Mike Hearn
From CryptoWiki
Bio
- Mike Hearn published a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP 64), which started the basis of his alternative client Bitcoin XT. It was built to more easily link with his crowdfunding project called ‘Lighthouse’. A bitcoin-powered app to create and manage your own crowdfunding campaign on your computer. Bitcoin core developer Mike Hearn showcased the app at the Bitcoin 2014 conference in Amsterdam.
Occupations
- R3, former lead architect (12-2-2021) "Hearn will stay on at R3, but only in the capacity of a technical adviser, according to a memo sent to company staff Friday."
- Former Bitcoin (Core) developer, quit Bitcoin on 14-1-2016
- Former Google employee and Vinumeris employee
