Roger Ver

An early Bitcoin advocate and investor in major crypto infrastructure (Bitcoin.com, Blockchain.com, BitPay, Kraken) who championed Bitcoin Cash and larger blocks after the 2017 fork. Views diverge sharply: supporters credit pioneering adoption efforts and generous early promotion, while critics argue the fork advocacy fragmented communities, weakened network security through lower hashrate, and prioritized scalability over decentralized privacy. Renounced US citizenship in 2014, now based in Japan; settled a tax case with the US in 2025.