In 2015, he was denied a visa to reenter the United States by the U.S. Ver renounced his United States citizenship in 2014 after he became a citizen of Saint Kitts and Nevis. This was followed by an arrest by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, resulting in a 10-month prison sentence for illegally selling "explosives." He moved to Japan in 2005, where he still maintains his residence as of 2021. During a debate in the run up to this election, he claimed that the Drug Enforcement Agency was criminal in its practice. Ver attempted a run for state assembly in the libertarian party. He identifies as a libertarian, anarcho-capitalist, voluntaryist, a peace advocate, and an advocate for individualism. He then attended De Anza College for a year, dropping out to pursue his business interests. He attended Valley Christian High School. He renounced his United States citizenship in 2014 after obtaining a Saint Kitts and Nevis passport. He served 10 months in prison then moved to Japan in 2005. He now primarily promotes Bitcoin Cash as Ver sees it as fulfilling the intended and original purpose of the 'Bitcoin White Paper', first published in 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto, in which Nakamoto referred to Bitcoin as, "A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System." īorn and raised in Silicon Valley, he sold fireworks on eBay and later pleaded guilty to a related felony charge. Ver has sometimes been referred to as "Bitcoin Jesus". Roger Keith Ver (born 27 January 1979 ) is an early investor in bitcoin, bitcoin-related startups and an early promoter of bitcoin. Libertarianism, anarcho-capitalism, Voluntaryism