Peter Vessenes

Co-founder of the Bitcoin Foundation

Peter Vessenes founded CoinLab, the first venture-backed Bitcoin company. He also co-founded the Bitcoin Foundation, and holds the fundamental patent for deanonymizing Bitcoin transactions. His latest venture is a company called Heir Apparent, started by hip-hop artist Pusha-T and tech veteran Summer Watson.

"An expert on Blockchain technology"

Topics

Mobile Money
Cryptocurrency
Emerging Trends in Technology
Entrepreneurship
Blockchain - Tapping the Firestorm
Bitcoin and Exponential Growth

Languages

He presents in English.

How he presents

Peter provides audiences with fresh insights into the emerging world of building and investing in smart contracts, token offerings and other blockchain technology. He is in great demand to speak at conferences around the globe.

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In Detail

Peter has provided digital currency consulting services for private and public software companies as well as security and law-related entities. He is Chief cryptographer for the Deluge Network, a system that allows investors to directly participate in Ethereum-based initial coin offerings (ICOs) using Bitcoin, and Metronome, a project which aims to create a "politics-free digital currency" to exist across multiple blockchains. An expert in smart contracts functionality, he was the first to publicly identify and publish a paper on specific security vulnerabilities in the Ethereum Network’s DAO. His newest enterprise, New Alchemy, works with some of the world’s most innovative companies.

What he offers you

Peter is an expert on digital currencies which have evolved along two separate paths – one angle towar more and better privacy, and the other toward more expressive and rich interactions. Peter is ideally positioned to enlighten worldwide audiences, providing clarity and insights into the Blockchain phenomenon.