Stefan Thomas (Keynote Speaker)

Founder and CEO at Coil

Stefan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Coil. Coil builds on open standards such as Web Monetization and Interledger, which means that payments are extremely fast, cheap, and not tied to one particular provider or platform.

Stefan is also the Chairperson of the Board at the Interledger Foundation, which is a 501(c)(3) non-profit advocate for the web, promoting innovation, creativity, and inclusion by advancing open payment standards and technologies that seamlessly connect our global society.

Stefan was previously the CTO of Ripple. Prior to joining Ripple in 2013, Stefan worked as a developer in Germany, Switzerland, and the UK. As an early Bitcoin contributor, Stefan produced the popular “What is Bitcoin?” video, which introduced millions of users to Bitcoin. He also created the first Bitcoin implementation in JavaScript (BitcoinJS), which is used by hundreds of blockchain companies of all sizes today. Currently, Stefan is developing the Interledger Protocol (ILP), an open source standard for connecting payment networks. Stefan recently worked with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other partners to develop Mojaloop, an open source, ILP-enabled national payment switch that connects mobile wallets in developing markets. Stefan also sits on the board of the JS Foundation.

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