William Robinson
Foundation Director
Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolWilliam Robinson is a Foundation Director and core contributor at Alliance.xyz with eight years of experience building and scaling decentralized finance programs and accelerators. Trained as a game studies PhD, he applies mechanism design thinking from game theory to blockchain systems, which first captivated him through Bitcoin’s incentives. He led blockchain risk research and developed a cryptocurrency audit methodology at Catallaxy/Grant Thornton, pairing academic rigor with practical compliance frameworks. At DeFi Alliance he has progressed from program manager to foundation leadership, shepherding startups through technical, regulatory, and go-to-market challenges. Based in Canada, he blends scholarly depth with operator experience and a knack for translating complex crypto-economic ideas into auditable, investable products.
8 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Game Studies, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Game Studies at Concordia UniversityBachelor of Arts - B.A. Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis, Bachelor of Arts - B.A. Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis at McGill University
French, English
Github Skills (27)
staging10
abc10
bitcoin10
cryptocurrency10
cryptography10
p2p10
zcash9
bitcoin-abc9
bitcoin-core9
finance9
blockchain9
decentralized-finance9
documentation8
polkadot8
infrastructure8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
wbarobinson/bitcoin
Apr 2018 - Sep 2020
Contributions:19 pushes in 2 years 5 months
stagingcryptocurrencybitcoin-corebitcoin
wbarobinson/universe
Sep 2020 - Jan 2021
An solidity smart contract that records the natural selections of poems by users.
Contributions:2 PRs, 32 pushes, 2 branches in 4 months
poemsrecordssmart-contractethereumcontract
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