Position: Co-Founder and CTO, Stellar
Website: http://jedmccaleb.com/
Twitter: @JedMcCaleb
GitHub: @JedMcCaleb
Jed McCaleb is the co-founder and CTO of nonprofit Stellar.org, where he leads technical development by leveraging technology to reduce inefficiency and improve the human condition.
Experience
Recognizing that the world’s financial infrastructure is broken and that too many people are left without resources, McCaleb co-founded Stellar Development Foundation in 2014. He previously founded eDonkey, Mt. Gox, and Ripple.
Quotes on Stellar
On how Stellar works:
“Stellar is an open protocol for payments. If there’s a digital dollar, there needs to be a real one somewhere. That’s what Stellar does. We have a Stellar consensus protocol. BTC uses proof of work. It’s an extremely expensive process. We have a way more efficient system. Not everybody has to agree on who you trust on the network.
The creators of the internet didn’t predict Wikipedia or airBNB. And that’s what we are. We’re a platform that allows a lot of creativity and enormous opportunities.”
Podcasts
Stellar Chief Technology Officer Jed McCaleb discusses how Stellar connects banks, payment systems, and people – Block Zero podcast