team.yml

- name: Alex Morcos
  title: Co-Founder
  description: One of the early pioneers of automated trading and co-founded Hudson River Trading in 2002, where he spent 10 years working to make markets more efficient and improve market structure. He discovered his passion for Bitcoin in 2012, and in 2014 he co-founded Chaincode with Suhas. He has enjoyed contributing to Bitcoin Core and learning about the exciting nascent field of cryptocurrency ever since.
  social: "@morcosa"
  link: https://twitter.com/morcosa
  image: assets/images/alexm.jpeg
  alt: Picture of Alex Morcos
- name: Suhas Daftuar
  title: Co-Founder
  description: Suhas co-founded Hudson River Trading LLC in 2002, where he spent over a decade developing HRT into a global trading firm and helping to shape the complex policy debates surrounding technology in financial markets. In 2014, Suhas co-founded Chaincode Labs with Alex to create a place for engineers and scientists to support the development of decentralized digital currencies and further our collective understanding of how such technologies can work.
  social: "@suhasdaftuar"
  link: https://twitter.com/suhasdaftuar
  image: assets/images/Suhas.png
  alt: Picture of Suhas Daftuar
- name: Pieter Wuille
  title: Engineer
  description: Pieter discovered Bitcoin in December 2010 and started contributing code to the project in May 2011. Since then, he has written significant parts of the reference client's code, in particular, to improve performance and code organization. In addition to authoring and co-authoring 16 <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bitcoin Improvement Proposals</a>, Pieter contributed to the design of <a href="http://bitcoin.sipa.be/miniscript/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Miniscript</a>, and co-authored papers on <a href="https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/068" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MuSig</a> and <a href="https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/1066.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bulletproof</a>, and contributed to libraries like <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">libsecp256k1</a>, <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin-core/ctaes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ctaes</a>, and <a href="https://github.com/sipa/minisketch" target="_blank" rel="noopener">minisketch</a>. Before Chaincode, Pieter was a co-founder and Core Engineer at Blockstream and worked as a Site Reliability Engineer at Google. Pieter received his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Leuven, where he focused on programming language design. In his free time, Pieter likes climbing and playing board games.
  social: "@pwuille"
  link: https://twitter.com/pwuille
  image: assets/images/pieter-wuille.jpg
  alt: Picture of Pieter Wuille
- name: Clara Shikhelman
  title: Head of Research
  description: Clara is researching the theoretical aspects of Bitcoin both from computer science and economic perspectives. Previously she was a postdoc at the Simons Institute at Berkeley and at Caltech. Clara holds a PhD in mathematics from Tel Aviv University.
  social: "@ClaraShik"
  link: https://twitter.com/ClaraShik
  image: assets/images/Clara.jpg
  alt: Picture of Clara Shikhelman
- name: Russ Yanofsky
  title: Engineer
  description: Russ has done a lot of work to help separate Bitcoin Core's node, wallet and GUI components. His work to introduce well-defined <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/10973" target="_blank" rel="noopener">node-wallet</a> and <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/10244" target="_blank" rel="noopener">node-GUI</a> has been merged to the project, and he continues to work on a long-term goal to <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/10102" target="_blank" rel="noopener">run the components in different processes</a>. Russ previously worked on web search at Google and set-top video software at Videon Central, Inc.
  image: assets/images/Russ.jpeg
  alt: Picture of Russ Yanofsky
- name: Carla Kirk-Cohen
  title: Engineer
  description: Carla is a software engineer working on the implementation and improvement of the Lightning Network <a href="https://github.com/lightning/bolts" target="_blank">specification</a>. She got her start in Bitcoin development at the 2019 <a href="https://residency.chaincode.com" target="_blank">Chaincode Residency</a> and has been passionate about paying it forward to help onboard new bitcoin developers ever since. She previously worked at Lightning Labs, where she focused on reliability improvements to LND and led the submarine swap team.
  social: "@actuallycarlakc"
  link: https://twitter.com/actuallycarlakc
  image: assets/images/carla.png
  alt: Picture of Carla Kirk-Cohen
- name: Martin Zumsande
  title: Engineer
  description: Martin started contributing to Bitcoin Core in 2019 and switched to full-time in late 2021. His main interest is in the peer-to-peer network of Bitcoin, in particular address relay. Before discovering Bitcoin, he received a PhD in physics and worked as a consultant in the banking industry.
