Carlos Faria is a CTO and co-founder with 11 years of experience building blockchain and crypto-native systems, currently leading engineering at Yacooba Labs. He holds an MS in Computer Science from Instituto Superior Técnico with specialisation in Distributed Systems and Cybersecurity, and contributed academic research by implementing BlockSim, a discrete-event blockchain simulator presented at IEEE Blockchain 2019. Carlos has a strong track record founding and shipping products across the Ethereum and Bitcoin ecosystems, from multi-signature broker wallets to NFT-enabled ticketing and privacy-focused prototypes like Privata.ai. He blends hands-on protocol-level engineering with product leadership, having won industry awards with Blockbird Ventures and driven integrations between research and commercial teams. Based in Santana, Portugal, he also founded a community initiative to demystify Bitcoin for non-technical users, showing a pragmatic commitment to adoption as well as innovation.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Engineering at Universidade da Madeira
Master of Science (MS), Cybersecurity and Distributed Systems, Master of Science (MS), Cybersecurity and Distributed Systems at Instituto Superior Técnico
Contributions:2 PRs, 59 pushes, 6 branches in 4 years
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Carlos Faria - Chief Technology Officer at Yacooba Labs