미나는 누구나 참여하고, 개발하고, 교환하고, 번영할 수 있는 활발하고 탈중앙화된 네트워크와 프로그래밍 가능한 화폐를 만듭니다.
우리는 매일 온라인 서비스를 제공하는 거대 테크 기업들에게 데이터 통제권을 빼앗기고 있습니다. 은행과 신용 평가사는 우리의 금융 통제권을 빼앗아 갑니다. 불투명하고 감시할 수 없는 투표 시스템을 운영하는 회사는 우리의 투표 통제권을 빼앗아 갑니다.
블록체인을 통해 이러한 힘의 불균형으로부터 벗어나려 해도, 대부분의 사용자는 트랜잭션을 검증하는 서드파티들에게 통제권을 빼앗깁니다. 왜 이런 상황이 발생할까요? 왜냐하면 풀노드를 실행하기 위해선 값비싼 하드웨어, 지속 불가능할 정도의 많은 전력, 그리고 점점 무거워지는 체인을 동기화 하는데 필요한 많은 시간 때문입니다.
하지만 이제 더 이상 통제권을 빼앗기지 않아도 됩니다.
2017년 6월, O(1) Labs는 야심차게 신규 오픈소스 프로젝트를 시작했습니다. 바로 블록체인의 본질(완전한 탈중앙화, 확장성, 보안성)에 충실한 레이어-1 프로토콜입니다. 미나는 막대한 컴퓨팅 파워 대신 고도의 암호화 기술과 재귀 영지식-스나크를 사용한 우아한 해결책을 제시합니다.
지난 3년 동안 미나 팀과 최고의 커뮤니티는 함께 수차례 테스트넷을 출시하고 많은 것을 배웠습니다. 그리고 마침내 미나를 세상에 선보이게 되어 정말 기쁩니다. 미나를 통해 개발자들은 스냅(스나크 어플리케이션) 같은 강력한 애플리케이션을 구축하고, 데이터 프라이버시를 침해하지 않는 금융 서비스와 누구나 휴대폰을 통해 접근하고, 신뢰할 수 있고 프로그래밍 가능한 화폐를 만들 수 있습니다. 하지만 이건 시작에 불과합니다.
앞으로 미나는 다양한 과제들과 부딪힐 겁니다. 하지만 세상에서 가장 가볍고, 접근성 높은 블록체인은 이미 새로운 세대의 참여자들과 함께 나아갈 준비를 마쳤습니다.
효율적이고, 우아하고, 공정한 미래가 우리 눈앞에 다가왔습니다.
"미나는 소규모 노드들이 독립적으로 체인을 검증하는 가볍고, 확장 가능한 블록체인 입니다. 미나의 이러한 점에 반했습니다."
Mina Protocol, O(1) Labs 투자자
미나 네트워크는 수많은 블록 생산자들을 통해 보안을 확보하는 지분증명 합의구조를 사용합니다. 미나는 유일무이하게 분산화된 블록체인으로, 미나가 성장할수록 체인은 더욱 안전하고 탄력적으로 발전합니다.
위임은 직접 노드를 유지하고 네트워크와 연결하지 않아도 된다는 점에서, 미나 스테이킹의 대체재로 활용됩니다. 아래는 미나 스테이킹 서비스를 제공하는 전문 블록 생산자들입니다.
Mina 재단 이사회 구성원
Samuel is a blockchain infrastructure enthusiast that has been working across several infrastructures in the fintech, health and educational sector. Before he received his Bachelors in Engineering from Landmark University, he was a Udemy ambassador in Nigeria. He also learnt how to build systems himself and grew an Infrastructure community in his university from <50 to over 500 in a year. Since joining O(1) Labs he has been focused on building the most stable helm charts for mina network deployments, as well as stabilising the current systems while following the team's vision to build the world's lightest blockchain.
