Alex Akselrod - Portrait
Alex Akselrod
Bitcoin and Lightning Developer - Information Security Professional

About


Alex has been interested in digital currency, distributed systems, and information security for over 20 years. He's contributed research and code to the Bitcoin community for over 10 years.

Alex has contributed to projects such as

  • lnd, a popular Lightning Network node
  • neutrino, a new type of light client
  • BIP157 and BIP 158, the specifications for neutrino
  • btcd, a Bitcoin full node and btcwallet, a Bitcoin wallet

Prior to working on Bitcoin, Alex worked in information security. His experience ranged from managed security services to large companies, non-profits, and government agencies.

Alex is currently interested in integrating the Bitcoin Lightning Network into the infrastructure of the distributed web and increasing its real-world adoption.