Human Being
Head of Engineering @
Hypercerts Foundation
Entrepreneur in Residence @
Protocol Labs
Specialty in distributed systems, networks, security, privacy, web, Internet freedom, & electrofunk.
Check out my CV, son.
Hacker & Entrepreneur
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Hypercerts Foundation
Head of Engineering
To solve the challenges we face this century, we need scalable and sustainable financing models for public goods that reward contributors for the positive impact they create.
Hypercerts are a new protocol for funding and rewarding positive impact. Every hypercert is a public claim on a discrete piece of work and impact resulting from that work. Projects can create hypercerts and distribute them to contributors. Funders can own hypercert fractions — and the rights that come with them. Impact evaluators can create value for projects and funders by assessing the quality of hypercerts and offering ratings.
Hypercerts create interoperability by serving as a single, open, shared, decentralized database for impact claims and funding mechanisms. This allows funders and projects to create a scalable, interoperable and transparent funding environment for innovative public goods.
Website
GitHub
Twitter
MASQ Foundation
Co-Founder and President
The MASQ Foundation exists to build and support security and privacy for the public good. We research, engineer, and promote widely-accessible technologies that protect individual users’ security and privacy in both the digital and physical worlds.
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Oasis Labs
- Wired: “How a Startup is Using the Blockchain to Protect Your Privacy”
- Wall Street Journal: “Oasis Labs Building Cloud Computing on Blockchain With $45 Million”
- MIT Technology Review: “Meet Oasis Labs, the blockchain startup Silicon Valley is buzzing about”
- New York Times: “How the Blockchain Could Break Big Tech’s Hold on A.I.”
uProxy
- Time: “Google Unveils Tools to Access Web From Repressive Countries”
- Engadget: “Google announces uProxy: internet censorship avoidance in a browser extension”
- NBC: “’Running battle’: How Google hopes to beat countries cracking down on Internet freedom”
- Reuters: “Google unveils services promoting free expression”
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Student & Teacher
Did you ever feel, as though you had something inside you that was only waiting for you to give it a chance to come out? Some sort of extra power that you aren't using - you know, like all the water that goes down the falls instead of through the turbines?
Adjunct Faculty, Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley
Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer, EECS
University of Washington
Ph.D. Computer Science and Engineering
M.S. Computer Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.Eng. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
B.S. Physics
University of San Francisco
CS272: Software Development. Instructor, Fall 2022. URL
CS212: Software Development. Instructor, Spring 2020. URL
UC Berkeley
CS294-144: Blockchain, Cryptoeconomics, and the Future of Technology, Business and Law. Instructor, Spring 2018. URL
University of Washington
CSE452 - Distributed Systems. TA, Winter 2016. URL
CSE590L - Networks Seminar. Coordinator, 2013-2016. URL
CSE590RS - Robotics Systems Seminar. Coordinator, Summer 2016. URL
CSE550 - Computer Systems. TA, Fall 2012. URL
BIOEN498C - Neural Engineering. TA, Fall 2011. URL
Scientist & Writer
They cannot be worthy of the respect and admiration of the people unless they add to the virtue of obedience some other virtues—the virtues of manliness, of truth, of courage, of willingness to risk positions, of the willingness to risk criticism, of the willingness to risk the misunderstanding that so often comes when people do the heroic thing.
Talek: Private Group Messaging with Hidden Access Patterns
Raymond Cheng, Will Scott, Elisaweta Masserova, Irene Zhang, Vipul Goyal, Tom Anderson, Arvind Krishnamurthy, Bryan Parno,
Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC).
2020.
Arxiv Cryptology ePrint
BibTeX
FalconDB: Blockchain-based Collaborative Database
Yanqing Peng, Min Du, Feifei Li, Raymond Cheng, Dawn Song,
ACM International Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD).
2020.
