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Anish Mohammed

Anish Mohammed

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Anish Mohammed is the Co-Founder of Panther Protocol and RSQ Labs. He is an accomplished multi-disciplinarian who has worked as a medical doctor, bioinformatician, strategy consultant, and cryptographer. His main focus is currently on projects involving security, scalability, and consensus of blockchains. He also focuses on the use of smart contracts for AI safety, cryptoeconomics, and token engineering. Mohammed has been involved in designing or auditing half a dozen blockchain protocols and more than a dozen distributed applications.

Professional Experience


Academic History

  • Mohammed started his career working on the security of micropayment systems for Ericsson HP Telecomm. 
  • He has spent half his career researching cryptographic algorithms and protocols at three different research groups, including Microsoft research.
  • He is a regular speaker who has given more than 100 talks on AI, cybersecurity, fintech and blockchain.He spends his spare time on the Ethereum Swarm project.
  • He advises various startups including Adjoint, Arteia, Collider-X, Privacy Shell, Ripple Labs, Hyperloop Transport Technologies, EA Ventures, IEET, and Chain of Things.


CURRENT APPOINTMENTS

  • Co-Founder of Ethicnet
  • Chief Executive Officer of Ztrade
  • Chief Science Officer for Blockchainsmokers