
Belgium
Mustafa Al-Bassam is a founder of Celestia a company that innovates in blockchain architecture through its modular approach. He is known for his significant contributions to blockchain technology and his controversial past as a hacker, he co-founded Chainspace, a smart contract platform acquired by Facebook in 2019 Details: • Organization: Celestia • Location: Belgium • Education: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science from UCL, and Bachelor’s Degree, in Computer Science from King's College London • Skills: Java and SQL Experience: • Co-Founder at Celestia Labs from Sep 2019 - Present • Advisor at Nym from Oct 2019 - Nov 2021 • Advisor at Trust Payments from Feb 2016 - May 2019 • Co-Founder and Researcher at Chainspace (acquired by Facebook) from Aug 2018 - Feb 2019 • Software Engineer Intern at SwiftKey from Jun 2015 - Aug 2015