{"id":13307,"date":"2023-02-19T12:42:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T12:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/?p=13307"},"modified":"2022-06-30T17:27:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T17:27:30","slug":"who-is-roger-ver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/who-is-roger-ver","title":{"rendered":"Who is Roger Ver?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Alternar tabla de contenidos\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #ffffff;color:#ffffff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #ffffff;color:#ffffff\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/who-is-roger-ver\/#the_life_of_roger_ver\" >The life of Roger Ver<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/who-is-roger-ver\/#roger_ver_and_bitcoin\" >Roger Ver and Bitcoin<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/who-is-roger-ver\/#roger_ver_and_bitcoin_cash\" >Roger Ver and Bitcoin Cash<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Tiempo de lectura:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutos<\/span><\/span><p>If you\u2019re interested in the world of cryptocurrencies, you\u2019re probably familiar with the name\u00a0<strong>Roger Ver<\/strong>, a\u00a0<strong>successful entrepreneur<\/strong>\u00a0and leading visionary in the field. Roger was one of the visionaries who bet on Bitcoin since its inception. He was also an advocate of blockchain technology and became an important\u00a0<strong>investor in the sector.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After his prominent involvement in supporting both blockchain technology and Bitcoin, Roger earned the nickname \u201c<strong>Bitcoin Jesus<\/strong>\u201c. Roger in addition to being an outstanding advocate was the creator of several companies that are related to Bitcoin. In this post we will tell you all about this character and his\u00a0<strong>importance<\/strong>\u00a0in the world of cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the_life_of_roger_ver\"><\/span><strong>The life of Roger Ver<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Roger Ver\u2019s story began on January 27, 1979. Specifically in San Jose, California. He attended\u00a0<strong>Valley Christian High School and De Anza College<\/strong>. However, Roger dropped out of school in order to pursue other business and commercial interests.<\/p>\n<p>By\u00a0<strong>1999<\/strong>\u00a0Roger Ver had started his first promising project,\u00a0<strong>MemoryDealers.com<\/strong>. This project was a company dedicated to the sale of large quantities of computer hardware.<\/p>\n<p>The company demonstrated impressive\u00a0<strong>growth<\/strong>, ranking high among the top\u00a0<strong>custom<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>transceiver, memory<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>and hardware<\/strong>\u00a0companies. Despite the company\u2019s success, it ran into a snag in\u00a0<strong>2002<\/strong>\u00a0when Roger Ver was\u00a0<strong>arrested<\/strong>\u00a0for illegal sale of explosives and served\u00a0<strong>10 months in federal prison.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After serving his sentence Roger Ver continued his involvement with MemoryDealers. Subsequently, by\u00a0<strong>2005<\/strong>, Roger moved to\u00a0<strong>Japan<\/strong>. In this country he obtained a residence permit. Coincidentally, in the same year, he started with the development of his second major company,\u00a0<strong>Agilestar.com<\/strong>. Agilestar.com is a company dedicated to the design and sale of optical transceivers around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The creation and development of these two companies accompanied by great success placed Roger Ver among one of the greatest\u00a0<strong>entrepreneurs and visionaries<\/strong>. These achievements accompanied by his involvement in Bitcoin spread his fame around the world.<\/p>\n<div id=\"image_926628580\" class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\">\n<div class=\"img-inner dark\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large size-large lazyloading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Roger-Ver2.jpeg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Roger-Ver2.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Roger-Ver2-300x205.jpeg 300w\" alt=\"Roger-Ver\" width=\"768\" height=\"526\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Roger-Ver2.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Roger-Ver2-300x205.jpeg 300w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Roger-Ver2.jpeg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"roger_ver_and_bitcoin\"><\/span><strong>Roger Ver and Bitcoin<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Roger Ver approaches the world of Bitcoin for the year\u00a0<strong>2011<\/strong>. After learning about it, Ver claimed that it was one of the most important inventions in the history of all mankind. He took his\u00a0<strong>acceptance of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/what-is-bitcoin\/\">Bitcoin<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0into the business arena by betting everything on this new system. So much so that\u00a0<strong>MemoryDealers.com<\/strong>\u00a0was the first company to\u00a0<strong>accept payments<\/strong>\u00a0directly with Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Currently there is evidence of this, since if we go to the company\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Twitter<\/strong>\u00a0we can see the company\u2019s tweets betting on Bitcoin due to its great\u00a0<strong>sales<\/strong>. With every wealth accumulated, he started investing more and<strong>\u00a0promoting<\/strong>\u00a0this technology.