I am a research partner at 1kx, where I focus on research and investment around blockchain infrastructure.
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- Email (Work): w at 1kx.capital
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Recent Professional Bio
In 2022, I was a research partner at Bain Capital Crypto, working on sourcing and diligence of blockchain startups, as well as portfolio company support (e.g. Risc Zero), especially around zero-knowledge cryptography and protocol design.
Before that, I worked briefly as a Cryptographer for the Anoma project, contributing to the design of Taiga (a zero-knowledge framework supporting general state transitions) and Vamp-IR (a backend agnostic language for writing zero-knowledge circuits).
In December 2021, I obtained my PhD from UC San Diego, under the supervision of Mihir Bellare.
Disclaimer regarding name collisions
I am not the author of Crypto++ or inventor of b-money.