Christopher Whinfrey
Co-Founder at Hop Protocol
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Whinfrey is a co-founder and software engineer with nine years of experience building decentralized applications and blockchain infrastructure from Los Angeles. As a founder at Hop Protocol (formerly Authereum Labs) since 2019, he combines product-minded engineering with startup execution, having prior founded Level K and worked as an independent consultant and freelance developer. His background spans mobile and desktop app delivery—shipping an iOS app at Oodle and a Windows Store medical app—and includes practical automation work in financial services early in his career. Trained in computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan, he brings a hands-on, end-to-end approach to building distributed systems and developer tooling. Notably, he has transitioned from single-app releases to shaping cross-chain primitives, reflecting a trajectory from consumer apps to core blockchain infrastructure.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science Engineering at University of Michigan College of Engineering
Github Skills (53)
uniswap10
javascript10
npm10
solidity10
targeting10
evm10
openzeppelin10
contract10
typescript10
signature10
security10
cryptocurrency10
sdk10
ethereum10
blockchain10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cwhinfrey/tidbit
Jul 2018 - Jul 2019
A library for oracles on Ethereum
Contributions:81 commits, 10 PRs, 44 pushes in 11 months
ethereumoracles
levelkdev/crypto-flash
Feb 2019 - Feb 2019
send me some eth, how bout dat?
Contributions:33 commits, 8 PRs, 28 pushes in 1 day
ethereumethdat
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