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Chainspace

Gibraltar, GI · 1 known investors

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Chainspace is a distributed blockchain platform that uses sharding and leaderless consensus to enable internet-scale transaction processing and smart contract execution. The platform is designed for developers building peer-to-peer services and decentralized applications with privacy and scalability.

Founders & leadership

DHDave Hrycyszyn
Dave HrycyszynCo-founderA software engineer who co-founded Head London, where he served as CTO for 16 years, before becoming Group Technical Director at Zone. After Chainspace, he spent time on Facebook's Libra project, co-founded Nym Technologies as its CTO, and is now Chief Technology Officer at Side Labs, alongside advisory roles with Nym and Vega Protocol.
GDGeorge Danezis
George DanezisCo-founderHe teaches security and privacy engineering at University College London, where he has been a professor since 2016 after serving as Reader, and is a Faculty Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute. Following Chainspace, he worked as a research scientist at Facebook and later co-founded Mysten Labs, where he is Chief Scientist.
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Ramsey KhouryCo-founder
ASAlberto Sonnino
Alberto SonninoCo-founder, ResearcherHe worked in internal security at Smals and taught as a teaching assistant at UCL before co-founding Chainspace as a researcher. He later joined Facebook as a research scientist and moved to Mysten Labs in the same role in 2022.
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Mustafa Al-BassamCo-founder, Researcher
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Shehar BanoCo-founder, Researcher

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Frequently asked questions

What does Chainspace do?
Chainspace is a distributed blockchain platform that uses sharding and leaderless consensus to enable internet-scale transaction processing and smart contract execution. The platform is designed for developers building peer-to-peer services and decentralized applications with privacy and scalability.
Who are Chainspace's investors?
Chainspace's investors include Lemniscap.
Where is Chainspace headquartered?
Chainspace is headquartered in Gibraltar, GI.