Matt Hill is the CEO of Start9, a company building personal server software that makes self-hosting Bitcoin infrastructure accessible to non-technical users.
Start9
Hill founded Start9 to solve a fundamental problem in Bitcoin sovereignty: running your own node and services requires significant technical knowledge. Start9’s product, StartOS, is a Linux-based operating system designed for personal servers that lets users easily install and run Bitcoin Core, Lightning nodes, Electrum servers, and other self-hosted services through a simple graphical interface.
StartOS lowers the barrier to running sovereign Bitcoin infrastructure, making it practical for everyday users to verify their own transactions, manage their own Lightning channels, and host their own services without relying on third parties.
Background
Hill comes from a software engineering background and has been a vocal advocate for digital sovereignty and the importance of self-hosting as a counterweight to centralized cloud services.