Co-founder and CEO of Blockstream, Dr. Adam Back, invented Hashcash, the proof-of-work algorithm cited by Satoshi Nakamoto in the Bitcoin whitepaper, as the future basis for its mining function. Throughout his two-decade-long vocation as an applied cryptographer and security architect, he has held senior roles with a number of technology companies, including Microsoft, EMC, PI, VMware, and Zero-Knowledge Systems, as well as advised many more companies on cryptography and peer-to-peer finance. Dr. Adam Back holds a computer science Ph.D. in distributed systems from the University of Exeter.
Tadge Dryja
Co-Founder & CTO, Lightning Labs
Co-author of Lightning Network, author of Discreet Log Contracts and Utreexo. Currently working on Utreexo, scaling, bitcoin education.
Martti Malmi
Developer, Nostr / Iris
Bitcoin developer in 2009-2011. Currently working on Nostr, the decentralized social protocol.
Olaoluwa Osuntokun
Co-Founder & CTO, Lightning Labs
Olaoluwa received his B.S and M.S in CS from UCSB. During his graduate studies he focused on the field of applied cryptography, specifically encrypted search. Now serving at the CTO of Lightning Labs, his primary focus lies in designing and building private, scalable off-chain blockchain protocols, such as Lightning. He also wears many hats in the Bitcoin developer community, serving as: the maintainer of btcd, a member of the BIP editor team, BOLT specification collaborator, and the author of several BIPs.
BTC game developer and tinkerer, co-founder of ZBD.gg and head of R&D Interested in Bitcoin, NOSTR, Lightning network, Game development.
Samson Mow
CEO, JAN3
Samson Mow is the CEO of JAN3, a Bitcoin technology company focused on accelerating hyperbitcoinization. Samson is best known for his work with El Salvador’s Bitcoin initiatives, and his efforts in nation-state Bitcoin adoption around the world. As one of the top executives in the Bitcoin ecosystem, his expertise spans from running one of the largest exchanges and mining pools when he was the COO of BTCC, to guiding the development and deployment of Bitcoin infrastructure as the CSO of Blockstream.
Christian Decker
Core Tech Engineer/Greenlight lead, Blockstream
I work on Core Lightning, the LN specification and more recently the hosted non-custodial LNaaS offering Greenlight
博士号取得後、国内外の研究機関にて理論物理学の研究に従事。2007年より野村アセットマネジメントにて日本株、外国株式を対象とした運用・調査(クオンツ、アナリティクス、株式運用)に従事。2019年より、野村ホールディングス(未来共創カンパニー、デジタル・カンパニー)にてセキュリティ・トークンをはじめとしたデジタル・アセットのビジネス開発プロジェクトを主導。2023年に設立したLaser Digital Japanにて現職。
Nicolas Dorier
Founder/Maintainer, BTCPay Server
Nicolas is a prominent bitcoin developer, best known as the founder of BTCPay Server. He also developed NBitcoin, a comprehensive bitcoin library for .NET, and NBXplorer, an efficient lightweight blockchain explorer. Nicolas is a staunch advocate for decentralization and financial sovereignty, principles that drive his contributions to the bitcoin ecosystem.
東 晃慈
株式会社Diamond Hands, 共同創業者兼CEO
Oleg Mikhalsky
Partner, Fulgur Ventures
衛藤 バタラ
Founding Partner, East Ventures
Batara is an accomplished entrepreneur and venture capitalist. As a co-founder of Mixi, Japan’s pioneering social networking service, he has demonstrated a strong ability to innovate and shape the digital communication landscape. His leadership at East Ventures, a leading venture capital firm supporting startups in Indonesia and Japan, highlights his strategic vision and expertise in driving technological advancement.
nifty is a long time core lightning contributor turned brain hacker; she runs btc++ the premier open source dev conference for bitcoin and Base58 the first engineering school built on a bitcoin standard.
