Bitcoin Association, the Switzerland-based global industry organization that works to advance business with Bitcoin SV, announces the establishment and eleven initial members of its Bitcoin SV Technical Standards Committee. The Committee represents a major step by the Bitcoin SV ecosystem to professionalise the development of in order to support major enterprise use and facilitate global adoption.
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The Technical Standards Committee will be chaired by Steve Shadders, Chief Technology Officer of nChain – the globally leading blockchain research, development & advisory firm. One of the world’s foremost Bitcoin experts, Shadders serves as Technical Director of the Bitcoin SV Node team, overseeing work on the SV Node software and infrastructure.
The other ten Committee members represent four continents, seven countries and diverse sectors of the Bitcoin SV ecosystem – including wallets, mining, applications, token solutions, venture investment and banking.
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Name |
Title & Company |
Country |
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Steve Shadders (Chair) |
Chief Technology Officer, nChain |
United Kingdom |
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James Belding |
Co-Founder & CEO, Tokenized |
Australia |
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Angus Brown |
Co-Founder & CEO, Centbee |
South Africa |
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Ryan X. Charles |
Founder & CEO, Money Button |
USA |
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Alex Fauvel |
General Partner, Two Hop Ventures |
Netherlands |
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Masumi Hamahira |
Executive Advisor for Islamic Banking Window – MUFG Bank (Malaysia) |
Malaysia |
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Justin Laue |
Chief Engineer & Co-founder, BitBoss |
USA |
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James McCloud |
Chief Technology Officer, The Hopper |
United Kingdom |
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Andrew Mee |
Solutions Strategist, nChain |
United Kingdom |
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Kalev Trusaalu |
Chief Operations Officer, Domineum |
Estonia |
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Lin Zheming |
Founder & CEO, Mempool and DotWallet |
China |
“Our Association is professionalising the industry, and that includes leading development of standards. Technology history has repeatedly demonstrated the value of seeking consensus on technical standards to fuel industry growth through compatibility and interoperability between different businesses. The Technical Standards Committee was formed now to ensure that Bitcoin SV grows to support a world where all business and online activity can be on-chain, like how the Internet grew with standards set to support a world where everything can be online.”
