Nicolas Dorier is a decentralized systems software developer and open-source advocate. He has been active in the Bitcoin community since 2014 and has contributed to several Bitcoin projects, including Bitcoin Core, before founding BTCPayServer, an open-source payment processor used by thousands of merchants globally. He is also the co-founder of METACO, a provider of security-critical infrastructure for financial institutions.
Topics:
Nicolas’ background as a Bitcoin and open-source advocate
Why he founded BTCPayserver
The features for merchants using BTCPay
BTCPay as a donation tool
Business model of BTCPay, paying developers
His learnings while developing BTCPay
Life and Bitcoin in Japan
Bitcoin replacing cash?
Streaming money with Sphinx chat and integration of podcasts
How to convert Bitcoin to Fiat without selling
Discreet log contracts
METACO working with central banks and altcoins
“This is lies, my trust in you is broken, I will make you obsolete.” Nicolas’ famous words towards the centralized services of BitPay that were the beginning of working on BTCPayServer.
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