Its a complete alternative implementation of the Bitcoin standards written in C++. Sp unlike Knots it *isn't a fork of Core.

I think Amir started it, I know he was an active developer for a long time.

Erik Voriskuil is the lead maintainer now.

Those are the famous guys anyway.

heres the 411

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/what-libbitcoin-and-sx-are-and-why-they-matter-1376064919

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And both Amir and Eric are probably hands down the 2 most intelligent people in the Bitcoin space

I must admit that those guys probably qualify as personal heros

we're not worthy

Their philosophical manifestos alone are one of the only reasons I use X still

Eric who?

lol

just saw that article was written by Vitalik 😂

Haha well vitalik and Amir and Cody built dark wallet together so vitalik probably had pretty solid insight into some things regarding libbitcoin