THE FOUNDER
Yonatan Sompolinsky
Postdoc CS at Harvard University on the MEV Research Team. Yonatan’s 2013 paper on Ghost protocol is cited in the Ethereum Whitepaper.
The theoretical basis for Kaspa was envisioned by R&D company DAGLabs, through investment by PolyChain. Nonetheless, Kaspa was launched as a 100% decentralized community project, completely open source, no central governance, and VCs.
CORE DEVELOPERS & RESEARCHERS
All of whom contributed immensely to the implementation and stabilization of the network, include:
Michael Sutton
msutton
Core Developer. Distributed Systems Researcher and Developer,
CS Masters from The Hebrew University
Shai Wyborski
deshe
Ph.D candidate researching classical and quantum cryptography
Mike Zak
svarog
Core Developer. Cryptocurrency and Distributed Systems Developer
Elichai Turkel
elichai2
Core Developer. Applied Cryptographer and High-Performance Developer
Ori Newman
someone235
Core Developer. Cryptocurrency and Distributed Systems Developer
COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTORS
In addition to the core developers, there are many other community developers, community marketers, and project volunteers who are actively contributing to the Kaspa ecosystem’s growth. Kaspa is a 100% decentralized, community project. Anyone that wants to participate can join the development team, marketing team, business development team and community.
Anton Yemelyanov
aspect
Applied Blockchain Technologies Researcher, Advisor & Contributor
Dmitry
Mining and Wallet Improvements
Georges Künzli
Tiram
Data Scientist and Developer. Ecosystem Development, Hosting, and Tester
Tony
allstartoutlaw57
Marketing, Social Media, Website Management, Business Development/Listings & Community Helper
Surinder Singh Matoo
Matoo#2047
Web Systems Architect and Developer, Wallet Framework
Tim
Ecosystem Infrastructure and DNS Developer. Technical Support. Community Moderator. Treasurer
Chris Wolf
wolfie
Marketing, Business Development/Listings, & Community Helper
Jason Dixon
titorelli
Marketing, Content Creation, & Community Helper
D-Stacks
(github) JWJ
Core Improvements and Ecosystem Tools Developer
Oudeis
Community Developer
Chad
Rhubarbarian
Marketing, Branding, Web Development, Social Media, Graphic Designer & Community Helper
Navin Tiwary
icecreamfish
Marketing, Infosphere Builder & Community Helper
Tmrlvi
(github)
hauntedcook
Community Developer
Robert Matejko
IAmeR^
API and Block Explorer Developer
allii
Marketing & Business Development/Listings
Edward
cryptoarmy
Marketing, Infosphere Builder & Community Helper
Cafalchio
CafaBr
Community Developer
Adam
@CoinProspector
Project Advisor & Business Development
Avidan Abitbol
Avidan
Community Helper, Business Development/Listings, and Rust Committee
Gavin Wood
GWood
Community Helper and Reddit Moderator
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Articles & News
Core Developer Series: Kaspa 101 – Part 1
The block-DAG paradigm By: Michael Sutton, Core Developer This is a blog series explaining the fundamentals of Kaspa in simple and short language. I will assume the least possible prior knowledge, although some fundamentals in blockchain theory, specifically bitcoin,...
Kaspa Partners with Flux to Deploy Decentralized Kaspa Nodes
Kaspa announced today a partnership with Flux (https:www.runonflux.io), a leading provider of decentralized cloud solutions, to launch Kaspa network nodes on their cloud infrastructure. Launching the Kaspa network on Flux's decentralized and reliable node...
Top-Tier Exchange Community Fundraising Complete!
We are pleased to announce that Kaspa has yet again successfully completed a community funding proposal to be listed on a soon-to-be named top-tier exchange. A funding pool of $50K in USDT was established on August 23rd, 2022 and was advertised on Kaspa's discord and...
Getting up to Speed on Kaspa
Looking Back Where to even start! So much has happened in the Kaspa project since the launch of the main-net in early November 2021. We are steadily building a vibrant and strong community as investors, developers and people, from around the globe, are...
Kaspa on RUST
Starting in July, the Kaspa development team, led by Michael Sutton, has undertaken an effort to rewrite Kaspad in Rust. This codebase rewrite will allow Kaspa to be in a "Space Code" system and reach maximal BPS and TPS through a high-performance well-designed...
Kaspa — What are We Actually Doing Here?
Shai (Deshe) Wyborski (if you are unfamiliar with Kaspa you are still welcome to read the post, or you can first check out our website and Discord server) It is astonishing to see how fast the Kaspa community is growing. But as Kaspa gains more traction and...
Kaspa launch plan (responding to reality) – Pt-2
First and foremost I wanted to thank you all for joining and forming this community, for the interest, excitement, and involvement around the project. Seeing my PhD obsession — POW DAG consensus — realize itself into a live network and a spontaneous community is...
Kaspa launch plan (proposal) Pt-1
Yonatan Sompolinsky launch Kaspa in gamenet mode, a research oriented experimental network inject deliberate fragility into Kaspa launch via random semi-scarce monetary policy construct battlefield for reward-based and MEV-based reorgs as community matures and...
Join & Follow the COmmunity
We are a growing community and always looking for energetic people to join the project. If you are a coder, marketer, vlogger, community manager or other, join Discord and say, “hi!”