Roger Ver, born on 27th January 1979, is one of the early investors in Bitcoin related businesses. He lived in Silicon Valley, America formerly, however, he resides in Japan now. He is an avid supporter of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general. He sees Bitcoin as a solution to economic problems in the world, and believes it is a step towards a solution.

Roger Ver was born and lived in San Jose. He was studying at De Anza College for about 12 months before he left studies for his business. In 2006 he moved to Japan and became a citizen, renouncing his US nationality, in 2014. Ver adopted Bitcoin in its early ages when it was just for $1 each in 2011. Realizing the potential of cryptocurrency, he became an avid advocate for it, and even invested in many early Bitcoin startups.

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However, Roger Ver is considered to be a controversial figure in Bitcoin society, where many admire him for his work and many criticize him.  Here is a peek at his life achievements.

Roger Ver earned his nickname Bitcoin Jesus because of his enthusiastic support of the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. He is considered to be one of the driving forces behind the success of digital currency, because of his outspoken and very visible support of it. He not only supported it but lead by example, by integrating Bitcoins in his business dealing and decisions.

However, in 2002, he pleaded guilty to selling explosives without license. Because of this he was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison, where he taught himself Japanese. In early 2011, Bitcoin caught his interest and he made his first investment for Charlie Shrem’s Bitinstant. He became a popular Bitcoin investor for startups. His company was first in world to use Bitcoin as payment. He was the CEO of memorydealers.com till the end of year 2012. Currently, he is the CEO of Bitcoin.com and owns its domain name.

Over the years, Bitcoin Jesus has been a part of one too many controversies. He motived the increase in side of data of Bitcoin. Block size is a controversial topic for lots of Bitcoin supporters, and Ver has firmly sided with the side demanding increase in the size limitations. This would speed up the Bitcoin transactions and enable the Bitcoin to be easily used in daily lives. However, opponents point out the number of damaging effects this move would have on other Bitcoin services.

His support of increasing the block size in Bitcoins has led to him supporting and investing in new Bitcoin models such as Bitcoin XT, Bitcoin Classic, and Bitcoin Unlimited. These are successive attempts by different developers to change the block limitations, all supported by Ver. This has led to many other controversies, many supporting and admiring him, and many opposing and criticizing him. In a recent case, Ver fixed a $500,000 stipend out of his personal funds to the Bitcoin Unlimited in an attempt to keep the project afloat.