Power of Lightning Summit

Alex Leishman is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer at River.

Alex brings his deep expertise in software engineering, information security, and Bitcoin to River where he oversees investor relations, corporate strategy, engineering and River Lightning.

@Leishman

André has quickly become one of the most visible leaders in the Bitcoin Lightning space, both as the co-founder and CTO of ZEBEDEE and a major contributor to open source projects. ZEBEDEE is already transforming the gaming industry by letting game makers play with instant global payments in ways that feel native to the game, fun to users and drive massive business results. Now, led by André’s vision for the platform, ZEBEDEE is beginning to punch beyond gaming into a diverse set of industries, making the full power of Bitcoin Lightning easily accessible to any tech company. This is what André has been building on top of Bitcoin. But he has also created an impressive resume of building for Bitcoin itself, as an early champion and contributor to LNURL, creator of the Lightning Address protocol, one of the leaders of BitDevs LA, founder of Vinteum - a Brazilian non-profit for Bitcoin development, and one of the creators and most instrumental early supporters of NOSTR.

@andreneves

Andy Thompson is one of the cofounders of Bitcoin Talent Co., the first recruiting firm focused exclusively on the Bitcoin industry. With more than a decade of experience recruiting for tech startups like Uber and for boutique Executive Search firms, Andy fell down the Bitcoin rabbit hole in 2020, and not too long after, decided to leverage his background to contribute to Bitcoin's growth by helping Bitcoin-only companies to hire the right talent.

@theandytee

Austin Mitchell is the co-founder and CEO of Synota and has spent his entire career in the energy industry. He started in academia where his research informed energy and environmental policy at state and federal levels. Austin’s business expertise includes markets, utilities and regulation, and risk management for gas and electricity. He is passionate about energy innovation and statistical analysis. Austin holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Dayton, and a PhD in Engineering & Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University.

@aisaacsmitchell

Dev focusing on developer education and Bitcoin and Lightning accessibility through better UI/UX.

BitDevs host.

@benthecarman

Chief Strategy Officer at ZEBEDEE

@bitspooky

Bobby grew up across the Southeast and Northern Colorado regions. He graduated with a degree in Marketing from the University of West Florida. Bobby has a 20+ year sales and market background and serves as VP of Marketing at Voltage. Prior to joining Voltage, Bobby was an early employee at Marketing 360 where he served as Director of Marketing helping scale the company to a $100million run rate. He is also Co-founder and Board Member of Imprint Digital a Fractional Services and Digital Marketing Agency, and a Partner at Growth Vue Capital, a private equity group that focuses on business acquisition and commercial real estate. Bobby is a born-again Christian with a wife and two sons. His favorite saying is "What good is hard money without a hard body" and he is on his mission to gigachad fitness status.

@iBobbyShell

VP of Brand at ZEBEDEE. Writes about Bitcoin & Nostr for Forbes. TABConf and Bitdevs LA Organizer. Milou's mom.

@briimhd

Chief Executive Officer of THNDR Games

@dickerson_des

Bitcoin Lightning dev; creator of splicing

@dusty_daemon

Zeus Wallet

@evankaloudis

Harry Sudock, Chief Strategy Officer at GRIID and Partner at Bitcoin Park

CEO of Strike

@jackmallers

Jay is the VP of Research at Foundry where he focuses on increasing infrastructure decentralization, combating energy misinformation, and general bitcoin mayhem.

@JBeddict

Jesse Shrader is Co-Founder and CEO of Amboss, leading provider of Bitcoin Lightning Network data and insights. Formerly an engineer, Jesse is focused on supporting the ongoing development of the decentralized and social payments layer for Bitcoin.

@Jestopher_BTC

CEO of IBEX, building the financial settlement network of the future.

@jllemus

Co-founder & CTO of OpenNode - João Almeida, a multilingual tech visionary, knew a Bitcoin payment system could offer transformational benefits if it were able to scale. When the Lightning Network provided that scaling opportunity, the Portugal-born computer scientist helped lead the OpenNode team that became the first to develop and deploy this technology from a production level.

