LEADERS IN BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY
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​A multi disciplined team of specialists committed to engineering new and innovative science through censor resistant networks.

Founders and active developers of the decentralized blockchain Stakenet (XSN). We push for open science, society and community. See our work on our github here 
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Technical Team

Ben Wang

​Scientist / Technical Advisor

Ben has worked as a tech lead for some of the largest fortune 500 companies and brings us a unique overview of experience, perspective, and knowledge.  As one of the founders of the Stakenet (XSN) blockchain he has a thorough understanding of consensus mechanisms and distributed protocols and is able to combine these skills with his corporate development background to assist our team in growth structure & quality assurance. 

Yuri

​Senior Blockchain Engineer ​

Yuri leads our team of blockchain engineers & is one of the leading experts in the C programming language. He has a deep understanding of bitcoin derived codebases (both on chain and off). He successfully engineered and constructed entire working blockchain features from scratch, launched chains from genesis, and created new proof of stake mechanisms already being adopted in the space. He holds a degree in applied mathematics 

Rostyslav
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​​Blockchain Engineer     ​

Rostyslav is an expert on offchain consensus, specifically at the forefront of  development and research on the Lightning Network. He has designed, configured and built custom systems that push boundaries in this new and emerging space, his work is widely utilized from within our network and out 

Alexis Hernandez
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​Senior Backend Engineer

An expert in database management and distributed ledgers. Alexis has held positions at companies such as Praxis, Oracle and the Samsung strategy and innovation center. He leads architecture on our backend infrastructure and ecosystem. 

Jim Sternkopf

​Blockchain Specialist

Graduating with a master of science of economics and management Jim went on to specialize in project management of IT infastructures, distributed ledgers, and cyber security. He is an expert on distributed networks, along with emerging technologies. He has authored numerous technical documents discussing blockchain technologies which have gained him widespread acclaim. He is excited to help bring new technologies to the masses. ​

Carlos Melo

Engineering Manager

Carlos is a high level quality Engineering Manager with 9 years of experience applying testing methodologies within the software development lifecycle. Some responsibilities include manual & automated tests, system admin tasks, regression testing and more. He specializes in second layer blockchain infrastructure and has written many scripts widely utilized in the space.