Gideon Greenspan
Co-Founder And CEO at Coin Sciences Ltd
Brighton, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolGideon Greenspan is a serial founder and CEO with 12+ years leading high-traffic consumer and enterprise web products, currently steering Coin Sciences and the enterprise blockchain platform MultiChain. He built widely used sites with deep algorithmic cores—Copyscape, Web Sudoku and Family Echo—demonstrating both product intuition and scalable engineering. A hands-on back-end developer and open-source contributor, he has directly fixed core issues in MultiChain tools and internationalized the Question2Answer platform. Gideon pairs practical startup leadership with academic breadth—PhD-level computer science work and recent studies in cognitive neuroscience—informing his work on AI-driven knowledge systems like TrainMyAI. He also teaches and mentors on software entrepreneurship and supports women founders as an angel investor. An unusual combination of search, puzzles, blockchain and AI projects highlights his knack for turning algorithmic ideas into profitable, heavily trafficked services.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science (Bioinformatics), PhD, Computer Science (Bioinformatics) at TechnionMA, Computer Science and Management Studies, MA, Computer Science and Management Studies at University of CambridgeMaster of Science - MS, Cognitive Neuroscience, Master of Science - MS, Cognitive Neuroscience at University of SussexMA, Philosophy of Religion, MA, Philosophy of Religion at King's College London
English, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Russian
Stackoverflow
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305reached
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Github Skills (20)
python10
back-end-development10
internationalization10
php10
localization10
rpc10
blockchain10
database-design9
data-structures8
version-control8
data-structure8
git8
mysql8
postgresql7
api6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
MultiChain/multichain-explorer
Mar 2016 - Jun 2021
Web-based explorer for MultiChain blockchains
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:28 commits, 1 PR, 25 pushes in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Gideon primarily focused on back-end development tasks within the MultiChain explorer project. Their contributions include fixing bugs related to stream item publishers, redirect functionality, and asset balance calculations. The commits demonstrate modifications to core files like `abe.py`, `DataStore.py`, and `util.py`, indicating work on data handling, RPC interactions, and compatibility updates for various MultiChain protocol versions and features. They also addressed Python errors and Unicode issues.
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q2a/question2answer
Mar 2014 - Jul 2015
Question2Answer is a free and open source platform for Q&A sites, running on PHP/MySQL.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 7 comments, 1 issue in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Gideon primarily contributed to the internationalization and localization of the Question2Answer platform. Their work involved adding support for new languages, including Uzbek and Azerbaijani, by modifying language code mapping files. They also addressed minor code issues like fixing PHP tags and refining internal functionalities. Furthermore, they made changes related to base file configurations and release updates, specifically to version 1.7.1.
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