Co-founder and CTO, Ledger

Nicolas Bacca and BTChip

Nicolas Bacca is the smart-card specialist who built BTChip and then helped found Ledger in 2014.

Nicolas Bacca is a smart-card specialist. He created BTChip, regarded as the first bitcoin hardware wallet.

In 2014 a group of French crypto builders came together in Paris under the Ledger name. Bacca was among them, and he brought the chip.

Ledger turned a smart-card chip from banking into a pocket-sized safe for crypto keys. Bacca is a co-founder and the CTO.

Eric Larchevêque was CEO until 2019. Ledger's other co-founders are Thomas France, Joël Pobeda and David Balland.

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What is Nicolas Bacca's role at Ledger?

Nicolas Bacca is a co-founder and CTO of Ledger, the Paris maker of crypto security hardware.

What is BTChip and how did Nicolas Bacca start Ledger?

Bacca is a smart-card specialist who created BTChip, regarded as the first bitcoin hardware wallet. In 2014 a group of French crypto builders came together under the Ledger name, and Bacca brought the chip.