Andreas Antonopolous (not sure on the spelling and too lazy to check right now) Is a bitcoin pro. He speaks with great vision about cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Big following.

He is verifying that it is indeed him, because his name brings in votes, and he doesn't want people unknowingly throwing their voting power away to an impostor jerk.

I didn't take the time to verify it was actually him, though. But the links do, apparently.