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Joseph Poon

Joseph Poon

American academic and an author on Lightning network and Plasma papers.

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Joseph Poon is an American academic specializing in solving problems related to blockchain scalability.

In January 2016, Poon co-authored a paper on a 2nd layer scalability solution for Bitcoin titled The Bitcoin Lightning Network: Scalable Off-Chain Instant Payments. Several companies began working on practical implementations of the Lightning Network shortly afterwards.

After authoring the Lightning Network paper, Poon and Vitalik Buterin co-authored a paper on a scalability solution for Ethereum titled Plasma: Scalable Autonomous Smart Contracts. Plasma theoretically allows decentralized applications built on Ethereum to move smart contract computation onto 2nd layer side chains, increasing the overall throughput of the main Ethereum chain without sacrificing its trustless nature.

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Joseph Poon shares his philosophy on blockchain, scaling, and governance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5j43Dc4vos

August 29, 2018

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Founder of
Lightning Network
Lightning Network
CEO of
Lightning Network
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Educated at
University of Southern California
University of Southern California
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