Benjamin Diamond
Staff Cryptographer at Irreducible
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolBenjamin Diamond is a staff cryptographer with eight years of experience translating deep mathematical theory into practical privacy and proof systems for finance and blockchain. With a PhD in mathematics from Johns Hopkins and roles at Coinbase, JPMorgan, and now Irreducible, he specializes in succinct noninteractive proofs, secure multiparty computation, and anonymous payment primitives. He bridges rigorous theoretical foundations and production-grade engineering to deliver auditable, high-assurance cryptographic components for real-world systems. Based in New York, he is known for moving cutting-edge research into deployable protocols that balance performance and security.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins UniversityBachelor of Arts (BA) Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Mathematics and Computer Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Github Skills (142)
python10
trading10
data-manipulation10
trading-bot10
cryptocurrency10
crypto10
javascript10
merchant10
dataframes10
pandas10
cryptocurrencies10
exchange10
api10
payment10
data-science10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
benediamond/chess-alpha-zero
Nov 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:42 commits, 42 PRs, 91 pushes in 1 month
reinforcement-learningdeep-reinforcement-learninglearning-byalphazeroreinforcement
Consensys/anonymous-zether
Feb 2019 - May 2021
A private payment system for Ethereum-based blockchains, with no trusted setup.
Contributions:255 commits, 6 PRs, 102 pushes in 2 years 3 months
trustedethereumblockchainprotocols-team-goquorumpayment-system
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