Dominik Harz co-founded BOB, a first-of-its-kind hybrid Layer-2 powered by Bitcoin and Ethereum. Dominik is the CTO of Distributed Crafts, the organization behind the creation of BOB. He has been a contributor to DeFi and smart contracts R&D since 2016 and is most known for his work on DeFi security, stablecoins, and smart contracts. Dominik holds a PhD in computer science from Imperial College London.

Patrick has spent most of his adult life working on cryptocurrencies and his time was split across academic research and industry. Before working at the Arbitrum Foundation, he has worked on transaction delivery, layer-2 protocols, atomic swaps, consensus protocols, and applied cryptography. In a past life, he was an Assistant Professor at King’s College London and an accomplished researcher at UCL, UIUC and NCL.

Research Engineer @ World Foundation. AGI believer. math. Ethereum. ZK. Rust. Angel investor.

Governance & partnerships at L2BEAT; Ethereum advocate in public policy and enterprise.

Crypto builder focused on governance, public goods, and decentralization.