Roger Ver is a Bitcoin angel investor and entrepreneur who founded Bitcoin.com and became one of the earliest backers of Bitcoin startups. Roger Ver's Twitter Score is 434 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #474 (top 0.1%) among 483,652 tracked accounts.
Roger Ver discovered Bitcoin when the price was still under one U.S. dollar, and his company MemoryDealers became the first established business to accept Bitcoin payments. He was among the first investors in Bitcoin startups, backing early projects including Bitcoin.com, Blockchain.com, Ripple, BitPay, and Kraken, earning him the nickname "Bitcoin Jesus" per Investopedia. He launched Bitcoinstore.com in 2012, offering consumer electronics purchasable with Bitcoin.
Roger Ver founded Bitcoin.com and served as its CEO until August 2019, then transitioned to executive chairman. He shifted focus to Bitcoin Cash in 2017, advocating it as truer to Bitcoin's original ideals, and was previously affiliated with the Bitcoin Foundation. He authored the book Hijacking Bitcoin, promoted on his official site as a history of Bitcoin and a criticism of changes to its design and culture.
On April 30, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice announced an indictment charging Roger Ver with mail fraud, tax evasion, and filing false tax returns. Per the DOJ, the indictment alleged sales of tens of thousands of bitcoins for approximately $240 million and an IRS loss of at least $48 million. The DOJ stated that the indictment is merely an allegation and that defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty. Separately, in June 2022, CoinFLEX CEO Mark Lamb told Axios that Roger Ver was the counterparty accused of owing funds after CoinFLEX suspended withdrawals; Roger Ver denied the claim and said CoinFLEX owed him money, per Axios.
As an angel investor, Roger Ver has backed Zcash, Qtum, BitPay, Firo FIRO, Bitcoin Hivemind, Bitcoin.com, Safello and Purse Media Group Crypto Newsletter & Blog. Roger Ver's account has accumulated 760,177 followers as of August 2026 and 4,077 posts. Roger Ver has been mentioned by 1,569 accounts a total of 9,772 times.
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The accounts that follow Roger Ver include 2,161 founders, 475 angel investors, 783 influencers and 84 VCs. Among them are Balaji, Brian Armstrong, Chris Dixon, Erik Voorhees, Marc Andreessen and Toly.