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Mr. Cohen is the inventor of BitTorrent, which is the most used protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing over the internet. In 2009, BitTorrent accounted for 43% to 70% of all internet traffic and has recently seen a resurgence in use accounting for nearly 21% of global upstream internet bandwidth in 2018. Mr. Cohen is often accused of being Satoshi Nakamoto – a claim he denies. Bram founded and was the initial CEO of BitTorrent, Inc in 2004. During his time at BitTorrent, he worked in various roles as an Engineering Manager, Product Manager, and member of the board of directors at BitTorrent. While there he managed BitTorrent Labs, a research and development department of BitTorrent where he presided over a successful re-architecture of a new BitTorrent client: uTorrent Web. He left BitTorrent in August 2017 to found Chia Network. He has served as Chairman and CTO of the Chia Network since its founding and, since June 2019, as CEO. He is currently an Advisor at Flibe Energy, an engineering company working to design and develop the liquid-fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR). Bram is one of the top-selling puzzle designers in the world.