About
Luke de Wolf
Luke de Wolf is a cybersecurity professional, podcaster, amateur musician, author, and Bitcoin advocate and community organizer.
Luke grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and studied computer science. An internship at a major oil and gas pipeline company introduced him to industrial control systems, and he discovered that securing physical systems was more compelling than writing code. He returned to the pipeline company after graduating, transitioned into cybersecurity consulting for industrial environments, and has spent over a decade working with the systems that keep critical infrastructure running, from pipelines and refineries to power generation and maritime operations.
He found Bitcoin during the COVID lockdowns, around the same time he was moving from Canada to Finland. The move was motivated in part by Finland's metal music scene, which tells you something about how he makes life decisions. Once he started studying Bitcoin seriously, he never stopped.
Prior to finding Bitcoin, Luke co-hosted the Northern Myths Podcast with Dan Larabie, an archetypal exploration of the myths and legends of Northern Europe, covering the Norse Poetic Edda and the Finnish Kalevala. Luke co-hosted and produced all 53 episodes.
In 2021, Luke and Knut Svanholm started the Freedom Footprint Show, which later went independent and rebranded as the Bitcoin Infinity Show.
Knut and Luke forged a strong partnership, launching Lemniscate Media and re-editing and re-releasing all of Knut's books. The pair co-authored Bitcoin: The Inverse of Clown World, released in 2024. The two are often found playing rock and metal music at Bitcoin conferences as a part of the Satoshi Rockamoto concert series.
Luke is also a co-founder of BTCHEL, the first large-scale Bitcoin conference in the Nordics. The first edition was held in August 2025, and the event will be held annually going forward.
Defending Bitcoin is his first solo book, bringing the Bitcoin and cybersecurity worlds together after years of work in each.