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Lennart
Lopin

Software Engineer, Entrepreneur, Futurist, MarsOne Finalist
Proud Father
@novalis78

About me

Born in 1978 near the historic V1 rocket test site in Peenemünde, Germany, Lennart Lopin was raised in Vienna after his family escaped East Germany in 1984. Surrounded by his father's expertise in electrical engineering and his mother's experience as a radio operator, Lennart developed a deep fascination with astrophysics from a young age, consuming every science book available at his local library and attending university lectures on orbital mechanics as a child.

A voracious reader and scholar, Lennart excelled in high school, graduating with a perfect GPA. His academic pursuits took him to the universities of Goettingen and Rostock, where he earned a Master's degree in Computer Science with a focus on Computational Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence in 2003. His groundbreaking thesis on automated text analysis led to the creation of "Prelude," a chatbot that won an international championship in 2005.

Lennart's professional journey has been equally diverse, involving significant contributions to both private and public software projects. An early adopter of Bitcoin, he became deeply involved in the cryptocurrency community and later launched Marscoin, a cryptocurrency aimed at funding and governing large-scale planetary projects.

Fluent in eight languages, including Latin, Sanskrit, and Pali, Lennart has authored over 30 books on a wide range of topics. His personal interests are as varied as his professional experiences, including chess, fitness with P90X, SCUBA diving, and book collecting.

Currently serving as the CTO of Byte Federal, which he co-founded in 2016, Lennart continues to lead in the development of cutting-edge technology solutions, maintaining the company's edge in blockchain and crypto technologies.

Research

2024

Creating a Secure Non-Custodial Lightning Wallet Protocol

White paper

2023

Planetary "hash-war" protection measures utilizing decentralized on-chain governance protocols

White paper, submitted 26th Annual International Mars Society Convention

2022

The Martian Republic - A governance system for Mars

White paper, submitted 25th Annual International Mars Society Convention

2014

Marscoin - Trustless ledger technology implications for a Martian Society

White paper, submitted 17th Annual International Mars Society Convention

Work

2016 – now

Euler's Identity, LLC

Founder, CEO

2016 – now

Byte Federal, INC

Co-Founder, CTO

2018 – now

Florida Blockchain Business Association

Co-Founder

2014 – now

Marscoin Foundation

Founder, President

2009 – 2016

Reading House, LLC

Co-Founder, CTO

2007 – 2009

Proactive Reliability, LLC

Senior Software Engineer

2003 – 2007

Novomind, GmbH

Software Engineer, Consultant

Academics

2003

University of Rostock

Computer Science, Linguistics

2002

Information and Communication Systems
University of Rostock

Assistent

2000

University of Goettingen

Linguistics

1996

GRG21/OE

Vienna, Austria

1994

Institut für Handhabungsgeräte
und Robotertechnik der TU Wien

Vienna, Austria

Contact

One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one’s greatest efforts.

—Albert Einstein
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