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Co-invented (and still co-steward) ZK Email (prove.email), which lets you prove identity via emails you have received, whistleblow securely, or send money via sending emails.
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Demo'd a cryptographic framework (proteus.photos) to find if an image was generated by an AI, institution, or person. It is robust to transformations, while keeping generated and queried images private.
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New nullifier scheme for pseudonymity on Ethereum, via ZK-SNARKs of a new signing scheme for ECDSA keys. Cryptographically proved security in Master's thesis. Implementation here and published as ERC-7524.
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Coded, branded, marketed the add-on for real time LaTeX mathematical expression rendering. Over 30M users. 4.5+ star rating. More info at
autolatex.com. Worked with team to bring to Google Slides.
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Run a group house with my friends Raffi and
Marley in Cambridge, MA. Recently moved to SF!
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Give bounties on Github for people who build one of my
software ideas that don't exist yet that people would actually use. 11 grants given
so far.
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Thoughts on cryptography, movie recommendations, and essays on conviction at my blog.
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Helped open source course materials at MIT and Harvard.
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Came up with a research proposal for a new diagnostic test for EOE, but never carried out the research due to funding constraints. I still think it would be a high impact bio project.
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Co-ran a residency program for talented teams working at the intersection of applied ZK proofs and digital signatures. Watch our demo day!
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Wrote a sci-fi short story about a world with localized time "freezes" in VR. Read it
here. Will give grants to attempted implementations of this in VR.
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Co-created the first videochat pokersite without signups or downloads. Over 10K+ weeky active players. Built team to 10 people and scaled to 700K+ games.
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Brainstormed some initial ideas for a better research journal.
Scribbled some thoughts here.
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Helped spawn a cult at dweb camp with the Black Swan Project. An ethnographer
wrote about us.
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Built first cheap, anonymous second-price auctions on chain at EthBogota with a team from
Jesse's hacker house.
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Wrote novel algorithm to analyze biological age via RNA gene expression levels of multiple body tissues. Paper
here.
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Presented work at IEEE IROS 2017 . Used
partially observable Markov decision processes to pilot a custom-built drone. Collaborated with Daniel Bessonov and
Patrick Li. Read paper here.
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Selected for USA Computing Olympiad camp, as top 30 students in algorithmic programming in nation out
of 3000+ students. Prepared for international IOI olympiad.
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Came up with idea for trendy iOS App. Over 50,000 users. Surpassed Candy Crush on App Store Free Games chart. Joint work with
Daniel Bessonov and Patrick Li.
Almost got sued.
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Ran a hobby barbershop out of dorm bathroom. Pay what you want strategy, and many satisfied friends. Parody website at
mitfades.com.
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Cohosted radio show with Ritaank Tiwari out of MIT basement. Chatted and played music on alternate sundays at midnight. See our past setlists on
chillvibesradio.com.