  social: "@lightlike1"
  link: https://twitter.com/lightlike1
  image: assets/images/martin.jpg
  alt: Picture of Martin Zumsande
- name: Matthew Zipkin
  title: Engineer
  description: Matthew discovered Bitcoin in 2013 and began developing software tools for the community right away. He built custom Bitcoin full nodes with artistic network visualizers called Bitcoin Block Clocks and encouraged users to run their own node and learn how to use it. Before joining Chaincode Labs, Matthew was a regular contributor and project maintainer of <a href="https://github.com/bcoin-org/bcoin" target="_blank">Bcoin</a>, a NodeJS Bitcoin library. He also enjoys participating in educational efforts like Summer of Bitcoin and Des Femmes.
  social: "@matthewzipkin"
  link: https://twitter.com/matthewzipkin
  image: assets/images/matthew.jpg
  alt: Picture of Matthew Zipkin
- name: Antoine Poinsot
  title: Engineer
  description: Antoine has been contributing to Bitcoin Core and other Bitcoin projects (<a href="https://github.com/rust-bitcoin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rust-Bitcoin</a> and <a href="https://github.com/elementsProject/lightning" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Core-Lightning</a>) for several years. Interested in various aspects of Bitcoin, his recent work has been aimed at strengthening network resilience and enhancing the security of protocol implementations. Prior to joining Chaincode Labs, he co-founded <a href="https://wizardsardine.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wizardsardine</a>, a Bitcoin security company.
  social: "@darosior"
  link: https://twitter.com/darosior
  image: assets/images/antoine.jpg
  alt: Picture of Antoine Poinsot
- name: Matias Furszyfer
  title: Engineer
  description: Matias is a software developer who has contributed to Bitcoin Core since 2022, focusing on bug fixes, client stability, and performance improvements across the codebase. He is particularly interested in applied mathematics and P2P network protocols. Prior to working on Bitcoin Core, he worked on several open-source projects with a primary focus on privacy research.
  image: assets/images/mfurszy.jpeg
  alt: Picture of Matias Furszyfer
- name: Gloria Zhao
  title: Engineer
  description: Gloria developed an interest in Bitcoin while studying computer science at UC Berkeley and started contributing to Bitcoin Core in 2020. After graduation, she became the first grantee at Brink, where she worked on peer-to-peer transaction relay, mempool pinning attacks, and educational initiatives like Bitcoin Optech and Bitcoin Core PR Review Club.
  social: "@glozow"
  link: https://twitter.com/glozow
  image: assets/images/gloria.png
  alt: Picture of Gloria Zhao
- name: Nadav Kohen
  title: Engineer
  description: Nadav began Bitcoin research and development in 2018 at Suredbits focusing on applications of scripting and digital signature variants to improve privacy and expressivity of Bitcoin and Lightning transactions. He contributed to the development of the Discreet Log Contract specification and was a maintainer of the bitcoin-s library.
  social: "@nadav_kohen"
  link: https://twitter.com/nadav_kohen
  image: assets/images/nadav.jpeg
  alt: Picture of Nadav Kohen
- name: Gurwinder Sahota
  title: Operations Associate
  description: Passionate about creating safe and welcoming work and learning environments, Gurwinder is committed to supporting, streamlining, and optimizing Chaincode Labs' educational initiatives and operational objectives. She enjoys creating inclusive spaces where everyone feels comfortable and appreciated. Previously, Gurwinder worked as an Assistant Site Director at a local educational non-profit organization. In her free time, Gurwinder enjoys weightlifting, rollerblading, and hiking.
  image: assets/images/gurwinder.jpg
  alt: Picture of Gurwinder Sahota
- name: Adam Jonas
  title: CEO
  description: In addition to recruiting, Jonas spearheads multiple <a href="https://learning.chaincode.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">educational initiatives</a> focused on helping contributors make an impact on <a href="https://chaincode.gitbook.io/seminars/bitcoin-protocol-development" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bitcoin</a> and <a href="https://chaincode.gitbook.io/seminars/lightning-protocol-development" target="_blank" rel="noopener">related technologies</a>. He previously worked as a software engineer and manager after transitioning from his former role developing the talents of professional baseball players.
  social: "@adamcjonas"
  link: https://twitter.com/adamcjonas
  image: assets/images/Jonas.jpeg
  alt: Picture of Adam Jonas