Press Kit - BiblePay

FAQ

What is BiblePay?

BiblePay is a charity-focused christian cryptocurrency that uses “green” mining technology to directly impact the world in a positive way, from supporting disadvantaged people worldwide, to helping cure some of humanity’s most debilitating diseases. Being self-funding, the philanthropic reach of BiblePay is potentially limitless.

What the core-values of BiblePay?

Giving to charity in abundance, helping find cures for diseases, sharing the Gospel of Jesus, and decentralizing your money.

How is BiblePay able to give to charity in abundance?

In most blockchain-cryptocurrencies – BiblePay included – new blocks are created with a process called mining. In general, these blocks contain newly generated coins. Normally, all these coins go to the miner is given the privilege (by solving a difficult hash) of adding the next block to the blockchain. BiblePay is unique in that 10% of all these newly created coins go directly to charity. BiblePay also has an advanced blockchain-based voting system in place. This system allows our community to choose specific charities and decide how much goes to each charity.

How did BiblePay help find cures for diseases?

The creation of cryptocurrency requires a lot of computing power. Unfortunately the electrical energy used to process most cryptocurrencies is essentially wasted on solving mathematical problems that offer little or no value to society. BiblePay took a completely different approach. Instead of wasting energy that essentially just generates heat, most of our network-securing computing resources were used in research projects focused on finding cures for diseases.

We supported two projects through BOINC, the Berkley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing. BOINC seeks to use idle computer time to do scientific research. The two projects we supported are Rosetta@home which studies proteins and protein folding in the quest to produce cures for major diseases such as cancer, as well as World Community Grid which currently has eight sub-projects. World Community Grid’s sub-projects range from Ebola and Zika virus research to cancer research. Both of these projects began over a decade ago.

How is BiblePay sharing the Gospel of Jesus?

BiblePay has implemented novel ways to spread the Gospel. For instance, we have encoded the entire KJV Bible into our software. This means that every BiblePay user has access to the Bible right from their wallet. Also, the wallet displays a Bible verse with every transaction you do.

There are also other implementations right inside the wallet, like asking others to pray with you or documenting repentance for your sins. More in-wallet features are being developed, such as writing letters to the orphans we sponsor.

Being a self-funding cryptocurrency provides us with even more ways to spread the Gospel. For instance, we can use our BiblePay coin (BBP) to incentivize people to learn more about Christianity. For example, we have Gospel Links that you can navigate to learn about Christianity and at the same time earn some BBP.

Why is it important for BiblePay to decentralize money?

Decentralizing money has opened up an enormous long-term potential, not only by giving power to the people, but also because the technological basis that has made decentralization possible simultaneously creates new opportunities to change lives for the better. BiblePay is already changing lives by donating one out of every ten coins to charities

WHO RUNS BIBLEPAY?

Robert Andrews

LEAD DEVELOPER

Rob’s diverse background in the fields of Programming, Information Technology and Finance has prepared him for the role of team leader and visionary of BiblePay development. He has 20 Years experience in C#/SQL Server and holds a number of Computer Technology cerifications, including MCSD Solutions Developer, MCSE Solutions Expert, MCDBA Database Administrator, MCPI Professional Internet and SJCP Sun Certified Java Programmer. In 2014 Rob’s proficiency in Data Warehousing led him to design and create a decentralized data gathering algorithm for use in cryptocurrencies. On the Finance side, he also developed and ran a hedge fund using quantitative analysis and computer-based models for investments in securities. Rob is active in philanthropy, personally sponsors orphans and encourages others to do the same.

Bhavani

VP SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

A woman of many skills, Bhavani has worked in the software development sector of the finance industry for more than 16 years. Her extensive range of experience includes blockchain technology, quantitative investment models, portfolio management systems, trade and order entry systems, and client relationship applications. She has worked at State Street Corp, Bear Stearns/JPMorgan, and Salomon Smith Barney/Morgan Stanley. Bhavani has a Masters degree in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Florida and an MBA from USF. She also earned certificates in Risk & Investment Management from Yale SOM and EDHEC Risk Institute, Internet of Things from MIT Sloan SOM and Blockchain Technology from Linux Foundation. She enjoys volunteer work for environment sustainability projects and strongly supports the mission of Biblepay’s charities.

Javier Ortiz

SR MOBILE DEVELOPER

Javier has more than 25 years of experience as a software developer using C/C++, Java, Python, PHP and C#. His wide range of expertise includes database analytics across a variety of well-known platforms, such as Oracle, MSSQL and MySQL. He is certified as a Senior Project Manager PMP® and holds an Executive MBA. For much of his career Javier has held the position of Lead Software Development and IT Manager. Since 2007 he has also been involved in the equities markets as an independent futures and options trader.

Licht

SR. WEB DEVELOPER

Licht’s interest in programming and related development began at the early age of 10 when he first programmed software on Amiga and IBM computers. His career now includes 18 years as a software engineer working with Delphi, Python, PHP, Java, C++, Unity and C#. He also created and maintains the website Biblepay-Central.com.

Togo Shigekata

DIRECTOR PUBLIC RELATIONS

Togo is a natural communicator with boundless energy and enthusiasm. His qualifications include experience in Advertising, Social Media and Customer Support. Togo has also worked in the Medical and Restaurant industries, plus Military Government Contracting. His expertise includes Technical Writing, Documentation, and Quality Assurance Testing.

Jaap Geurts van Kessel

TREASURER

Educated in the Netherlands, Jaap attended Radboud University in Nijmegen were he studied religion, philosophy, and psychology. His career includes trusted positions with PostNL and other European enterprises. He is well-respected among his peers for his knowledge and expertise in the realm of crypto-currency.