Taehoon Kim
Software Engineer at Succinct
Seoul, South Korea
Summary
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Top SchoolTaehoon Kim is a software engineer based in Seoul specializing in decentralized systems, cryptography, and zero-knowledge proofs with five years of experience across startups and DAO projects. Currently at Succinct and active in governance and core protocol coordination for PDAO and Simperby, he bridges applied cryptography with production engineering. He previously served as ZKP engineer at Lightscale and CTO of a cross-chain payroll startup, bringing both research-grade cryptographic skills and product-focused implementation experience. Taehoon holds an MS in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Seoul National University and a BS in Computer Science from POSTECH, and maintains hands-on open-source work (including Simperby repositories) that underpins his protocol-level contributions.
5 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Electrical & Computer Engineering at 서울대학교 (Seoul National University)Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science & Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science & Engineering at 포항공과대학교
Github Skills (34)
modular10
zcash10
cryptocurrency10
ethereum10
cryptography10
blockchain10
cuda10
network10
zk10
rust10
consensus9
distributed-systems9
layer28
fabric8
git8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
TomTaehoonKim/tachyon
Oct 2023 - Feb 2024
Super Fast Open ZKP(Zero Knowledge Proof) library
Contributions:68 pushes, 14 branches in 4 months
TomTaehoonKim/simperby
Aug 2022 - Aug 2023
A simple, permissioned, and BFT blockchain for general data recording
Contributions:9 reviews, 6 PRs, 355 pushes in 1 year
bftblockchain-platformdata-recordingblockchainrecording
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