Joseph Lubin

Joseph Lubin (born 1964)

Career In early 2014, Lubin was a co-founder of Ethereum and served as chief operating officer of Ethereum Switzerland GmbH (EthSuisse), a company working to extend the capabilities of the type of blockchain technology 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. 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.

He subsequently founded ConsenSys in 2015, a decentralized blockchain production studio.

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

Lubin graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and worked with Goldman Sachs. Lubin's roommate at Princeton was Michael Novogratz.