Benedikt Bünz
Co-Founder Espresso Systems at New York University
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolBenedikt Bünz is a co-founder and chief scientist at Espresso Systems and an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at NYU Courant, bringing 11 years of experience at the intersection of cryptography and cryptocurrencies. He earned his PhD at Stanford after an academic trajectory through Zurich and Stanford, and his work blends rigorous research in applied cryptography with product-focused engineering for blockchain privacy and scalability. At Espresso he translates advanced protocols into deployable systems, and his earlier internships and research—such as privacy work at Visa—underscore a practical emphasis on real-world cryptographic privacy. Known for bridging academia and industry, he routinely moves ideas from papers to prototypes and startups, making cutting-edge cryptographic techniques accessible to engineers and businesses.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Informatik, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Informatik at University of ZurichDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at Stanford University
German, English
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Github Skills (101)
internet10
cpp10
solidity10
non-interactive10
zcash10
ethereum10
blockchain10
proofs9
secp256k19
byte9
programming-language9
contract9
smart-contracts9
segwit9
bulletproofs9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
bbuenz/BulletProofLib
Jul 2017 - Jun 2020
Library for generating non-interactive zero knowledge proofs without trusted setup (Bulletproofs)
Contributions:26 commits, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 2 years 11 months
bulletproofstrustedzeroknowledgenon-interactive
bbuenz/Composite-Schwartz-Zippel
Apr 2022 - Oct 2022
Contributions:7 commits, 1 push in 6 months
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