Juan Benet is the inventor of the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), a new protocol to make the web faster, safer, and more open, and Filecoin, a cryptocurrency incentivized storage network.

Juan Benet is the inventor of InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), a protocol making the web faster, safer, and more open, and Filecoin, the world’s largest decentralized storage network.

Juan is also the founder of Protocol Labs - a leading innovation network developing breakthrough technologies & products in the frontiers of computing: web3, AI, AR, VR, BCI, hardware, & more.

In addition to IPFS and Filecoin, Protocol Labs also developed technologies and productions including libp2p, drand, IPLD, Coinlist & many more.

Juan also co-authored the SAFT (Simple Agreement for Future Tokens) and helped establish Funding the Commons - establish new mechanisms for public goods funding leveraging open source technologies.

Born and raised in Mexico, Juan studied Computer Science at Stanford University, and is passionate about improving the internet and building more robust foundations for our digital future.