{"id":"jameson-lopp","version":1,"language":"en","title":"Jameson Lopp","content":"**Jameson Lopp** is a [Bitcoin](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/bitcoin) core developer, writer, and enthusiast based in Durham, North Carolina.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-g5n205y7lge) He created Satoshi.info in order to make it easier to visualize and track Bitcoin's metrics.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-t6ez1fq5s9) He was subject to a swatting incident from angry crypto fans. [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-14z2ga8uu0z)  \n  \n# Education  \n  \nJameson is a graduate of Mount Tabor High School. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he majored in computer science. Jameson earned his degree in 2007.   \n  \n# Career  \n  \nJameson worked at Bronto Software first as a web developer and then as a software engineer from 2007-2015. Currently, he is a software engineer at Bitgo, a Bitcoin security platform.   \n  \nAs of November 2018, he was the chief technology officer of the crypto startup Casa.  \n  \nLopp is most notable for his decision to live off-the-grid, which has been written about in the The New York Times. [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-91dxdox6wa)  \n  \nJameson contributes regularly to coindesk.com as well as authors posts on Medium.[\\[5\\]](#cite-id-9aki7udm5zv) He is particularly active on Twitter and has over 160,000 followers on the platform.[\\[6\\]](#cite-id-axoyerrh1qd)  He offers free Bitcoin education resources on his website. [\\[7\\]](#cite-id-xinanmhh7g)","summary":"Jameson Lopp is a Bitcoin core developer, writer, and enthusiast based in Durham, North Carolina.","categories":[{"id":"people","title":"people"}],"tags":[],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"g5n205y7lge\",\"url\":\"https://twitter.com/lopp\",\"description\":\" \",\"timestamp\":1661382902714},{\"id\":\"t6ez1fq5s9\",\"url\":\"https://github.com/jlopp\",\"description\":\" \",\"timestamp\":1661382918444},{\"id\":\"14z2ga8uu0z\",\"url\":\"https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/17/bitcoin-engineer-jameson-lopp-swatted-by-angry-crypto-fans/\",\"description\":\" \",\"timestamp\":1661382931926},{\"id\":\"91dxdox6wa\",\"url\":\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/technology/how-to-disappear-surveillance-state.html\",\"description\":\" \",\"timestamp\":1661382970855},{\"id\":\"9aki7udm5zv\",\"url\":\"https://medium.com/@lopp\",\"description\":\" \",\"timestamp\":1661382981339},{\"id\":\"axoyerrh1qd\",\"url\":\"https://twitter.com/lopp\",\"description\":\" \",\"timestamp\":1661382998489},{\"id\":\"xinanmhh7g\",\"url\":\"https://www.lopp.net/\",\"description\":\" \",\"timestamp\":1661383008764}]"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://twitter.com/lopp"},{"id":"github_profile","value":"https://github.com/jlopp"},{"id":"commit-message","value":"New Wiki Created 🎉"}],"user":{"id":"0x51f01C580d4Bf9dE0E8d43F8bABa80512594D5e3"},"author":{"id":""},"media":[],"images":[{"id":"QmfTPh2mq3P5eTJ1dZJsPe8o4WDbGVVDNCFQ7DYQUem83H","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}]}