a unique collaboration between a technological pioneer and a serial entrepreneur. Simon Barber and Eduardo deCastro first found success in 2000, when the two partnered to create Devicescape. The company became an early leader in mobile wireless, and helped bring free Wi-Fi to public places across the world — earning the two international recognition, and returning investment for investors many times over. After seven years at Devicescape, Barber left to become a lead researcher at the highly influential Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), the technology think tank behind technologies such as Ethernet, Windows and the mouse. It was while at PARC, that Barber published a widely-cited paper on Bitcoin, Bitter to Better. The paper helped change thinking about the currency, and laid out a path for the future of Bitcoin.