Marco Argentieri
Chief Executive Officer at Ark Labs
Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolMarco Argentieri is a Bitcoin-focused CEO and product leader with a decade of experience building infrastructure and commercial adoption from Lugano, Switzerland. Since 2013 he helped launch Italy’s first Bitcoin ATM and an early Bitcoin cash brokerage, and later led product at Vulpem Ventures where he shipped covenant applications and Liquid-based user tools. He serves on the Technology Board of the Liquid Network and now leads Ark Labs to build ArkadeOS, a virtualization layer and open standard that makes Bitcoin-native development as composable and developer-friendly as modern cloud platforms while preserving decentralization and user sovereignty. Notably, he pairs strategic product vision with hands-on engineering and an entrepreneurial streak—his background ranges from blockchain startups to running a gelato venture—reflecting a practical, maker-driven approach to scaling Bitcoin infrastructure.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Tecnico industriale ad indirizzo informatico, Informatica e Telecomunicazioni, Tecnico industriale ad indirizzo informatico, Informatica e Telecomunicazioni at ITGS Blaise Pascal
Italian, English
Github Skills (200)
bitcoind10
re-implementation10
relay-modern10
cryptocurrency10
google-maps10
dto10
homeserver10
couchdb10
browser10
snapcraft10
one-click10
obsolete10
nostr-protocol10
https10
http-server10
Programming languages (28)
Github contributions (5)
vulpemventures/slip77
Dec 2020 - Mar 2022
A SLIP77 compatible blinding key generation JavaScript library.
Contributions:1 review, 4 commits, 6 PRs in 1 year 3 months
key-generationjavascriptjavascript-library
nostr-connect/nostrum
Jan 2023 - Mar 2023
iOS & Android reference implementation of a Nostr Connect NIP-46 remote signer. Written with React Native Expo
Contributions:47 commits, 19 PRs, 36 pushes in 2 months
bitcoinnostrnostr-connectreact-native
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