Samson Mow
BTCC's chief operating officer at the 2016 Hong Kong Roundtable and now CEO of JAN3; his Blockstream years are not yet sourced here.
The wiki's angle: Vlad's own read on S17 E26 was that in the 2018 debate with Roger Ver, “in many ways, he [Roger] was right”, recalling Mow answering that Lightning could buy hats in his store.[3]
BTCC and Hong Kong
The February 2016 Bitcoin Roundtable statement lists Samson Mow as COO of BTCC, next to BTCC's CEO Bobby Lee[1]. See Hong Kong Roundtable.
Blockstream and JAN3
JAN3's team page names Mow as Chief Executive Officer and credits him on two real-time strategy games, “Dawn of War” and “Company of Heroes”[2]. The same page says JAN3's director of finance previously “was at Blockstream working alongside Samson Mow”[2]. His exact title and dates at Blockstream are not verified in this wiki[2].
On the podcast
On S17 E26 Vlad recalled a 2018 debate, which he placed at Deconomy in South Korea, between Roger Ver and Mow[3]. Vlad recalled Roger asking what Lightning could buy, and Mow answering that you could buy hats in his store[3].
References
- primaryBitcoin Roundtable, “Bitcoin Roundtable Consensus”, Medium, 20 Feb 2016 (Wayback Machine copy)
- primaryJAN3, “About the Company” page with team biographies (read 13 Nov 2026) [archived]
- episodeS17 E26: Vlad on the 2018 Roger Ver vs Samson Mow debate▶ listen at 3:02:14timestamp transcript-derived, pending a listen [archived]