Zooko is one of the original cypherpunks. He is a long-serving technologist and entrepreneur. His experience spans open, decentralized systems; cryptography; information security; and startups. In more than 25 years in the industry, Zooko has contributed to an array of projects — many of which champion privacy implementations — including
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Zooko is on the advisory board at Bolt Labs,
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Zooko is the CEO and Founder of
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