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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]
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]
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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]
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]