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Joseph Lubin (entrepreneur)

Joseph Lubin (entrepreneur)

Joseph Lubin is a Canadian entrepreneur. He has founded and co-founded several companies including the Swiss-based EthSuisse, contributing heavily to Ethereum, the decentralized cryptocurrency platform. Lubin is founder of ConsenSys, a Brooklyn-based software-production studio.

As of February 2018, Forbes estimated Lubin's net worth between one and five billion dollars.[3]

Joseph Lubin
Born1964
Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1]
ResidenceNew York, New York, U.S.
EducationPrinceton University, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science[2]
Known fordistributed database entrepreneur, ConsenSys, Ethereum

Career

In early 2014, Lubin was Chief Operating Officer of Ethereum Switzerland GmbH (EthSuisse), a company working to extend the capabilities of the type of blockchain database first popularized by Bitcoin, and extend the capabilities of the blockchain to store programs in addition to data, as well as facilitate, verify, or enforce the negotiation or performance of smart contracts.[2][4][5] The new generation of distributed crypto-secure databases with smart contract functionality has been referred to as "Blockchain 2.0"

Lubin was also involved in the creation of the Ethereum Foundation, a Toronto-based non-profit organization to be a "nonpartisan industry body, made up of [a cross-section of] industry players. It [is intended to] make sure the Ethereum infrastructure works fairly and independently ... like ICANN for the Internet."[2]

He subsequently founded ConsenSys in 2015 which is a decentralized blockchain production studio. It develops software mainly for the Ethereum blockchain system. It also provides decentralized software services to companies. They also do enterprise and government consulting. In fact, the European Union has picked ConsenSys to be one of the primary companies to help spread blockchain all across Europe.

Lubin has been personally involved in cross-industry groups attempting to advance solutions to governance issues in the blockchain industry.[6]

References

[1]
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Citation Linkwww.theepochtimes.comSchmid, Valentin (2014-05-10). "The Entrepreneur: Joe Lubin, COO of Ethereum". Epoch Times. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
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Citation Linkwww.forbes.com"The Richest People In Cryptocurrency". Forbes. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
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Citation Linkedge.app"Company Overview of Ethereum Switzerland GmbH". Bloomberg. 2016-08-20. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-08-20. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Baar, Switzerland.[1]
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Citation Linkwww.nytimes.comPopper, Nathaniel (2016-03-27). "Ethereum, a Virtual Currency, Enables Transactions That Rival Bitcoin's". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
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Citation Linkwww.bloomberg.com"Blockchain's Backers Gather to Push Governance for Technology". Bloomberg.com. 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
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Citation Linkwww.theepochtimes.com"The Entrepreneur: Joe Lubin, COO of Ethereum"
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Citation Linkwww.forbes.com"The Richest People In Cryptocurrency"
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Citation Linkwww.bloomberg.com"Company Overview of Ethereum Switzerland GmbH"
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Citation Linkwww.bloomberg.com"Blockchain's Backers Gather to Push Governance for Technology"
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