Robert Alexander Küfner

Robert A. Küfner (15 May 1988) is a German entrepreneur, author and investor. He is mentioned as a pioneer in the field of Bitcoin and blockchain technology.

Early life Küfner was born in Wuppertal and raised in Remscheid. He studied Business Administration in Cologne for three terms.

Career In 2010, Küfner read an article in Vice about Bitcoin and saw the potential of the new technology. Fascinated by the possibilities of the blockchain he started mining. He installed a power line in his basement, bought high-performance servers and offered computing power for the mining process, earning many Bitcoins. He met Till Wendler and Florian Reike at a gathering of Bitcoin enthusiasts in Berlin and together they founded nakamo.to in 2017, company for researching and developing DLT.

The new project peaq, cofounded by Küfner, is focusing on further development of directed acyclic graphs. Through the project the Dagchain was invented as an alternative approach to reach consensus within directed acyclic graphs.

In 2017, Manager Magazin sent a photographer to Küfner's Florida villa, where he held a bootcamp for nakamo.to. The magazine published a long article focusing mostly on cryptocurrency and the wealth of the group members. The magazine eins put more emphasis on Küfner's position as DLT and blockchain expert.

In 2018 Küfner published Das Krypto-Jahrzehnt to explain the history of cryptocurrencies from 2008 until 2018. He wanted to give an overview of the story as one of the few who had been involved from the beginning.

Publications Das Krypto-Jahrzehnt: Was seit dem ersten Bitcoin alles geschehen ist - und wie digitales Geld die Welt verändern wird Börsenbuchverlag, Kulmbach 2018,

Documentaries Die Bitcoin-Millionäre: Mit vollem Einsatz ins Risiko, Arte (broadcaster Der Spiegel), German documentary, 2017. Reset - The Blockchain Revolution, Amazon, German documentary, 2018.