Hi, I'm Justin Newton, co-founder and CEO of Netki, Ask Me Anything!
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 4:57 pm
Hello,
I am the co-founder and CEO of Netki, creators of Wallet Name Service. After 20 years in the Internet startup scene, my co-founder and myself took our experience from the early commercialization of the Internet and applied it to the Bitcoin ecosystem, looking for barriers to mass market adoption that needed to be solved across the industry rather than with a point solution like a wallet or exchange. Wallet Addresses were the first hurdle that we ran into. Wallet Name Service allows you to use easy to remember names, such as "batman.tip.me" in place of cumbersome Wallet Addresses such as "1CpLXM15vjULK3ZPGUTDMUcGATGR9xGitv". We plug in to HD Wallets to provide a unique address per transaction, to ensure user privacy is protected. Additionally we support Payment Requests, allowing a user to validate the identity of who they are sending to, before finalizing the transaction. This increases both usability and user security.
We are dedicated to creating solutions that ease the use of Bitcoin and blockchain technologies while simultaneously increasing privacy and security. More coming soon
In the past, I co-founded what became the largest trade association for Internet Provider's and served as its Public Policy Director, helping to pass the Internet Tax Moratorium, as well as protecting online anonymity as various anti-spam bills tried to make it illegal. I led technology teams at 3 $1B+ IPO's, and created early standards around networking and DoS attack prevention.
In my free time I am an avid trail runner and SCUBA instructor. Pre-startup I spend a lot of time gardening, but at the moment my raised beds are full of weeds.
Please, ASK ME ANYTHING!!!
I am the co-founder and CEO of Netki, creators of Wallet Name Service. After 20 years in the Internet startup scene, my co-founder and myself took our experience from the early commercialization of the Internet and applied it to the Bitcoin ecosystem, looking for barriers to mass market adoption that needed to be solved across the industry rather than with a point solution like a wallet or exchange. Wallet Addresses were the first hurdle that we ran into. Wallet Name Service allows you to use easy to remember names, such as "batman.tip.me" in place of cumbersome Wallet Addresses such as "1CpLXM15vjULK3ZPGUTDMUcGATGR9xGitv". We plug in to HD Wallets to provide a unique address per transaction, to ensure user privacy is protected. Additionally we support Payment Requests, allowing a user to validate the identity of who they are sending to, before finalizing the transaction. This increases both usability and user security.
We are dedicated to creating solutions that ease the use of Bitcoin and blockchain technologies while simultaneously increasing privacy and security. More coming soon

In the past, I co-founded what became the largest trade association for Internet Provider's and served as its Public Policy Director, helping to pass the Internet Tax Moratorium, as well as protecting online anonymity as various anti-spam bills tried to make it illegal. I led technology teams at 3 $1B+ IPO's, and created early standards around networking and DoS attack prevention.
In my free time I am an avid trail runner and SCUBA instructor. Pre-startup I spend a lot of time gardening, but at the moment my raised beds are full of weeds.
Please, ASK ME ANYTHING!!!