THE FOUNDER
Yonatan Sompolinsky
DAGLabs was founded by Dr. Yonatan Sompolinsky with the purpose of implementing the GHOSTDAG protocol – invented by Yonatan with his then Ph.D. advisor professor Aviv Zohar.
Yonatan started gaining a reputation within the cryptocurrency academic circle back in 2013 when he and professor Zohar conceived the GHOST protocol, a protocol famous for being cited in the Ethereum whitepaper as a design goal.
Yonatan currently holds a post-doctoral position at Harvard researching transaction ordering protocols and MEV.
CORE DEVELOPERS & RESEARCHERS
Those contributing immensely to the implementation and stabilization of the network, include:
Michael Sutton
msutton
Core Developer. Distributed Systems Researcher and Developer,
Michael got his M.Sc in computer science from the Hebrew University, where he researched parallel algorithms and distributed systems.
Shai Wyborski
deshe
Shai is a Kaspa researcher and one of the authors of the GHOSTDAG paper.
Shai is a Ph.D candidate in the Hebrew University and Ben-Gurion University where he researches 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
Anton Yemelyanov
aspect76
Core Developer | Advisor | Smart Contracts
30 years of experience in systems engineering
and high-performance and mission-critical
systems architecture. 12+ years dedicated to
cryptocurrency systems. Co-founder: Scaling
Bitcoin academic conference.
CoderofStuff
coderofstuff
Core Developer from the community
CORE MARKETING, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & LISTINGS
Those who contribute daily to the communication, creative content and business development efforts are:
Chris Wolf
Wolfie
Business Development/Listings
Nathaniel Crowningshield
BubbleGum Lightning
News/Medium Author, AMA’s, PR Managment
Luke Dunshea
Luke
Kaspa Ambassador Program Lead, Australian Ambassador, Community Moderator.
Avidan Abitbol
Avidan
Marketing, Business Development/Listings
Rust Committee – Community Moderator.
The All Father
the.allfather
Busines Development, Contributor, Donator, Moderator
COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTORS
In addition to the core developers & Marketers, 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.
Articles & News
Interview with Developer FreshAir
Tell us a bit about yourself. (background, work experience, intro to KASPA,etc) I am a fresh M.Sc. in computer sciences with a focus in cryptography. I’ve known Shai from academy and first heard about Kaspa through him, but took my time in getting in. What drew you to...
Eliott, a Rising Young Star in the Blockchain(DAG) Space
I caught up with Eliott, a rising young star in the blockchain space and newest recipient of a KEF Grant to further research and develop for Kaspa! Chad: Hi Eliott, congratulations on the KEF grant! Can you briefly introduce yourself and tell us what you are up to...
Why Kaspa Succeeds Where Millions of Crypto Projects Have Failed
In response to CoinGecko's Article — "Dead Coins: Over 50% of Cryptocurrencies Have Failed" The cryptocurrency landscape has witnessed a significant number of project failures, with over 50% of all cryptocurrencies launched and listed since 2021 no longer actively...
Kaspa Updates to Crescendo and 10BPS
This event marks the culmination of nearly three years of monumental effort by the core development team, who have undertaken a complete architectural redesign and rewritten Kaspa’s core code from Golang to Rust, focusing on performance optimization across all...
Calling all Kaspa integrations to run a Testnet-10 node
Overview The Kaspa's 10BPS network has now been running continuously for nearly a year and the Testnet-10 network has been hardforked to 10BPS. The latest release at https://github.com/kaspanet/rusty-kaspa/releases/tag/v0.17.1 contains all the optimizations that the...
TN10 – Crescendo Hardfork Node Setup Guide
Kaspa Testnet 10 (TN10) – Crescendo Hardfork Node Setup Guide Kaspa is about to take a significant leap with the Crescendo Hardfork, as detailed in KIP14, transitioning from 1 to 10 blocks per second. To ensure a stable rollout, Testnet 10 (TN10) will first undergo...
Powered by Kaspa
Introducing Powered by KaspaA New Era for Kaspa's Digital Ledger Technology By Chad Ballantyne (Rhubarbarian)Creator of the Kaspa Brand For over a year, we've have been laying the groundwork for a new narrative—one that positions Kaspa as not just a digital currency...
Crypto’XR 2025: A Breakthrough Event for Kaspa France
Crypto'XR 2025: A Breakthrough Event for Kaspa France Presence & OrganizationCrypto'XR 2025 was a milestone event for the Kaspa France team, marking a significant step forward in our efforts to expand Kaspa’s visibility and adoption in the crypto ecosystem. Our...
Kaspa Meetup Istanbul, Türkiye
Kaspa Istanbul MeetupIstanbul, TürkiyeJanuary 24, 20247:00 PM – 10:00 PM (GMT+3) On January 24, 2024, at the Avantgarde Urban Levent Hotel, in the heart of Istanbul, the Kaspa Istanbul Meetup brought together crypto enthusiasts, miners, and investors from across...
Stable Release v0.16.0 is out!
Stable Release version v0.16.0 is now available at https://github.com/kaspanet/rusty-kaspa/releases/tag/v0.16.0 This release contains several optimizations that are expected to significantly improve performance and reduce CPU, storage and RAM consumption for mainnet...
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We are a growing community and are always looking for enthusiastic people to join the project. If you are a coder, marketer, vlogger, community manager, enthusiast, or anything else join the Kaspa Discord and say, “hi!”
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PUBLIC DONATIONS ARE WELCOME!
Simple donation through Cryptocurrency Checkout
Manual donations dev-fund-address: kaspa:precqv0krj3r6uyyfa36ga7s0u9jct0v4wg8ctsfde2gkrsgwgw8jgxfzfc98
Mining dev-fund-address: kaspa:pzhh76qc82wzduvsrd9xh4zde9qhp0xc8rl7qu2mvl2e42uvdqt75zrcgpm00
The wallet is managed by 4 members of the community (msutton, Tim, The SheepCat and demisrael) who were publicly voted in to become the Treasurers.