Andrew Poelstra
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Andrew Poelstra is Director of Research at Blockstream and a leading cryptographer in the Bitcoin ecosystem. He co-created Miniscript (a structured scripting language for Bitcoin), MuSig (multi-signature scheme), and Scriptless Scripts. His work on Schnorr signatures laid groundwork for Bitcoin's Taproot upgrade.
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- Role
- Director of Research, Blockstream
- Known For
- Miniscript, MuSig, Scriptless Scripts, Taproot cryptography
- Nationality
- American
- Twitter Handle
- apoelstra
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