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Founder @Stacks, enabling the Bitcoin onchain economy. Previously, distributed systems PhD at Princeton.
Joined March 2008
- Some quick Stacks updates: — The Satoshi upgrades I hardfork went as smoothly as we could’ve hoped. Core devs have been monitoring the network, and we regularly push code updates as needed. — As part of the upgrade, new signers came online, further decentralizing and
- The best crypto projects chew glass and build foundational tech during a bear market. When markets turn, growth and visibility kick in, but it is the resilience in downturns that forges winners.
- Trezor breach shows how hard it is for normal people to self-custody. Not everyone is paranoid enough (like me) to never use a real home address when ordering devices.
- Bitcoin will finally have its staking moment. We selected Bitcoin block 966,350 for the genesis bond launch for Stacks. The network is live and stable; 400M STX of staking power already came online. Next stop: institutional Bitcoin deployed.