Joseph is an assistant professor at NYU. His research has spanned a variety of topics in cryptography and security including HTTPS and web security, passwords and authentication, cryptocurrencies, end-to-end encrypted communication tools, and side-channel cryptanalysis. He is co-author of the popular textbook "Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies" and co-taught the first MOOC on cryptocurrencies. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and BS and MS degrees in computer science and cryptography from Stanford University.
Robin is a global software team leadership consultant, software technology entrepreneur, and IT consultancy owner. He has decades of experience in the startup space along with 22 years of software engineering experience. He uses a hands-on approach to make winning software teams.
Lindsay Casale is passionate about bringing people together over their shared ambitions through community events and programs. With 10+ years of experience across SoFi, Salesforce, MSLGROUP, and EXL Service, Lindsay has led events, marketing, and PR teams and strategies at various large and small companies alike. Prior to Mina, Lindsay led the Member Benefits team at SoFi for 5+ years, serving 4M+ members. Lindsay is also passionate about developing and empowering the next generation of professionals, serving as a board member and volunteer at non-profit organizations, including Young Professionals of San Francisco, Dress for Success, and Boys and Girls Clubs.
Paul Davison co-founded Clubhouse, an audio-based social media app where users can join in or listen to people across unlabeled chat rooms. He also co-founded and served as CEO of CoinList - the leading platform for high quality, compliant token sales and airdrops. Prior to CoinList, Paul was the Founder/CEO of Highlight (acquired by Pinterest), an EIR at Benchmark Capital, and a VP at Metaweb (acquired by Google). He holds a BS from Stanford University and an MBA from Stanford Business School.
Before joining the Mina Foundation, he was with the Diem Association (formerly Libra) He was part of the early team serving initially as Head of Business Development, he later transitioned to run HR and Internal Business Operations. Prior to that, Kurt was an early employee at Zong, a mobile payments company that was acquired by PayPal in 2011 where he then served as a Senior Director leading several significant global initiatives with mobile network carriers. Kurt holds a Master’s in Computer Science from the Stevens Institute of Technology and a BS in Computer Science from Bucknell University.
Nathan is a passionate, self-taught programmer who loves programming languages and paradigms and using high-level abstractions to create high-performance systems. Some of his favorite projects have been developing an array programming languages that targeted GPUs, an Elixir DSL for service buses, a MySql binary log deserializer, and a VR-based window manager on Linux. Most recently, Nathan was building a unique educational program to teach people how to program from the ground up using simplified programming languages and a simple virtual machine.
Claire's career has focused on using technology to reimagine financial services and building community to increase engagement and opportunities for individuals. Prior to joining the team at O(1) Labs, she was at Ripple, where she led a number of strategic projects and served as the main liaison to the XRP community. Prior to that, Claire was an early employee at SoFi, were she was involved in the day-to-day operations across all functions of the marketing team during four years of hyper growth, including leading their member engagement strategy. Earlier in her career, she designed and mplemented a community-based micro grant program in rural India that has sponsored 300+ women to attend university. Originally from rural Pennsylvania, Claire graduated with distinction from Dartmouth College (A.B.) and holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.
Brandon Kase loves functional programming. He was first introduced to it while pursuing his BS in computer science at Carnegie Mellon. He has worked as a software engineer for Highlight (acquired by Pinterest), Pinterest, Facebook, and Mozilla. Brandon is excited about the safety and clarity strong statically typed functional programming techniques can bring to the software industry. He also enjoys proselytizing, so you may find him speaking at a conference near you.
Akis is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at NYU's Courant Institute, where he is advised by Professors Joseph Bonneau and Yevgenyi Dodis. His research revolves around cryptography, privacy, and security, currently focusing on the privacy and scalability issues affecting cryptocurrencies. He also works on differential privacy and its applications to distributed systems and private learning. Akis holds an MSc in theoretical computer science from the University of Toronto and a BSE from Princeton University.
