Steven Goldfeder
Steven Goldfeder the Co-Founder and CEO of Offchain Labs, a fintech company that develops Arbitrum, the leading scaling provider for Ethereum. He is also a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell Tech, where he is part of the Initiative for Cryptocurrencies and Contracts (IC3), a research collaboration aiming to advance the science and applications of blockchain technology. His research interests include cryptography, security, and privacy, especially as they relate to decentralized digital currencies. He has also designed and implemented various cryptographic protocols and systems for enhancing the functionality and privacy of cryptocurrencies. Goldfeder is a co-author of "Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies," the leading textbook on cryptocurrencies.
Steven Goldfeder Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic History
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Ph.D., Computer Science
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B.S., Mathematics and Computer Science
EARLY CAREER
At Princeton University, he worked at the intersection of cryptography and cryptocurrencies.
He was a member of the Security and Privacy Research Group, a CITP Graduate Student Fellow, and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.
He completed an internship at Google in the software engineering department and worked as a research intern at Microsoft research.
RECOGNITION
Cointelegraph's Top People in Crypto and Blockchain
Forbes' Top Crypto Experts
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Goldfeder has been featured at various financial media outlets and publications, including Bloomberg and Forbes, among others.
He has been featured at Blockworks, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, and TechCrunch.
He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.
He has published several papers on topics such as zero-knowledge proofs, threshold cryptography, post-quantum security, and blockchain analysis.