nakamoto.