ACM PDF
BibTeX
Ekiden: A Platform for Confidentiality-Preserving, Trustworthy, and Performant Smart Contracts
Raymond Cheng, Fan Zhang, Jernej Kos, Warren He, Nick Hynes, Noah Johnson, Ari Juels, Andrew Miller, Dawn Song,
IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy (EuroS&P).
2019.
IEEE Arxiv
BibTeX
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Accelerating Science and Research with Impact Certificates
Metascience Conference. Washington, DC. May 2023.
DeSci SF. San Francisco, CA. Nov 2022.
DWeb Camp. Camp Navarro, CA. Aug 2022. 
Watch
How to Become an H3 Hang Glider Pilot in the Bay Area
Slides
Bay Area Fledglings. Webinar. October 2021.
Oasis Labs Talks
Consensus. New York, NY. May 2019. Watch
Google for Startups. San Francisco, CA. Mar 2019. Watch
hack.summit. YouTube. Jul 2018. Watch
Various events at a16z, MIT, UC Berkeley, Stanford, Draper University, IBM.
Ekiden: A Platform for Private, Trustworthy, and Performant Smart Contract Execution
Version1 Version2
UC Berkeley Faculty Summit. Berkeley, CA. Aug 2019.
IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy (EuroS&P). Stockholm, Sweden. Jun 2019.
UC Berkeley RISE Lab Retreat. Lake Tahoe, CA. May 2018.
Talek: Private Group Messaging with Indistinguishable Access Patterns
PDF YouTube
ACSAC 2020. Virtual. Dec 2020.
UC Berkeley RISE/Sunblaze Security Seminar. Berkeley, CA. Oct 2017.
Stanford Security Seminar. Stanford, CA. Apr 2017.
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Realtor
Licensed in California (DRE#02153285)
Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.
Builder
Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but don’t suffer. With that experience their life becomes better, not bitter.
- Buttercup’s Doghouse (2022)
- Fire on the Farm (2021)
- Rotating Circle Bed (2021)
- Flaming BBQ (2018)
- Fist-pumping arm model
- Flight of Illumination (2017) - Iron Monkeys
- Houseboat Rebuild (2016)
Traveler
Mountaineer
We must not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time.
- Black Mountain - Monte Bello Open Space Preserve (2023)
- Pinnacles National Park - (2023)
- Floresta Nacional do Tapajos - Amazon, Brazil (2021)
- Moro Rock - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park (2020)
- Yellowstone Grand Canyon South Rim - Yellowstone National Park (2020)
- Big Basin Redwoods State Park - Santa Cruz Mountain Range (2020)
- Wunderlich Park - (2020)
- Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park - (2020)
- MacKerricher State Park - North CA Coast (2020)
- Russian Gulch State Park - North CA Coast (2020)
- Hendy Woods State Park - Hendy Grove (2020)
- Lake Sonoma - Sonoma County (2020)
- Uvas Canyon County Park - Santa Cruz Mountain Range (2020)
- Lakes Trail - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park (2019)
- Half Dome - Yosemite National Park (2019)
- Coyote Lake Harvey Bear Ranch - Gilroy, CA (2019)
- Mt Madonna - Santa Cruz Mountain Range (2019)
- Sanborn County Park - Santa Cruz Mountain Range (2019)
- Tomales Point Trail - Point Reyes National Seashore (2018)
- Sentinel Dome - Yosemite National Park (2018)
- Vernal Falls - Yosemite National Park (2018)
- Muir Woods - Marin (2018)
- Mt Diablo - Walnut Creek (2018)
- Snoqualmie Tunnel - Cascade Range (2017)
- Mount Healy - Denali National Park (2017)
- Hoh River Trail to Blue Glacier - Olympic National Park (2017)
- Poo Poo Point - Cascade Range (2017)
- Mount Kinabalu - Malaysia (2015)
- Twin Falls - Cascade Range (2015)
- Mount Si - Cascade Range (2013)
- Snow Lake - Cascade Range (2012)
- Mount Tai - China (2011)
Chef & Bartender
Family food blog: https://www.fuzhoufood.com
Champagne! In victory, one deserves it; in defeat one needs it.
