Cornell University

Main links

• Include active developments from professors for crypto projects like Thunder Core, Spacemesh, & IC3
• Together with VMware, Cornell an UNC Chapel Hill created HotStuff which will be the consensus protocol behind the Libra BFT blockchain. For a look into HotStuff check out this link.
• Part of IC3
• Partner (9-3-2020) with Regen.
• Created Town Crier.

Current employees/professors

• Andrew Miller; an Associate Director of the Initiative for Cryptocurrencies and Contracts (IC3) at Cornell University, Cornell Tech, UC Berkeley
• Emin Gun Sirer is the co-director of IC3 and associate professor of computer science at Cornell University.

• Ari Juels; is a professor of computer science in the Jacobs Institute at Cornell Tech. Works for Chainlink

Past employees/graduates

• Joyce Kim; cofounder & board member of Stellar. Joyce graduated from Cornell University at the age of 19, followed by graduate school at Harvard and Columbia Law School. She is also a Director’s Fellow at the MIT Media Lab”
• IOST claims to have team members who (among many other big name places) come from here.
• Phil Daian; "Phil is a researcher focusing on smart contract security at IC3, a collaborative initiative that is advancing blockchain technology and smart contracts. Phil graduated from University of Illinois with a degree in Computer Science and is currently receiving his PhD from Cornell University." Now advisor at Fluidity
• The team from bloXroute comes from here (18-9-2018).
• Findora has team members who come from this university (23-10-2020).