LaurenceĀ Kirk
CEO And Senior Blockchain Developer at Extropy.IO Ltd
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolLaurence Kirk is a blockchain-focused technology leader and founder with a decade of experience building secure, production-grade systems from financial services to cryptography consultancies. As CEO and Senior Blockchain Developer at Extropy.IO he advises clients on blockchain architecture, development and training while previously directing protocol engineering at XAIN AG. His background includes senior development roles at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan Cazenove, bringing institutional-grade engineering and risk-aware design to distributed-ledger projects. An Oxford MSc in Computer Software Engineering underpins a pragmatic approach that bridges academic rigour with hands-on implementation. Based in Oxford, he combines entrepreneurial drive with deep protocol-level expertise, often translating complex cryptographic primitives into deployable solutions.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Software Engineering, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Software Engineering at University of Oxford
Chinese
Github Skills (40)
programming-language10
solidity10
contract10
dapps-development10
ethereum10
blockchain10
smart-contracts10
cpp10
bots8
java8
encode8
cryptocurrency7
python7
coda5
tflint4
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
extropyCoder/HackDay
Jul 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:44 commits, 1 PR, 37 pushes in 3 months
ExtropyIO/GasOptimisationFoundry
Mar 2023 - Aug 2024
Contributions:3 reviews, 16 PRs, 13 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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