Pilot
The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be? —it is the same the angels breathe.
Home Airports:
- Fort Funston, San Francisco, CA
- Ed R. Levin County Park, Milpitas, CA
- 88NV - Black Rock City Airport, Black Rock City, NV
- BFI Boeing Field, Seattle, WA
- FME Tipton Airport, MD
Destination: Everywhere
- Mt Tamalpais - CA (2022)
- Mission Peak - Fremont, CA (2022)
- AJX - Andy Jackson Airpark, San Bernardino, CA (2021)
- Mission Soaring - Hollister, CA (2021)
- McClure - Lake McClure, CA (2020)
- HHR - Hawthorne Municipal Airport, Los Angeles, CA (2018)
- LAS - McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, NV (2018)
- GCN - Grand Canyon Airport, Tusayan, AZ (2018)
- IFP - Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport, Bullhead City, AZ (2018)
- TRM - Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport, Palm Springs, CA (2018)
- PSP - Palm Springs International Airport, Palm Springs, CA (2018)
- CLS - Chehalis-Centralia Airport, Chehalis, WA (2015)
- TIW - Tacoma Narrows Airport, Gig Harbor, WA (2012)
- PWT - Bremerton National Airport, Bremerton, WA (2012)
- DMW - Carroll County Airport, Westminster, MD (2011)
- OXB - Ocean City Municipal Airport, Ocean City, MD (2011)
- SBY - Wicomico Regional Airport, Salisbury, MD (2011)
- ESN - Easton Airport, Easton, MD (2010)
- GAI - Montgomery County Airpark, Gaithersburg, MD (2010)
- W29 - Bay Bridge Airport, Stevensville, MD (2010)
Seaman
You make a million decisions that mean nothing, and then one day, you order take-out, and it changes your life.
- Three Buoys Tortolla Cruiser - 58’ Houseboat
- Catalina 34 - 34’ Sailboat
- Lake Union to Duwamish River, WA (2017)
- Bayliner 32xx - 32’ Powerboat
- Lake Union, WA (2012)
- Coronado 23 MKII - 23’ Sailboat
- Lake Union to Blake Island, WA (2017)
- Pearson Ensign - 22’ Sailboat
- Union Bay, WA (2016)
- Cobalt 220 - 22’ Bowrider
- Lake Union to Lake Washington, WA (2017)
- Hot Tub Boat - 15’ Hot tub
- Lake Union, WA (2017)
- RS Quest - 14’ Sailboat
- Berkeley Marina, CA
- Flying Junior - 13’ Sailboat
- Union Bay, WA (2016)
- Windsurfing
- Union Bay, WA
- Berkeley Marina, CA
Diver
The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.
Advanced Open Water (2016/02)
Specialties:
- Dry Suit (2016/02)
Oahu (2016/06)
Biker
For the first year, the only way I learned how to ride was with a motorcycle and about.com. Apparently there's only seven steps.
- Pacific Coast Highway thru Big Sur - 2019
- Muir Woods, CA - 2018
- Morgan Territory Preserve, CA - 2018
- Half Moon Bay, CA - 2018
- Vashon Island, WA - 2017
- Chinook Pass, WA - 2016
- Whidbey Island, WA - 2016
- Mount St. Helens, WA - 2015
- DC to PA - 2011
Dancer
Always looking for new places/people to house with.
The following are mostly archival from my college days.
(Spring 2007 w/Stephen Steger and Yang Zhang): YouTube
Pooface, A Daft Punk Tribute
(Fall 2007 w/Stephen Steger and Sungmin Son): YouTube
Easy Break Oven, with Superheroes
(Spring 2008 w/Stephen Steger): YouTube
Mulan, The Story
(Fall 2008 w/Lynne Tye): YouTube
Funk Actually
(Spring 2009 w/Mason Tang and John Lim): YouTube
Imaginarium
(Spring 2010 w/Ridonk): YouTube