Muneeb Ali
Muneeb Ali | |
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| Nationality | American, Pakistani |
| Education | Princeton University (PhD) |
| Known for | Stacks, Protothread |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Distributed Computing |
| Thesis | Trust-to-Trust Design of a New Internet (2017) |
| Doctoral advisor | Andrea LaPaugh |
Muneeb Ali is a Pakistani-American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur. He is a co-founder of Stacks, an open-source smart contract platform for Bitcoin. He is known for the regulatory framework that resulted in the first SEC-qualified offering for a crypto asset[1][2] and for his doctoral dissertation which formed the basis of the Stacks network.[3][4] He is a co-author of Protothread and Proof-of-Transfer (PoX) consensus.[5]
Career
Ali studied Computer Science at LUMS[6] and received his PhD in Computer Science from Princeton University in 2017.[7] Ali co-founded Stacks (formerly Blockstack) with Ryan Shea and went through Y Combinator in 2014.[8]
His work mainly focused on sensor networks, blockchains, and cloud computing.
Ali was a technical advisor to the HBO Silicon Valley show, and appeared in the Amazon Prime Video Rizqi Presents: Blockchain show.[9]
In 2019, he convinced the SEC regulators to allow his company to start a token offering under Reg A+ exemption, becoming the first to do so.[1][2] In 2020, Ali released a legal framework for non-security status of Stacks.[10]
References
- ^ a b Vigna, Paul (10 July 2019). "SEC Clears Blockstack to Hold First Regulated Token Offering". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ a b "Squawk Box on SEC's work to regulate crypto". CNBC Television.
- ^ "Princeton-Trained Computer Scientists Are Building a New Internet That Brings Privacy and Property Rights to Cyberspace". Reason TV. 22 June 2017.
- ^ Vigna, Paul (26 October 2019). "Tech Giants Have Hijacked the Web. It's Time for a Reboot". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Blockstack anchors to Bitcoin network with new mining algorithm". ZDNet.
- ^ "LUMS Graduate, Muneeb Ali Featured at TEDX New York". LUMS News.
- ^ "Researchers link realism to blockchain's promise". Princeton University News.
- ^ "Top 100 Y Combinator Companies". Y Combinator Database (YCDB).
- ^ WIECZNER, JEN (June 8, 2018). "Meet the Blockchain Startup That Inspired HBO's 'Silicon Valley' Season 5". Fortune. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
- ^ Chavez-Dreyfuss, Gertrude (2020-12-07). "Blockstack's digital currency 'Stacks' to be tradable in U.S. once new blockchain arrives". Reuters.
