Speaker: Jeremy Rand
Lead Engineer @Namecoin
Jeremy is the Lead Application Engineer of Namecoin, a naming system
(currently used for domain names and identities) that backs authenticity
of records using a blockchain (Namecoin was the first project forked
from Bitcoin). Jeremy has many roles at Namecoin, but spends much of
his time working on applications that enhance online privacy, such as
TLS and Tor integration. Jeremy discovered Bitcoin in November 2010,
made his first purchase with Bitcoin in April 2011, and joined Namecoin
development in June 2013. Outside of Namecoin, Jeremy has a background
in console game hacking and educational robotics. Jeremy is currently a
computer science graduate student at University of Oklahoma in the U.S.