Currently building a new nanotechnology company to fulfill the original vision of atomically precise manufacturing to create productive nanomachines capable of kicking off the next Industrial Revolution.Co-Founder of Blockstream, a bitcoin unicorn. As founder wore all hats, but was particularly responsible for technical management of the Sidechain Elements project, including in particular the Confidential Assets program.Previously working on bitcoin core technology since 2010. Invented some of the mechanisms underlying Lightning Network and Blockstream's Liquid platform. Author of numerous bitcoin protocol innovations, with a special focus on bitcoin-derived smart contracting and asset issuance platforms and zero-knowledge proofs.Prior to that, worked in a support role for NASA's virtual science institutes, a pair of headquarters-level Focused Research Organizations focused on Astrobiology and Solar System Science. Helped coordinate research by 1500 different scientists across 150 US-based institutions, and a handful of international partnerships.