BRANTA IS HOW YOU KNOW IT'S REAL

HISTORY

FOUNDED IN 2023

BRANTA IS THE WORLD LEADER IN PRE-PAYMENT VERIFICATION

OUR JOURNEY

Branta began operations in 2023 with a hunger to reimagine the user experience for sending Bitcoin payments. Since then, Branta has pioneered pre-payment verification for Bitcoin and Lightning.

MILESTONES

  1. 2023

    Founded

    Founded to rethink how people interact with digital money, we launched out of North Carolina as a Bitcoin-only company.
  2. 2024

    Pre-Payment Verification for Bitcoin goes live

    At TABConf, Lightning Bounties and Branta collaborated for the first Guardrail Integration. This established a new global benchmark for responsible Bitcoin transactions.
  3. 2024

    Branta processes its 500th payment

  4. 2025

    Branta expands to BTCPay Server

    Satoshi Coffee Co. integrates Guardrail. In October, BTCPay Server adds Branta as an official plugin. Announcement
  5. 2025

    Branta crosses 1 BTC vol. via Lightning

  6. 2025

    Branta expands to Zaprite

    Zaprite adds Branta to its Connection page, enabling thousands of businesses to run Guardrail. Announcement

OUR VISION

We believe the best money deserves the best UX. Our mission is to build the best guardrails of all time - incorporating privacy, offering novel transparency, and staying protocol-adjacent. Branta offers a brutally simplistic, yet powerful way to push Bitcoin forward.

Non-invasive. Non-intrusive. Pure empowerment.

THE TEAM

Keith GardnerKG

Keith Gardner

Founder, CEO
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Kyle McCullenKM

Kyle McCullen

Head of Engineering
Ahmed ShakirAS

Ahmed Shakir

Developer
Dave BurnsDB

Dave Burns

Operations
Dan WebbDW

Dan Webb

Growth & Strategy
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Marketing & Content

ADVISORS

Phil GeigerPG

Phil Geiger

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