Meet United States’s 17 Top Developers in the Blockchain Startup Space

At Bleeding.Technology we track over 100,000 web 3.0, NFT, DeFi & crypto startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.

This list showcases the top United States based Developer operating in the Blockchain space. If you think a Developer is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].

The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:

Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.

Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Daniel Feichtinger

Developer Advocate of Digital Asset

Founder of hyperledger.

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About Digital Asset: Digital Asset develops ledger technology intended to build distributed, encrypted straight-through processing tools.

Gareth Mensah

Developer Evangelist of Zilliqa

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About Zilliqa: Zilliqa is the high-throughput public blockchain platform – designed to scale to thousands of transactions per second.

Tannr Allard

Developer of Nervos Network

Tannr Allard is a developer at The Nervos Network.

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About Nervos Network: Nervos Network is the Multi-asset, Store of Value Blockchain.

Jordan Earls

Co-founder and Lead Developer of Qtum

Jordan is a trusted and well-known member of the cryptocurrency community and has been developing software since he was thirteen. Jordan has reviewed over 100 altcoins and identified multiple exploits in coins. Jordan Earls is the co-founder of Qtum, a blockchain application platform, and the co-chair of the Smart Contracts Alliance, an initiative to promote the acceptance and use of smart contracts technologies. Earls is a well-known member of the blockchain community and has reviewed over 100 cryptocurrencies.

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About Qtum: Qtum is an open sourced public blockchain platform.

Mike Toutonghi

Lead Developer of Verus

As a 30+ years veteran of the technology industry, Mike has been a serial entrepreneur and intrapreneur throughout his career. From his first 3D CAD systems integrator startup in 1982, through founding and leading the eHome Division at Microsoft, Mike has held senior management and inventor from CEO to Corporate Vice President to Technical Fellow, focused in each role on making technology easier and more useful for everyone. Some of his more notable roles include General Manager, Architect, and one of two recognized co-founders of Microsoft’s .Net platform; Vice President, Founder and Distinguished Engineer of Microsoft’s eHome divison; CEO and Founder of the Vizrea/Webfives social network in 2003, purchased by Microsoft in 2007; CTO of Parallels, Inc.; and the role he is most excited about, CEO of Functionalize, Inc. Mike is also inventor or co-inventor on 29 issued patents, plus pending patents on Functionalize Inc.’s nano-material synthesis and polymer technology. Although he has managed multifunctional teams of over 600 with budgets over $100MM, Mike started functionalize as its Chief Scientist and Laborer in the pursuit of enabling 3D printing electrical circuits on today’s common 3D printers. In doing so, he has developed his lifelong interest in and personal study of chemistry, and succeeded in inventing, filing for patents, and bringing to production the first 3D printing filament conductive enough to easily print general, TTL compatible circuits. As the CEO of Functionalize, Inc., Mike worked to enable its vision of “concept to functional product, on a 3D printer in any home or business.”

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About Functionalize, Verus: A community project with a secure, privacy-centric cryptocurrency, multi-coin digital wallet and upcoming (PBaaS) blockchain service.

Dennison Bertram

Developer Advocate of OpenZeppelin

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About DappHero, OpenZeppelin: OpenZeppelin builds developer tools and performs security audits for distributed systems that power multimillion-dollar economies.

Eddy Smith

Co-Founder & Lead Developer of Neblio

Ed has a B.S. in Computer Science and over 7 years of experience working as a senior software engineer for global enterprise companies. In his career he regularly built and developed data center applications, networking systems, and storage systems for one of the largest I.T. companies in the world. Ed is a blockchain enthusiast and advocate.

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About Neblio: A secure, distributed, platform built for enterprise applications and services.

Carlos Campos

Software Developer of Megsoft

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About Megsoft: Megsoft Consulting specializes in the creation of native mobile applications using the cross-platform tools.

Carlos Campos

Software Developer of Megsoft

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About Megsoft: Megsoft Consulting specializes in the creation of native mobile applications using the cross-platform tools.

Nick Dodson

Founder and Lead Developer of BoardRoom

Nick Dodson is the founder of Weifund.

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About BoardRoom, Weifund: BoardRoom provides a complete blockchain governance platform.

Jaime Betancourt

React Native Developer of a-Qube

Jaime Betancourt is a react native developer at a-Qube. Previously, Jaime has worked as a freelance react-native developer at Upwork. Jaime holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Queens College.

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About a-Qube: Mobile Platform where startups can quickly validate their novel business concepts, and innovators can monetize their ideas and expertise.

Matthew Langdon

System Administrator/Developer of Duality Blockchain Solutions

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About Duality Blockchain Solutions: Duality Blockchain Solutions contributes towards society by offering BaaS (Blockchain as a Service).

Matthew Langdon

System Administrator/Developer of Duality Blockchain Solutions

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About Duality Blockchain Solutions: Duality Blockchain Solutions contributes towards society by offering BaaS (Blockchain as a Service).

Joel A. Bosh

Founder, Developer & Project Manager of I/O Digital

With over 25 year as an entrepreneur, owning a music publishing company (Bosch Music Publishing) in a joint venture with Universal Music Publishing to Mac Wizard Service (An IT Support Company) providing services for Apple products to founding an open source blockchain. Joel has merged the Music, IT Security and the FinTech worlds to conquer a multifaceted field with I/O Digital. Since his early days of computer building to his rise of owning his own Apple IT Support company, Joel has been at the forefront of technology. Starting out as a bitcoin enthusiast, he then moved on to contributing to various blockchain projects. This in turn led Joel to founding the I/O Digital Blockchain. Joel has made IOC (I/O Coin) his life. With such a diverse background and years of experience with blockchain technology, he embarked in a multi year research project along with co-founder Derek Hatton (a physicist and security expert). They worked to bring forward a white paper on a new cryptocurrency I/O Coin; with a focus on creating an user friendly, application based blockchain.

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About I/O Digital: I/O Digital is an ongoing open source blockchain ecosystem.

Peter Somerville

Director of Developer Relations of Elixxir

Peter Somerville is Director of Developer Relations at Elixxir, where he is building a node network to support Elixxir’s privacy-protecting transaction platform for messaging, payments, and dApps. A current MBA candidate at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, Peter also serves as an advisor to early-stage startups as a fellow in the university’s MIN-Corps program, and works as an associate for Gopher Angels, a Minneapolis-based angel investor network. Peter previously served as Director of Investor Relations at StreetShares, a startup providing financial services to veteran-owned small businesses. Peter began his career as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, leading a platoon of Marines in combat in Iraq. Following his military service, Peter has held leadership roles with non-profits and political campaigns, driving social change by focusing on fundraising, project management, and event planning. A Minnesota native, Peter earned his bachelor’s degree from Yale University.

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About Elixxir: Fullstack Blockchain Platform – Speed, Privacy, Scalability, Security