Co-Inventor of Blockchain Teams Up With Inventor of VoIP to Bring Next 100M People Into Crypto

By AIT News Desk On Sep 24, 2018

Scott Stornetta joins Celsius Network’s team whose product provides cash l**** against crypto as well as annual interest on deposits

In Satoshi Nakamoto’s famous Bitcoin whitepaper, there are eight references to prior work on page 9. Three of those belong to W. Scott Stornetta and Stuart Haber, co-inventors of the early blockchain in BellCore circa 1991. Dr. Stornetta has recently been in the news after an old article in The New York Timesfrom 1995 surfaced naming him as blockchain co-inventor and as more attention is paid by the broader media to where and how the blockchain got started. Scott has not joined The Bitcoin Foundation or Ethereum Foundation; nor did he get behind exchanges like Binance or Coinbase. He has not advised 100 random ICOs. Scott was sitting on the sidelines of the cryptocurrency world looking for a special project that can really scale the public blockchain.

A few weeks ago, Scott agreed to join Celsius Network and team up with its founders to bring the next 100 million people into crypto. Scott will be supporting a team led by CEO Alex Mashinsky, one of the inventors of VoIP (Voice over IP), perhaps the most pervasive peer-to-peer application ever built, which is used by over three billion people around the planet. The Celsius team seeks to bring the next 100 million people into crypto through a growing set of innovative financial products via a mobile app that is truly doing what is in the best interest of its community members.

Dr. Stornetta, Chief Scientist of Yugen Partners, said, “We all hope for a better world. But getting there requires both idealistic goals and disciplined execution. I elected not to serve on any blockchain boards. Although many ask, I try to choose the ones that best represent the promise of the entire blockchain community. Celsius is one of those exemplars. The promise of blockchain to improve the lives of billions is real. But it takes a great deal more than wishing to get there. After really getting to know Alex and the Celsius team, I’m persuaded that they have what is needed to achieve their mission and that it is one the entire community can get behind. Namely, they are deploying ‘customer-first’ financial services based on a token that maximizes value creation for all of their members.”

Celsius looks forward to working closely with Stornetta, who, besides his early work on the blockchain, has extensive experience helping to transform promising technologies into value-creating products in the cryptocurrency market.

“I’ve followed Scott’s work for a long time and I am excited he chose Celsius out of so many great projects. I am thrilled to have someone like Scott join us and help us scale the lessons I learned creating VoIP during the first internet revolution to MoIP (Money over IP) in this upcoming blockchain revolution. Scott embodies the best of the blockchain community and represents perfectly what we hope to achieve. Having him endorse our work is a huge validation for our project. Having him as a resource for our team will be invaluable,” declared CEO Alex Mashinsky.