shazow

Shazow is the handle of Andrey Petrov, a Canadian software developer and open‑source contributor who became notable in the early Bitcoin community. He gained attention for offering Bitcoin-based art (initial “stick figure” drawings) on Bitcointalk in 2010–2011 and later contributed to software projects such as urllib3, SSH‑chat, and related open‑source tooling. In addition to his art, he has been involved in broader blockchain and cryptography communities and has maintained a technical profile under the same alias. (plasbit.com)