@joaodealmeida_

VP of Engineering at Voltage.

@sototallysweet

Kody Low is the Head of Developer & Product Support at Fedi, and the organizer of the AI For All Hackathon happening throughout July.

@kodylow

Lisa Neigut, aka niftynei, is a world-renowned bitcoin and lightning expert. A lightning protocol developer at Blockstream for Core Lightning by day, she leads Base58 bitcoin protocol classes at night. nifty is currently on sabbatical from Blockstream, working on a book about transacting with bitcoin and building out curriculum for Base58.

@niftynei

Founder of http://TFTC.io, a media company focused on #Bitcoin, Beauty, and Freedom in the Digital Age (@TFTC21). Partner @ten31vc. Director @CathedraBitcoin

@MartyBent

Michael is a bitcoiner and founder of Oshi, a mobile app helping small businesses, consumers, and local bitcoiners leverage the lightning network to empower their community. He is committed to exploring the intersection of bitcoin and local commerce, providing the tools needed to facilitate grassroots bitcoin economies across the globe.

@Dooowta

VP of Infrastructure at Zebedee - Bitcoin Lightning Platform for Video Games, Co-founder of TabConf - Bitcoin conference focused on education & tech.

@miketwenty1

Bitrefill - Co-Founder/CBDO

@Eldizs

CEO of Primal. Serial entrepreneur, currently building clients, scaling infrastructure and analytics for Nostr.

@mbraticevic

Support Engineer at Voltage.

@beeforbacon1

bitcoin + freedom tech. Host: Citadel Dispatch & Rabbit Hole Recap. Co-Founder: Open Sats, Bitcoin Park, BitcoinTV, Bitcoin Dev List, & Final Message. Managing Partner at Ten31. Advisor: Bitcoin Magazine, BottlePay, Hoseki, Pleblab, BitHyve, & Swan.

@odell

Obi is the CEO of Fedi Inc. and a full-time Bitcoin advocate.

Fedi is a global Bitcoin adoption technology company. Their main product, the Fedi mobile app, is designed with a focus on scalability to securely and privately support the eventual billions of humans using Bitcoin.

Obi supports initiatives that advance the Bitcoin ecosystem and makes owning and using Bitcoin easy for everyone. He is a board member for ₿trust, a not-for profit organisation originally conceived by Jack Dorsey and Jay-Z to fund the location, education, and remuneration of Bitcoin developers in the global south, starting with Africa.

Obi's passion for Bitcoin began as the CEO and co-founder of the UK Bitcoin-only Exchange Coinfloor, which he ran for nearly 8 years until it was sold in late 2021.

@obi

Co-Founder of Sphinx Chat, Founder and CEO of Stakwork

@sphinx_chat

Penitent tech journalist.

@futurepaul

Podcaster, filmmaker and football club chairman. Projects: What Bitcoin Did, Defiance Podcast, Real Bedford FC

@PeterMcCormack

Co-founder of The Investor's Podcast

@PrestonPysh

R&D Lightning Ops Engineer at Zebedee.

@NodeHello

Rod Roudi, Partner at Bitcoin Park

Rod @bitkite

Ryan is the Head of Business Development for Lightning Labs, which he joined in 2020.

@RyanTheGentry

Sam Means - Wavlake co-founder. Songwriter, musician, and creator of Lightning Store, a Bitcoin-powered merchandise site. Also founder of Hello Merch, an outlet for bands, musicians, creative artists and businesses to manufacture and sell merchandise anywhere, without giving up their rights.

@ltngstore

UX/UI engineer at Voltage. Bitcoin Design contributor. Spiral btc alum. Atlanta Bitdevs co-organizer. Co-founder of ATL BitLab.

@StephenDeLorme

Bitcoin Dev Kit. Full time bitcoin open source contributor.

@notmandatory

Lightning privacy expert.

Running Nodeless. BTCPay Server contributor.

@utxo_one