<\/p>\n<p>Roger Ver put his trust in companies such as\u00a0<strong>Bitcoin.com, Blockchain.com, Kraken.com<\/strong>, among other significant companies. All of these companies occupy an extremely important place today.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<strong>2012<\/strong>\u00a0Roger was already well underway in the development of another of his projects,\u00a0<strong>Bitcoinstore.com<\/strong>. This would be one of the first online stores where any user could buy anything with Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Through all these trading activities accepting Bitcoin Roger allowed himself to accept and collect a large amount of cryptocurrencies. So much so that he made an estimated\u00a0<strong>400,000 bitcoins<\/strong>. This is a large fortune that also served as fodder for the investment machine that Ver employed in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Despite having seen several of Roger\u2019s projects, his masterpiece took place in<strong>\u00a02014<\/strong>\u00a0when he developed\u00a0<strong>Bitcoin.com<\/strong>. This company would be created in the place where Roger Ver became a citizen after renouncing his\u00a0<strong>US citizenship, St. Kitts and Nevis.<\/strong>\u00a0Thanks to a series of investments Ver got the citizenship of the island.<\/p>\n<p>All his Bitcoin investments and the creation of Bitcoin.com dubbed Roger as \u201c<strong>Bitcoin Jesus<\/strong>\u201c, a nickname that stuck in his story.<\/p>\n<div id=\"image_415367620\" class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\">\n<div class=\"img-inner dark\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large size-large lazyloading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Roger-Ver4.jpeg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Roger-Ver4.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Roger-Ver4-300x205.jpeg 300w\" alt=\"Roger-Ver\" width=\"768\" height=\"526\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Roger-Ver4.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Roger-Ver4-300x205.jpeg 300w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Roger-Ver4.jpeg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"roger_ver_and_bitcoin_cash\"><\/span><strong>Roger Ver and Bitcoin Cash<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Roger Ver started in the world of cryptocurrencies through\u00a0<strong>Bitcoin<\/strong>. However, with the emergence of early problems in Bitcoin\u2019s\u00a0<strong>scalability<\/strong>\u00a0and increased network usage Roger planned to increase\u00a0<strong>the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/what-is-the-block-reward\/\">block<\/a>\u00a0size<\/strong>\u00a0to avoid these problems.<\/p>\n<p>Several\u00a0<strong>debates<\/strong>\u00a0took place over the block size increase and actions that later cost the well-known\u00a0<strong>Gavin Andresen the expulsion from the Bitcoin<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Lead Developer project<\/strong>. After this incident Roger understood (in his opinion) that Bitcoin was moving away from being an\u00a0<strong>everyday<\/strong>\u00a0cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>Following this began the battles from 2014 to 2017 seeking to achieve a Bitcoin\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/bitcoin-cash-hard-fork\/\">Hard Fork<\/a>\u00a0with the goal of increasing the block size. Thanks to Roger\u2019s influence the Hard Fork became a new reality.<\/p>\n<p>Together with Craig Wright, the new cryptocurrency,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitnovo.com\/blog\/en\/what-is-bitcoin-cash-bch\/\">Bitcoin Cash<\/a>, was launched, namely on August 1, 2017. This project was accepted into the\u00a0<strong>Bitcoin.com<\/strong>\u00a0company without any problems.<\/p>\n<p>What no one expected was that Ver and Wright\u2019s relationship quickly went sour. This led to major changes in the cryptocurrency. By\u00a0<strong>November 15, 2018,<\/strong>\u00a0Bitcoin Cash underwent a split, with\u00a0<strong>Bitcoin Cash ABC (BCH)<\/strong>\u00a0backed by\u00a0<strong>Roger<\/strong>\u00a0Ver and\u00a0<strong>Bitcoin Cash SV (BSV)<\/strong>\u00a0backed by\u00a0<strong>Craig Wright<\/strong>. Since that time, the feud between Roger Ver and Wright has escalated to the point of going to court for civil lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p>Although after betting on\u00a0<strong>Bitcoin Cash<\/strong>\u00a0Roger Ver lost some of his fame as the Bitcoin Jesus, he has always maintained his idea of achieving\u00a0<strong>greater adoption<\/strong>\u00a0of cryptocurrencies in order to make them reach more people. He has become a Bitcoin<strong>\u00a0promoter<\/strong>\u00a0and with this he has gained an important place in the\u00a0<strong>crypto world<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Tiempo de lectura:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutos<\/span><\/span>If you\u2019re interested in the world of cryptocurrencies, you\u2019re probably familiar with the name\u00a0Roger Ver, a\u00a0successful entrepreneur\u00a0and leading visionary in the field. Roger was one of the visionaries who bet on Bitcoin since its inception. He was also an advocate of blockchain technology and became an important\u00a0investor in the sector. 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