Prior to joining O(1) Labs, Joon Kim served as the general counsel of Terra, which is a blockchain technology company focused on algorithmic stablecoins with primary operations in Asia. Before that, he was Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Lightyear Capital, a private equity firm based in New York City. He also served as Assistant General Counsel and Vice President at Goldman Sachs for three years, advising its asset management division. He started his career at international law firms, including Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He attended Cornell Law School and New York University. He is admitted to practice law in the state of New York.
Deepthi is a functional programming enthusiast and software engineer. In her recently completed master's work, Deepthi designed GitQL, a novel embedded DSL for querying textual changes in software repositories. Her interests span programming languages and program analysis. Deepthi holds an MS in computer science from Oregon State University and a BE from Visvesvaraya Technological University.
Sherry is a marketing and communications professional who enjoys telling stories that resonate. Her previous experiences have been in the hardware (semiconductor) space, but she is really interested in how blockchain can solve problems by disrupting the status quo. She is excited to work on developing blockchain technology that will open up more opportunities to more people. Sherry holds a BA in Communications/International Studies from Northwestern University.
Zaki Manian wears many hats in the blockspace. Zaki is an active contributor to Cosmos and related protocols. He was a founding team member at Cosmos, and is an expert in cryptography and distributed systems. Zaki is excited about extending access and availability of secure computing to as many people as possible. Zaki has been active in the blockchain space since 2013.
Martin is an avid programming and technology enthusiest. He started with O(1) Labs as an intern and has since been focused on making applications that help enable Mina to grow and develop. Martin enjoys working with new technologies and learning as much as he can about the ever growing blockchain industry.
Having being involved in the blockchain sector for 5 years hands on, I imagine no other area or industry to work in. The online movement by projects and individuals only continues to grow. I found Mina and the team to be the most appealing, constructive and positive. Helping towards the growth and education of zk-SNARKS within the MINA ecosystem and beyond.
Equipped with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and English, along with an MBA, Crystal is enthusiastically poised to contribute significantly to the Mina Foundation and its community. The field of blockchain was like entering a new world for her exposing her to the multitude of dimensions to uncover and explore.
Anaïs is a computer scientist, specializing in cryptography. She is very interested in communicating complex notions such as zero knowledge. She is currently a PhD candidate at the IMDEA Software Institute in Madrid. Before that, she was a consultant at QED-it Systems in Tel Aviv. She completed her MSc at Paris Diderot University and received her BSc from the Technical University of Madrid. She likes crafting and ice skating.
Aneesha's career in software engineering has spanned a wide range of technology companies from biotech startup to big enterprise. She has an MSE in computer engineering from the University of Michigan and most recently came from an identity company as an Engineering Manager. Her primary background is in QA, so believes in delivering high quality, scalable and maintainable software. She loves team building and working with individuals to achieve their goals.
I’m fortunate to have had the opportunity to work in a variety of fields and in different countries and cultures. Throughout these experiences I have always found myself gravitating towards areas where I can work with many kinds of people to accomplish ambitious goals. Discovering the online world of open-source software, cryptocurrency and blockchain was like arriving on a new planet for me. So alien, and yet so fundamentally the same. With having such a great number of facets to explore and experiment with I think this will keep me busy for a long time to come!
Andrea graduated from the University of Florida with a Master in International Business and a BS in Marketing and minor in Innovation. She then went on to work as marketing manager for a technology-based golf venue, Topgolf. During her time at Topgolf she began to grow an interest in blockchain technologies as she helped her family grow their crypto mining project based in her hometown, Caracas, Venezuela. Now Andrea looks forward to making meaningful contributions in the blockchain era by being part of the O(1) Labs team, especially in regards to web privacy.
Nacera has had a career spanning startups, medium sized companies, and corporations. After earning her BS and MS from IAE in Lille, France, Nacera moved to San Francisco. Over the next decade, she worked with Bleacher Report (through growth from 10 to 60 employees and an acquisition by Turner), Mokum Solutions, Sephora, Venture Beat, AMSI, Oracle, and a software sales business which she helped start up and scale.
