Christopher Harrison
Head Of Blockchain at Electroneum
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Harrison is Head of Blockchain at Electroneum with eight years building Layer 1 and Layer 2 blockchain systems, consensus algorithms, and applied cryptography. He pairs deep C/C++ and Go implementation experience—evidenced by contributions to Electroneum’s core repo and smartchain bridge transaction validation—with product-facing responsibilities such as exchange liaison, market stability, and advisory work for the Digital Pound Foundation. His background in theoretical physics and ultracold-atom research informs a quantitative, mathematically rigorous approach to protocol design and zero-knowledge proof work. Equally comfortable in business development and technical onboarding, he has a track record of translating complex crypto primitives into production-ready systems and partnerships. Christopher also blends trading and macro-finance perspective with engineering, holding CFA candidacy while continuing hands-on development of low-level blockchain infrastructure.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Chartered Financial Analyst Candidate Finance General, Chartered Financial Analyst Candidate Finance General at CFA InstituteGCSEs, GCSEs at Chase Terrace Technology CollegeMPhys Theoretical Physics, MPhys Theoretical Physics at Swansea UniversityAS/A Levels Mathematics Further Mathematics Physics and English Literature (AS), AS/A Levels Mathematics Further Mathematics Physics and English Literature (AS) at King Edward VI School Lichfield
English
Github Skills (7)
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
blockchain10
cryptocurrency9
rpc9
security8
networking8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
electroneum/electroneum
Aug 2022 - Feb 2023
Electroneum: The Legacy L1 Repository
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:5 releases, 9 commits, 7 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Christopher focused on implementing and refining features related to the smartchain bridge within the Electroneum repository. Their work included modifying the transaction pool logic to validate bridge-related transactions, specifically addressing address validation and blocking invalid transactions. They also added an RPC method for retrieving tax data. These changes suggest a focus on core functionalities and network operations.
securehumanitarianreact-nativeblockchainandroid
electroneum/electroneum-ledger-app
Aug 2019 - Mar 2020
Electroneum Ledger App
Contributions:23 commits in 7 months
electroneumelectronledger
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