Pavlenex

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Pavlenex is a pseudonymous Bitcoin developer and one of the primary maintainers of BTCPay Server, the leading open-source, self-hosted Bitcoin payment processor. He has been instrumental in building BTCPay Server's community, developer ecosystem, and documentation, helping merchants worldwide accept Bitcoin without relying on third parties. Pavlenex is known for his work evangelizing Bitcoin self-custody payment infrastructure and his contributions to making BTCPay Server accessible to non-technical users.

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Role: BTCPay Server Maintainer / Bitcoin Developer
Twitter: pavlenex
Known For: Key maintainer of BTCPay Server; built community and ecosystem around self-hosted Bitcoin payment processing
Nationality: Serbian
Bitcoin Only: Yes
Twitter Handle: pavlenex

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