• Yves Bennaïm
After thirty years of exploring online technologies and cultures, Yves Bennaïm is recognized today as a Bitcoin and Blockchain researcher and educator. He chairs the Swiss delegation at ISO technical committee of experts for Blockchain and DLT standardisation. In 2017 he founded the Swiss non-profit think tank 2B4CH, studying sociopolitical and economic impacts of Bitcoin and its Proof-of-Work chain.
When he is not teaching or writing a book on Bitcoin simplification, he is also a regular columnist in several Swiss and international media.
• Luzius Meisser
Luzius Meisser is a Computer Scientist and Economist that serves on the board of Bitcoin Suisse and Aktionariat. He is co-founder of Bitcoin Association Switzerland and an expert in the Expert Council of Swiss Blockchain Federation. He is an early investor in various Swiss startups and founded one himself after completing his MSc at ETH Zurich.
Furthermore, he is a shareholder of Swiss National Bank who cannot resist voicing his opinion.
• Lucas Nobs
Lucas Nobs is an accountant at the company he founded: Crypto Solutions Sàrl. The goal? To provide accounting and tax advice to Swiss businesses and individuals using and holding cryptocurrencies. At the same time, he also joined the family fiduciary firm Gestcosa Sàrl. Subsequently, he created the Blockchain Jura group, where he organizes meetings twice a month to democratize and educate about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.
He also joined the B2Bitcoin group, a cooperative based in Neuchâtel that aimed at pooling various skills around Bitcoin to build projects and organize events such as Le Paradigme Bitcoin.
• Giw Zanganeh
Giw Zanganeh holds a PhD from ETH Zurich and has dedicated most of his professional life to developing renewable energy technologies and strategic energy planning. Among others, he leads the Lugano Plan B project that aims at fostering education and knowledge around Bitcoin and peer-to-peer technologies and has led to Lugano becoming the city with one of the highest merchant adoption rates for payments in Bitcoin.
Giw is active in the Bitcoin Mining industry and leads several industrial-scale mining sites around the globe, as well as smaller projects for SMEs in Switzerland.
• Jürg Kradolfer
As a graduate in Business Administration from the University of Applied Sciences and a federal certified auditor, Jürg founded and successfully managed his own fiduciary company. Additionally, he served as the president of a pension fund for many years and held the position of municipal councilor in his residential community for a decade.
Shortly after selling his company, he discovered Bitcoin and has been dedicating himself to this topic with great intensity for over a decade. With passion, he shares his knowledge with individuals, companies, and organizations. He maintains international contacts to stay up to date. Jürg sees the benefit of Bitcoin especially for people who are financially restricted by their government. Since 2017, he has significantly contributed to the development of the Bitcoin community in Biel/Bienne and remains actively involved.
• Reto Clavadetscher
Reto Clavadetscher came across Bitcoin in 2019 because he was looking for opportunities for more returns. Today, he is fascinated by the many different aspects that Bitcoin offers people. As an expert in leadership, he sees Bitcoin as a kind of money that works from the bottom up. Bitcoin helps to protect our purchasing power from inflation. Bitcoin frees people from the hamster wheel and gives them more freedom.
Reto is also interested in biodiversity, population growth and sustainability issues. Bitcoin helps to make environmental projects profitable faster, stabilize power grids and provide for old age.
• Samuel Kullmann
Samuel Kullmann grew up in Mongolia and has been living in Switzerland since 2003. He has been active in politics since age 16 which also led him to pursue a master degree in political science. In 2017 Samuel got elected to the parliament of Canton Berne and has been re-elected twice. He now serves on the Finance Committee of the parliament.
Samuel has been a Bitcoiner since 2017 and recently published his first book that aims to explain the most important Bitcoin concepts to beginners.
• Gil Lohner
Gil Lohner has been engaged in politics since his teenage years, focusing on issues such as opposition to surveillance, promotion of a free market economy, and enhancement of cybersecurity within government entities. As a software developer, Gil applies his technical skills in his professional work and is a strong advocate for open-source software.
Passionate about the potential of Bitcoin, Gil actively educates others within his party and the wider community, blending his technical expertise with a commitment to digital rights and environmental sustainability.