Kay Kurokawa
Consultant at WariHash
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKay Kurokawa is a software engineer and consultant with 11 years of experience and BS/MS degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He has built production systems across diverse domains—audio DSP, spectrometry algorithms, high-frequency trading, and blockchain—specializing in turning complex technical specifications into reliable implementations. An early Bitcoin adopter, he contributed backend wallet functionality to the well-known LBRY SDK and helped launch LBRY’s name-resolution blockchain, giving him deep practical expertise in cryptocurrency protocols and decentralized systems. He founded WariHash, an on-demand hash market for mining, and currently consults on crypto projects while preparing a mining-focused startup. Comfortable from low-level firmware and C/C++ trading engines to distributed p2p protocols and blockchain internals, he combines research-grade rigor with product-focused engineering.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BS, MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, BS, MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (11)
crypto-wallet10
wallet10
ethereum-wallet10
python10
bitcoin-wallet10
cryptocurrency8
blockchain8
bitcoins7
apidoc7
bitcoin7
api7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
lbryio/lbry-sdk
Aug 2016 - Jan 2018
The LBRY SDK for building decentralized, censorship resistant, monetized, digital content apps.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:359 commits, 243 PRs, 464 pushes in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Kay primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the LBRY SDK, focusing on wallet-related features. Their commits involved modifications to core wallet components, particularly within `lbrynet/core/Wallet.py` and `lbrynet/core/LBRYWallet.py`, suggesting enhancements and bug fixes. They addressed issues related to balance retrieval, claim updates, and error handling within the wallet's codebase, indicating a focus on the system's financial and claim management aspects. The user also addressed inconsistencies in API commands with the lbryum wallet, reflecting a deep understanding of the internal workings of the SDK.
pythondhtprotocolp2pbittorrent
lbryio/reflector-cluster
Aug 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:30 PRs, 126 pushes, 21 branches in 4 months
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