About the Company

JAN3 is a Bitcoin technology company focused on expanding access to Bitcoin and financial freedom around the world. We provide tools for individuals, enterprises, and nation-states to benefit from a free and open financial system based on Bitcoin.

WHY JAN3?
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WHY JAN3?

Our company's name is inspired by the message left by Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, in the Genesis Block: "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on the brink of second bailout for banks." The inception of Bitcoin on January 3rd, 2009, signified the beginning of a new financial era. Now is our opportunity to act and establish a more equitable, transparent, and efficient economy based on a Bitcoin Standard.

SAMSON MOW
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OUR MISSION
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Meet Our Team

The JAN3 team comes from a diverse set of backgrounds ranging from game development, to industrial vehicle manufacturing, to gourmet coffee, but we are united in our common goal of accelerating Bitcoin adoption. We're a distributed organization with team members on five continents. JAN3's culture is about efficiency and effectiveness: we pride ourselves on getting things done. We're always looking for hard-working and talented people to fill a variety of roles, so if you have something to offer, do reach out!

Samson Mow

Bitcoin philosopher and game developer with a degree in Business Administration. Samson is credited on the development of two of the most highly rated real-time strategy games of all time: "Dawn of War" and "Company of Heroes." He is a frequent headline speaker at conferences and often provides television commentary on Bitcoin.

Chief Executive Officer

Samson Mow

HRH Prince Filip Karađorđević

Hereditary Prince of Serbia and Yugoslavia. Filip has a background in Finance and Macroeconomics, and has worked in asset management for nearly a decade. Filip believes in freedom and the new Renaissance that Bitcoin enables for Serbia and the world.

Chief Strategy Officer

HRH Prince Filip Karađorđević

Nick Szabo

Computer scientist, legal scholar, and cryptographer, best known for conceptualizing 'Bit Gold' in 1998, a precursor to Bitcoin, and for developing the concept of 'smart contracts' in 1994. Nick's pioneering work has significantly influenced Bitcoin's creation and the development of decentralized digital currencies.

Chief Scientist

Nick Szabo

Aleksey Bragin

Veteran technologist and early Bitcoin pioneer best known for launching ICBIT, the first Bitcoin futures exchange. Aleksey holds a PhD in Computer Science and has led engineering efforts at Safello and Kraken Futures. As JAN3's CTO, he's focused on building AQUA into the most intuitive and powerful Bitcoin Superapp on the market.

Chief Technology Officer

Aleksey Bragin

Michael Rosen

Game developer, entrepreneur, classically trained pianist, pilot, and skipper. Michael has over 15 years of experience in designing and running online MMO games, founding Tacticsoft, one of Israel's first game studios, with over ten million downloads and millions in revenue. After discovering Bitcoin, he became a prolific educator, organizing global events and meetups.

Chief Business Officer

Michael Rosen

Fred Forsberg

Swedish product designer with years of experience in fintech, Bitcoin, and emerging tech. Fred specializes in user-centered design and building scalable design systems. Known for his cross-functional collaboration and problem-solving mindset, Fred thrives on crafting intuitive products and pushing them forward. By day, he refines UX – by night, he records and tours as a metal musician.

Chief Product Officer

Fred Forsberg

Edwin Rivas

Salvadoran entrepreneur with a degree in Economics and Finance. Edwin was the first and only Salvadoran admitted to the Singularity University's Global Solutions Program. He is also the proprietor of Finca Campo Bello, a luxury hotel situated on top of a volcano, and Cráter Coffee, a gourmet coffee producer and cafe.

Head of LATAM

Edwin Rivas

Jonathan Zhang

Economics and finance specialist. Jonathan is committed to supporting JAN3 initiatives that promote financial inclusion and empowerment with the ultimate goal of hyperbitcoinization. Prior to joining JAN3, Jonathan was at Blockstream working alongside Samson Mow.

Director of Finance

Jonathan Zhang

Investors

Fulgur VenturesNYDIGTetherGrupo SalinasEast VenturesLightning VenturesBitcoin Opportunity FundPlanB VC Fund

JAN3 Advisors

Adam Back

Dr. Adam Back is a world renowned cryptographer and legendary cypherpunk. Dr. Back is the inventor of proof-of-work, which is used in the Bitcoin mining process, and he also co-founded Blockstream, a Bitcoin infrastructure company. Adam holds a Ph.D. in distributed systems and computer science from the University of Exeter.

Adam Back

Richard Byworth

Richard is a Managing Partner at Syz Capital, a $1.8B alternative investment firm. With more than 25 years of investment experience, he leads the $1.3B Liquid Alternatives business including Bitcoin related products. He is a board member at Bitcoin only Swiss brokerage Relai, and hosts the financial podcast 'Syz the Future.' Richard had an 18-year investment banking career and holds a BA from Royal Holloway, University of London.

Richard Byworth

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Liquid and Lightning technology

Technology

JAN3 builds on Liquid and Lightning as our preferred Bitcoin Layer 2 stack. The Liquid Network is a Bitcoin sidechain facilitating smart contracts and asset issuance that went live in 2018 and has been operating flawlessly since. The Lightning Network is an incredibly fast and scalable network for micropayments that enables Bitcoin Circular Economies where people can earn and spend Bitcoin. By leveraging these two complementary technologies, JAN3 facilitates planetary scale Bitcoin transaction throughput.

Liquid NetworkLightning Network

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