Matthew Ryan is a self-taught programmer with a strong interest in computer-aided theorem proving, formal program verification, and functional programming. He has been involved with several open-source projects, and passionately believes in the open-source philosophy. He has a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Warwick, U.K., where he studied cryptography.
Amit Sahai is a Professor of Computer Science at UCLA, Fellow of the ACM, and Fellow of the IACR. His research interests are in security, cryptography, and theoretical computer science. He is the co-inventor of Attribute-Based Encryption, Functional Encryption, Indistinguishability Obfuscation, author of over 100 technical research papers, and invited speaker at institutions such as MIT, Stanford, and Berkeley. He has also received honors from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Okawa Foundation, Xerox Foundation, Google Research, the BSF, and the ACM. He earned his PhD in Computer Science from MIT and served on the faculty at Princeton before joining UCLA in 2004.
Joseph loves cryptography, decentralized systems and security. Most recently, he was a principal software engineer at Akamai developing Secure Web Gateway technology. Prior to that, he developed a MITM https proxy for Bloxx Ltd and studied for a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh, specializing in decentralized P2P systems. He also contributed as a research assistant at the File Systems and Storage Lab, SUNY Stonybrook and holds a BS in Computer Science from NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
Paul is a functional programmer and researcher. In the academic realm, he's followed his interest in PLs, type systems, and formal verification through collaborations with INRIA, the MIT PLV Group, and NICTA. He also worked on the initial implementation of Alacris, a cryptocurrency solution layered on top of existing blockchains. He holds a PhD in computer science from Northeastern University.
James has worked in the blockchain space since 2016, occupying roles such as Head of Business Development for Alpaca Finance, a Decentralized Finance protocol, and as Director of Business Development at Tezos, a major Layer 1 blockchain. James holds an MBA from INSEAD and, prior to working in crypto, he worked in the equity derivatives space in the financial markets for almost a decade.
Jiawei loves writing interpreters and type checkers. He received his BS in computer science from Indiana University, and he's fascinated by categorical semantics and dependent type theory. Currently, he is implementing a toy dependently typed language called Pie.
Emre's career has focused on bringing new economic opportunities to societies using the power of technology. Before O(1) Labs, he spent two years at Coinbase's Business Development team where he led a number of strategic programs during a period when the company grew 10x. Before Coinbase, Emre was a Product Manager at Intel's wearable devices group. Originally from Istanbul, Turkey, Emre has an MBA degree from Columbia University.
Andrew is a blockchain enthusiast and technologist that has been working for crypto startups since 2016 when he received a BA in Computer Science from Boston University. Since joining O(1) Labs he has been focused on making Mina networks easier to deploy, test, and scale so that we can fulfill the promise of the world's lightest blockchain.
Ben’s career has spanned finance, technology, and strategy. Prior to O(1) Labs, he spent four years working as a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where he focused on corporate strategy for the world’s largest financial institutions. During his time at grad school, Ben worked at Kraken Digital Asset Exchange in the Strategy team. Originally from Sydney, Australia, Ben has an MBA degree from Stanford University, and an MPA degree from Harvard University.
Christine is an early contributor in the community with broad experience in multidisciplinary engineering teams. She previously worked for global firms in the US, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, and Hong Kong. She believes that we can take more ownership of our lives than ever before by using blockchain technology. She supports the community and Mina by combining their efforts in achieving a decentralized future.
Luke is the founder and CEO of Blockscale, an early pioneer of blockchain and crypto technologies. In 2018, he helped launch the Tezos network by creating the staking infrastructure for the Tezos Foundation, becoming the largest decentralized proof of stake validator in the world overnight. Since then, Blockscale has successfully generated over 20 million XTZ in baking rewards and operates highly available API endpoints for Tezos that are used by major wallet providers. Luke currently works as a staff software engineer at Coinbase Custody, where he launched Tezos Staking Rewards.
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