Peer Mountain is harnessing innovative technology to deliver an innovative solution. In order to achieve our goals, we’re working with pioneers in several fields. Max Wolter, one of Peer Mountain’s key technological advisors, is a blockchain trailblazer. As founder of exclusive blockchain investment club Alantor and technical lead at blockchain infrastructure platform Alvalor, Max is helping guide Peer Mountain in the development and delivery of its exceptional decentralized transactional ecosystem.

Max’s technological savvy stems from his self-taught programming skills, which he honed from a young age and over the course of many years working as a freelance developer. After finishing high school, where he specialized in mathematics, Max began studying computer science at the University of Luxembourg. He switched to music and psychology for a brief period, returning to his IT studies when he discovered Bitcoin. In 2013, as he was earning his Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science, Max founded Luxembourg’s first Bitcoin company, Nexunity.

At that time, Bitcoin was still relatively unknown, and most banks had little to no interest in cryptocurrencies. After an initial attempt to set up the first regulated Bitcoin exchange, a project too far ahead of its time to be greenlighted by the authorities, he turned to consulting. In cooperation with some private and public entities, he built Bitcoin and blockchain solutions, such as custom nodes for the Bitcoin network to monitor malicious activity and a platform-as-a-service solution for blockchain projects.

Max eventually turned away from consulting and spent two years working for startups. In the first one, he helped build a big data analytics platform for the biggest telecom provider in Luxembourg. In the second startup, Max assisted a datacenter company in the development of software to remotely monitor and control on-site equipment and security. In both companies, he was the lead developer in charge of system and network architecture, including aspects of big data analytics, IT security, network protocols, distributed computing, and some machine learning.

Max is currently finishing his master’s degree in Management of IT Security Systems, including in-depth technical aspects of cryptography. He has been tinkering with Bitcoin since 2010; his experience has made him an expert on the technology behind blockchain.

As a technological advisor for Peer Mountain, Max has reviewed the technical coherence and validity of our white paper, and is contributing feedback on its technological solution.