Tiancheng Xie
Chief Technology Officer at Polyhedra Network
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTiancheng Xie is a Ph.D.-trained cryptographer and the co-founder & CTO of Polyhedra Network, bringing 11 years of engineering and research experience at the intersection of zero-knowledge proofs, blockchain scalability, and AI-driven cryptographic systems. His 2019 paper on succinct ZK proofs with optimal prover computation launched a trajectory of practical innovation, culminating in zkBridge, a trustless cross-chain solution that showcases his focus on real-world deployability as well as theoretical rigor. Based in Berkeley, he blends deep academic credentials from UC Berkeley and SJTU with hands-on product leadership, shipping protocols that prioritize security, performance, and developer ergonomics. Colleagues describe him as a pioneer who translates complex cryptographic advances into scalable infrastructure, and his work signals a push to make ZK technology both faster and more accessible to mainstream blockchain applications.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Github Skills (88)
zksnark10
api10
golang10
biginteger10
gnark10
counting10
zkp10
libra10
opencl9
byte9
elliptic-curve9
windows9
eddsa9
metal9
command-line9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
sunblaze-ucb/Virgo
May 2020 - Dec 2021
Contributions:36 commits, 2 PRs, 32 pushes in 1 year 7 months
sunblaze-ucb/Orion
Jan 2022 - Sep 2022
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 2 branches in 8 months
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