Clemens Ley
Founder & CEO at BitcoinComputer
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolClemens Ley is a founder and CEO with 11 years of software experience who builds developer-facing Bitcoin infrastructure and social products that monetize attention. He founded BitcoinComputer, a JavaScript library for running smart contracts on Bitcoin, and previously co-founded and led engineering at multiple startups that experimented with Bitcoin-backed social networks and viral-content marketplaces. Trained as a computer scientist with a PhD from Oxford and postdoctoral research at EPFL on incremental maintenance of big data systems, he blends rigorous research instincts with product-focused engineering. Clemens repeatedly ships pragmatic systems that bridge cryptoeconomic primitives and web developer ergonomics, demonstrating both low-level protocol understanding and higher-level product design. Based in San Francisco, he favors composable, open developer tools that make Bitcoin programmability accessible beyond niche communities. An entrepreneur at heart, he has a track record of turning research-grade ideas into developer libraries and live consumer experiments.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at University of OxfordMaster’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Github Skills (72)
typescript-definitions10
browserify10
smart-contracts10
javascript10
payment10
typescript10
bitcoin10
dts10
blockchain10
litecoin10
boilerplate10
cryptocurrency9
zcash9
eslint9
nodejs9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
bitcoin-computer/bitcoin-computer-lib
Sep 2019 - Sep 2022
Smart Contracts on Bitcoin
Contributions:3 releases, 125 commits, 29 PRs in 3 years
contractsblockchainsmart-contractsbitcoin
bitcoin-computer/react-bitcoin-wallet
Oct 2019 - Aug 2022
A basic Bitcoin Wallet built in React
Contributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 10 pushes in 2 years 10 months
reactwalletcryptocurrencybitcoinbitcoin-wallet
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