Jean-Luc Verhelst

Jean-Luc Verhelst is the author of the book Bitcoin, the Blockchain and Beyond (2017) and works as a freelance public speaker, trainer and advisor. He is the co-founder of the blockchain community HIVE.brussels and was selected by the European Commission as a member of the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum.

Prior to his current position, he worked several years as a strategy consultant and became the blockchain leader for Deloitte Belgium after having spent several months at the EMEA Blockchain Lab. He worked for numerous clients in Europe, managed the development of blockchain solutions, and delivered internal trainings in EMEA and the USA. He also won the world’s largest blockchain hackathon of 2016, and his master thesis on Bitcoin received the award for best financial thesis of 2014 in Belgium. Jean-Luc holds academic degrees in IT and business.

Most importantly, Jean-Luc has a real passion for blockchains and how they will shape our future.

With his book, Jean-Luc hopes to bring his knowledge to the masses in a simple yet effective way.

Through the course of the years, Jean-Luc has helped multiple companies, executives, crypto-currency enthusiasts, and politicians with the understanding of this amazing technology and what it could mean for them.

Finally, he has delivered blockchain trainings to private and public institutions alike in Belgium, Lyon, Amsterdam, Atlanta, Milan, Rome, Casablanca, Riyadh, Dubai and Silicon Valley.