練木 照子
フルグル合同会社/Bitcoin Tokyo 2024共同主催者
Georgetown MBA ->ソニー (-> 世界を放浪) -> AndGo を経て、現在はFulgur Venturesの日本リード。ビットコイン教育サイト「ロストイン・ビットコイン」運営。「ビットコイン・スタンダード」「ビットコインの歩き方」「ビットコイン、強気にならずにはいられない理由」「ビットコインなんて必要ないと言う幸運なあなたへ」邦訳。
Most tenured Bitcoin Core developer, recently founded OCEAN to solve problems with mining centralisation
Win Ko Ko Aung
Oppressions Associate, Human Rights Foundation
Win is the Oppressions Associate at the Human Rights Foundation’s Financial Freedom and a Human Rights Fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute. He was born and raised in Myanmar (Burma). Win is a strong advocate for disruptive innovation, focusing on leveraging technology to drive social change and financial inclusion. He was an entrepreneur and a best-selling author in Myanmar (Burma) in 2020, and he had first-hand experience using Bitcoin during the 2021 Myanmar military coup. He is currently studying topics centered around Bitcoin, refugees and immigrants, and human rights defenders.
Calvin Kim
Developer, --/Utreexo/Opensats grantee
Open source Bitcoin developer based in Seoul, Korea. Working on the Utreexo project, which aims to lower the barrier to running nodes and help with block validation optimizations which will help with scaling Bitcoin.
宮原 海
Breez, 事業開発
ニューヨークで生まれ育ち、コーネル大学卒業後にUBS、JPモルガン等の外資系証券会社でのキャリアを経て、その後はテック・フィンテック業界のZwift、Wiseなどの急成長するスタートアップ企業で事業開発推進。 現在は、NYを拠点としてビットコイン・ライトニングネットワーク業界を牽引するBreezで事業開発を推進中。 Breezはライトニングネットワークを通じて世界中のアプリ、プラットフォームやサービスがビットコインを利用できるためのLightning-as-a-Serviceインフラを提供しています。Breezの提供するサービスはFOSS (Free and open source, self-custodial,であり、 ビットコインをインターネットの通貨に変える として利用できるためのLightning-as-a-Serviceを推進することで、ビットコインを多くの人により身近な取引手段として広く採用されるように活動しています。 ライトニングネットワークを自社のサービスに組み込むことに興味がある方はぜひご連絡ください。
Daniel is the visionary CEO of Wallet of Satoshi, a leading player in the Bitcoin Lightning ecosystem renowned for its user-friendly interface and commitment to making Bitcoin accessible to everyone.
Daniel’s goal is to empower users worldwide to use Bitcoin in everyday life and accelerate the adoption of Bitcoin globally by enabling its usage in retail environments.
Early investor to Unchained Capital, SwanBitcoin, Satoshi Energy with Bitcoin focus, and in early days, investor to DCG, Galaxy Digital, Abra, Figure Markets,…etc. website: https://hcm.capital
Be part of a law firm that specializes in startups. Supporting startups in building their business models, fundraising, M&A, and IPOs. Currently supporting bitcoin startups in Japan. https://www.azx.co.jp/en
I am Michael, co-founder of Boltz. We offer atomic swaps between Lightning, Liquid and the Bitcoin mainchain. The plan is become a fast, reliable and trustless bridge for the up-and-coming Bitcoin layer 2 ecosystem.
Bradley Loewen
Interviewer, Beyond The Price
Based in Tokyo, Bradley covers Bitcoin adoption in East Asia through his podcast Beyond The Price. Having grown up in Japan with some time spent in Europe and North America, his focus is how Bitcoin impacts (and is shaped by) wildly different cultures.
He previously interviewed project founders for the Japanese crypto media company CoinPost. Outside of Bitcoin, Bradley has worked as a corporate translator and adventure tourism facilitator.
I’m a product manager focused on growth at Lightning Labs. I work on a variety of products at Lightning Labs primarily focused on Lightning Loop and Lightning Terminal. I’m passionate about growing the Lightning Network and bringing bitcoin to billions.
Jesse Knutson
Head of Operations, Bitfinex Securities
Jesse Knutson is Head of Operations at Bitfinex Securities, a regulated security token platform offering issuers and traders access to capital and tokenized securities. Bitfinex Securities was the first global digital asset issuance and trading platform licensed in the AIFC and also the first to be licensed under El Salvador’s new digital asset regime. Jesse started his career in traditional finance, having worked at global investment banks, including Barclays and Macquarie. In addition to his role as Taiwan Head of Equity Capital Solutions, Jesse was also a founding member of Macquarie’s digital asset working group and deal lead on the firm’s first equity investment into the Bitcoin mining space. Prior to joining Bitfinex Securities, Jesse was VP of Financial Products at Blockstream, where he worked on developing and distributing financial products built on Bitcoin and backed by Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining. Jesse is also the host of the Bitcoin Capital and Blockstream Talk podcasts.