Biography:Juan Benet (computer scientist)
Juan Benet | |
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| Born | Juan Batiz-Benet March 16, 1988 Cuernavaca, Mexico |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | InterPlanetary File System, Filecoin |
| Title | Founder and CEO of Protocol Labs |
Juan Benet (born March 1988) is an American computer scientist. He is the founder and CEO of Protocol Labs, a computer networks research and development company.[1] He is best known for creating the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), an open-source, peer-to-peer, decentralized web protocol; and Filecoin, a cryptotoken-incentivized file storage network.[1]
From January 2010 to December 2011, Benet was CTO of Loki Studios, leading development on the location-based multiplayer mobile game Geomon. The firm was eventually acquired by Yahoo! in May 2013.[2]
Benet founded Protocol Labs in May 2014 and went through Y-Combinator in summer 2014 to support development of IPFS, Filecoin, and other projects.[2] Since the launch of IPFS, he has developed other protocols at Protocol Labs including libp2p, a modular network stack for peer-to-peer apps and systems; IPLD, a data model for interoperable protocols; Multiformats, a collection of protocols to future-proof systems; CoinList, a token sale and investment platform; and the SAFT Project, a legal framework for token fundraising.[3]
In 2018, Benet was named one of Fortune magazine's "40 under 40" in recognition of his work creating IPFS.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Johnson, Steve (January 16, 2018). "Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/magazine/beyond-the-bitcoin-bubble.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Case, Amber (October 4, 2015). "Why The Internet Needs IPFS Before It’s Too Late". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/04/why-the-internet-needs-ipfs-before-its-too-late/.
- ↑ "Work - Protocol Labs". https://protocol.ai/work/.
- ↑ "Fortune 40 under 40: Juan Benet". https://fortune.com/the-ledger-40-under-40/2018/juan-benet/.
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