I'm David Schwartz, known as JoelKatz, Chief Cryptographer at Ripple

joelkatz (60)in #introduceyourself • 8 years ago (edited)

Introduction

David Schwarrtz

I'm David Schwartz, known as JoelKatz on many forums. I'm the Chief Cryptographer at Ripple (formerly Ripple Labs) and one of the original architects of what is now called the Ripple Consensus Ledger (RCL).

Verification

My identity can be verified by my well-known Bitcoin address:
1Joe1Katzci1rFcsr9HH7SLuHVnDy2aihZ

That can be confirmed to be mine here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=27870

It also appears in the about page on my blog:
https://gigabitether.net/about/

Which you can confirm is my blog here:
https://twitter.com/JoelKatz
https://github.com/JoelKatz

I have signed this message:
"07/19/2016-joelkatz-steemit.com"
The signature is:
"HBGKKXVdpkaQu46gu6ZGeMgOHyJLEinAV2JdicAmTRawC1OcimvG3P+40xvBh82M7bnF//HgdKZyj8SEGKAQszw="

You can verify the signature with the following bitcoin-cli command (or some other tool):

bitcoin-cli verifymessage \
"1Joe1Katzci1rFcsr9HH7SLuHVnDy2aihZ" \
"HBGKKXVdpkaQu46gu6ZGeMgOHyJLEinAV2JdicAmTRawC1OcimvG3P+40xvBh82M7bnF//HgdKZyj8SEGKAQszw=" \
"07/19/2016-joelkatz-steemit.com"`

8 years ago in #introduceyourself by joelkatz (60)

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jacobt (58) 8 years ago

Welcome David, glad you could join the party!

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getssidetracked (57) 8 years ago

Welcome to Steemit, Joel!
Thanks for the verification, I've been following Ripple for a long time and am glad its a big part of the block-chain ecosystem and helping banks realize its potential!