Yoav Tock
Israel
Summary
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RockstarYoav Tock is a senior research staff member at IBM Research in Haifa with around a decade of experience building robust distributed systems. He brings hands-on expertise in backend engineering and consensus algorithms, having contributed to Hyperledger Fabric—specifically etcdraft integration tests, consensus migration scenarios, multi-channel setups, and build/debug fixes for a widely used enterprise blockchain framework. Yoav combines research rigor with practical delivery, bridging lab-scale innovation and production-grade engineering. Colleagues rely on him for solving tricky integration and configuration challenges that surface only at scale. Based in Israel, he blends deep technical problem-solving with an interest in making complex distributed protocols auditable and reliable.
9 years of coding experience
Hebrew, English
Github Skills (6)
distributed-ledger10
go10
blockchain10
distributed-ledger-technology10
testing9
consensus9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
hyperledger/fabric
Feb 2019 - Jan 2023
Hyperledger Fabric is an enterprise-grade permissioned distributed ledger framework for developing solutions and applications. Its modular and versatile design satisfies a broad range of industry use cases. It offers a unique approach to consensus that enables performance at scale while preserving privacy.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:294 reviews, 33 commits, 172 PRs in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Yoav contributed to the development of the Hyperledger Fabric framework, focusing on the etcdraft consensus algorithm. Their work involved implementing integration tests and modifying configuration files to test the functionality of the framework, particularly with regard to consensus type migration. The user's work also entailed debugging existing code and fixing issues related to build processes and code generation. The user's contributions included creating a multi-channel network setup, including new channel creation and the integration of new features to support the ongoing project's aims.
casesdevelopingdltdistributed-ledgerhyperledger-fabric
tock-ibm/orion-server
May 2021 - Jun 2023
Contributions:2 PRs, 331 pushes, 83 branches in 2 years 1 month
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