As the CEO of Start9, Matt believes Bitcoin's decentralization depends on the willingness and ability of network participants to run their own Bitcoin and Lightning nodes. More generally, Matt advocates for the radical disintermediation of computing infrastructure through the proliferation of personal servers. Start9's open source operating system, StartOS, makes it possible for individuals, families, and businesses to competently administer their own servers instead of depending on custodians and intermediaries for their basic computing needs.