I like new technologies; this led me to web development over 20 years ago, then to Kubernetes and containers, AI, blockchain, and now to privacy-focused tech.
AMIR TAAKI
DarkFi / Cryptography
AMIR TAAKI
DarkFi / Cryptography
Bitcoin dev 2010-2015
20+ years free software dev
Created DarkFi
Created BIP 0001
Founded the first UK Bitcoin exchange
10+ years privacy tech (first CoinJoin and stealth addr impl)
Founded DarkWallet with Vitalik and Cody Wilson
Fought ISIS in Syria
Anonymous cryptography and mathematics (homology, algebra, geometry)
DarkFi = L1 for anonymous on-chain apps: world's first fully anon DAO, world's most anon p2p chat, and anonymous trustless cross-chain swaps
PAUL DYLAN-ENNIS
University College Dublin / neocypherpunk & professor
PAUL DYLAN-ENNIS
University College Dublin / neocypherpunk & professor
Dr. Paul Dylan-Ennis (aka polar) is Lecturer/Assistant Professor in the College of Business, University College Dublin. He is the author of Absolute Essentials of Ethereum (Routledge, 2024). He is on the Strategic Council at the Aragon Foundation, co-Organizer of ETHDublin and contributor to CoinDesk.
RENE MALMGREN
security researcher & developer
RENE MALMGREN
security researcher & developer
Security researcher and developer. Worked with bitcoin since 2012, developing different security related protocols. Likes cats.