24 Facts About Roger Ver

Roger Keith Ver was born on 1979 and is an American-born Kittitian-Antiguan entrepreneur who was an early investor in Bitcoin, Bitcoin-related startups and an early promoter of Bitcoin, and sometimes known as Bitcoin Jesus.

Roger Ver was indicted in April 2024 for income tax evasion in the US.

Roger Ver attended Valley Christian High School and then De Anza College for one year, before dropping out to pursue his business interests.

Roger Ver moved to Japan in 2005, where he maintained his residence as of 2021.

Roger Ver's investment allowed the company to hire a designer and another programmer.

Roger Ver invested over a million dollars into new Bitcoin-related startups, including Ripple, Blockchain.

Roger Ver has been a prominent supporter of Bitcoin adoption and saw Bitcoin as a means to promote economic freedom.

In 2012, Roger Ver was organizing Bitcoin meetups in Sunnyvale, California.

Roger Ver is one of five founders of the Bitcoin Foundation.

Roger Ver is one of the main proponents of a larger block size for the Bitcoin blockchain.

Roger Ver supported the development of Bitcoin XT as a hard fork method towards an increase.

On 23 June 2022, CoinFlex paused withdrawals after a counterparty, which it later named as Roger Ver, experienced liquidity issues and failed to repay a $47 million stablecoin margin call.

In 2024, Roger Ver self-published the book Hijacking Bitcoin about the history of Bitcoin.

Roger Ver renounced his United States citizenship in 2014 after he became a citizen of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Roger Ver's name was published in the 2018 Q1 Quarterly Publication of Individuals Who Have Chosen to Expatriate.

In 2019, Roger Ver was denied a visa to travel to Australia.

In 2020, Roger Ver became a citizen of Antigua and Barbuda.

On his website, Roger Ver describes himself as a libertarian and anarcho-capitalist.

In 2002, Roger Ver pleaded guilty to selling a form of pest control fireworks without a license, as well as storing and mailing the material.

Roger Ver sold a brand called "Pest Control Report 2000" on eBay, this product was primarily used as a loud firecracker with the purpose of scaring away birds and other animals which might be deemed as pests on farmland.

Roger Ver was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison.

Roger Ver was arrested in Spain on US tax evasion charges in April 2024.

In December 2024 Roger Ver's attorneys filed to have the case dismissed and Roger Ver was still in Spain fighting extradition to the US.

In January 2025, Elon Musk tweeted that he had asked Donald Trump about the possibility of Roger Ver receiving a pardon.