Press Kit for Juan Benet

Information for conferences and media outlets.

Basic Information

• Name: Juan Benet
• Employer: Protocol Labs
• Title: Founder of Protocol Labs

Or, if more relevant, use these titles:

• Creator of IPFS
• Creator of Filecoin
• CEO of Protocol Labs

Bios

Short Bio

Juan Benet, creator of IPFS and Filecoin, founder of Protocol Labs.

Med Bio

Juan is the founder of Protocol Labs, a research, development, and deployment lab. He created IPFS, a decentralized web protocol, and Filecoin, a decentralized storage network. He is obsessed with knowledge, science, and technology.

Long Bio

Juan Benet is the inventor of the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), a new protocol to make the web faster, safer, and more open, and Filecoin, a cryptocurrency incentivized storage network. The IPFS Project has grown into a large open source movement to re-decentralize the web, safeguard our data, and improve our applications. Juan is the founder of Protocol Labs, the internet tech R&D lab that develops IPFS and Filecoin. He studied Computer Science at Stanford University, and is obsessed with Knowledge, Science, and Technology.

Headshots

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