Steven Goldfeder
Steven Goldfeder is the Co-Founder and CEO of Offchain Labs, the company that built Arbitrum, the leading scaling provider for Ethereum. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Cornell Tech, where he was a 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, particularly as they relate to decentralized digital currencies. Goldfeder is also one of the authors of the book 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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Research Intern
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Software Engineering Intern
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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
Goldfeder co-founded the company along with Princeton University Professor Ed Felten and Princeton Ph.D. graduate Harry Kalodner.
Offchain Labs is a venture-backed, Princeton-founded company that has dedicated over 8 years to blockchain research and development.
Under their leadership, Offchain has been instrumental in revolutionizing the industry through their leading network scaling solutions.
EARLY CAREER & EXPERTISE
Goldfeder has designed and implemented various cryptographic protocols and systems for enhancing the functionality and privacy of cryptocurrencies.
He is also a published author of multiple research papers on blockchain science, cryptocurrency technologies, smart contracts, and more.
As a Postdoctoral Researcher at Cornell Tech, he worked at the intersection of cryptography and cryptocurrencies.
Previously, he completed an internship at Google in the software engineering department and worked as a research intern at one of Microsoft’s subentities, Microsoft Research.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Goldfeder has been featured at various financial media outlets and publications, including Bloomberg, Yahoo! Finance 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.