Position: CEO, Rootstock
Twitter: @dieguito
Diego Gutierrez is the CEO at Koibanx and President of Bitcoin Argentina NGO. In addition, Gutierrez servers as the CEO of Rootstock/RSK Labs, a smart contracts platform built on Bitcoin.
History
He pioneered Web development in Argentina in 1995. He was a founding member of Clarín Digital (main local newspaper) and Patagon.com (financial institution sold to Banco Santander for 750MM) among others. He founded Koibanx, Xinergia, Cero a Cien and Restocoins.
Rootstock & RSK Labs
As an early-promoter of Bitcoin, Gutierrez understood how Bitcoin could help solve the problems of the unbanked. His Linkedin profile claims, however, that Bitcoin could not solve all issues “without Smart Contract capabilities volatility mitigation and execution of complex business rules in a trust-less environment”. Gutierrez co-founded Rootstock and RSK Labs in 2015 in an attempt to tackle these issues.
Links
- Diego Gutierrez discusses smart contracts and Rootstock in Bitcoin Knowledge Episode #195
- Diego Gutierrez on Bitcoin in Argentina in Bitcoin Knowledge Episode #126