Preston Byrne
Columnist at CoinDesk
Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
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Top SchoolPreston Byrne is a dual-qualified English and US lawyer turned columnist who advises cutting-edge Bitcoin, cryptocurrency and DLT businesses on complex legal and regulatory issues. With 11 years of experience and a practice spanning New York, Connecticut and England, he translates technical innovation into pragmatic legal strategies for fast-moving fintech companies. Based in Lagos, he writes regularly for CoinDesk, combining practitioner insight with accessible commentary that influences industry debates. His background in English law from the University of Connecticut School of Law underpins a cross-jurisdictional approach prized by global clients. Known wryly on GitHub as a "marmot herder," he brings a sharp, sometimes playful intellect to thorny questions at the intersection of law and decentralized technology.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, English law, Bachelor's degree, English law at University of Connecticut School of Law
Github Skills (31)
consensus9
distributed-systems9
cryptography9
blockchain9
consistency9
hyperledger-burrow9
cryptocurrency9
hyperledger8
go8
ethereum8
virtual-machine8
golang8
tendermint7
hyperledger-fabric7
evm6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
eris-ltd/internships
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:1 PR, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 13 days
javasummerinternshipsummer-internship
eris-ltd/hello-world-dapp-2
Jan 2015 - Jan 2015
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 day
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