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
Community Marketing Fund – Jan 2025
Send from Link to the proposal on Google Docsby Chad Ballantyne of Rhubarb Media (AKA Rhubarbarian) Community Marketing Fund (CMFJAN 16, 2025 Greetings, fellow Kaspians! Since the beginning (May/June, 2022) when we created the brand, the website and socials for Kaspa,...
Enhanced User Experience Stage: We Need You!
Overview The Testnet-11 (TN11) 10BPS network has now been running continuously for nearly a year. The latest testnet-11 release at https://github.com/kaspanet/rusty-kaspa/releases/tag/v0.15.4-rc1 contains all the optimizations that the team has been working this past...
Happy Birthday Kaspa – 2024
The celebrations around the globe were amazing! We saw large and small gatherings on every corner of the planet. Here are some reports so far. More to be added as we go.Kaspa 3rd Birthday Meetup - Nigeria Presented by Nwafor Obinna Balor (Kaspa Nigeria Ambassador)...
First Kaspa Sydney Meetup!
Thank you to all the Kaspians who joined us last night for our first-ever Sydney $kas @KaspaCurrency Meetup! It was incredible to see new faces and even some OGs from the community come together—some were curious to learn about Kaspa, and others were reconnecting with...
Kaspa Ambassador Program 2.0
Background In early 2022, when Kaspa was first branded and all public communications channels were established, Rhubarbarian and the team started to seed the idea of a Kaspa Ambassador Program (KAP.) Its main goal was to find passionate leaders from within the...
Kaspa Industrial Initiative (KII) Launches to Revolutionize Industrial Sectors with Next-Generation BlockDAG Technology
18th July 2024The Kaspa Industrial Initiative (Kii) proudly announces its official launch, aimed at leveraging Kaspa's groundbreaking BlockDAG technology to drive innovation, efficiency, and security across key industrial and enterprise sectors. Kii is building a...
KASPA at SHAKA Biarritz in France
Written by Julien - France Ambassador The SHAKA event is presented as one of the most exciting events in the field of Web3 and artificial intelligence in France. It takes place in Biarritz and offers a unique platform for entrepreneurs, cryptocurrency enthusiasts, and...
Kaspa + WebX in Tokyo
Written by Bitmo: Japan Ambassador WebX Side Event Report: Introduction of Japan’s First Kaspa Payment and the Establishment of KJEA On August 30, 2024, the Kaspa Japanese Ecosystem Association (KJEA) hosted a side event during WebX in Tokyo, fully supported by the...
From Desert Energy Initiative to #Kaspa Industrial Initiative: A Story on How Rory O’Neal and His Team Discovered $KAS
By Crypto Proselyte (@Crypto Proselyte on X) Early Explorations in BlockchainRory O'Neal and his team have been involved in blockchain research since 2015-2016, initially focusing on how DLT could optimize energy transactions and facilitate cross-border...
Unveiling the “Crescendo” Hard-Fork roadmap — 10BPS and more
Written by Michael SuttonWith the help of coderofstuff, Shai Wyborski and others With the successful deployment of the Rusty Kaspa (RK) node software (stable release), and its broad adoption by Kaspa’s P2P network and mining community (~97% of Kaspa blocks are mined...
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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.