Ottmar Neuburger
I make authenticity provable.
Entrepreneur, blockchain pioneer and crime writer. For more than two decades I have been working on one question: how do you know what is real?
Three roles, one question
Ottmar Neuburger, born in 1959 in Simbach am Inn, Germany, is a tech entrepreneur, blockchain pioneer and crime writer. After training as a TV technician, earning his university entrance qualification at evening college and studying physics and modern German literature in Munich, he founded his first IT company in 1988. An internet service provider followed, then in 1999 WEBanizer AG, which he heads, and the e-mail platform sendeffect, winner of the German E-Mail Award 2018. He co-created Doichain, launched in 2018, a blockchain that makes documents, timestamps and consent provable, and sits on the board of DOI Labs AG in Liechtenstein. With his wife, bestselling author Lisa Graf, he writes Alpine crime novels and the thriller „Kill Mr Bitcoin“. He lives near Berchtesgaden.
Entrepreneur
Founder of IT companies since 1985, head of WEBanizer AG and managing director of the e-mail platform sendeffect, winner of the German E-Mail Award 2018.
Blockchain pioneer
Co-creator of Doichain, a proof-of-work blockchain that is merge-mined with Bitcoin and therefore uses no additional energy. Board member of DOI Labs AG, Liechtenstein.
Crime writer
Alpine crime novels, travel books and the thriller „Kill Mr Bitcoin“, co-written with bestselling author Lisa Graf. Member of Syndikat, the association of German-language crime writers.
Keynotes and talks
Real or fake?
How blockchain secures evidence in the age of AI
A live demonstration of how to prove when a document existed and that it has not been altered, without revealing its content.
The truth machine
What blockchain can do beyond prices
From newsletter consent to proof of origin for green power and a digital emergency pass.
From soldering iron to blockchain
Four decades of digital entrepreneurship
A story of innovation, failure and curiosity, with lessons for today’s founders.
Talks in German or English, on site or online. More topics on the German speaking page.
For journalists
Available for interviews on blockchain, Bitcoin, proof of authenticity in the age of AI and e-mail marketing.
Short bio
Ottmar Neuburger, born in 1959 in Simbach am Inn, Germany, is a tech entrepreneur, blockchain pioneer and crime writer. He has led WEBanizer AG for more than two decades, co-created Doichain, a blockchain for tamper-proof evidence, and writes crime novels and travel books together with Lisa Graf. He lives in the Bavarian Alps near Berchtesgaden.