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Luis is a hacker and free culture lover who founded various startups since he got involved in free software development at age 12.
Cuende was awarded as the best hacker of Europe under 18 at age 15.
Cuende was also an Advisor to the Vice-president of the European Commission, Neelie Kroes, who is in charge of the EU's Digital Agenda.
Cuende has already released his first book, that reached the #1 in Amazon's Business category. Although he is 19 he is not attending college and believes a huge change in the educational system has to be made.
Cuende defines himself as a crypto-anarchist, and because of that, he's a Bitcoin lover.
His latest startup, called Stampery, wants to provide a digital certification method by using Bitcoin's technology to get rid of notaries.
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