Eric Lombrozo

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Eric Lombrozo is an American Bitcoin Core developer and co-CEO of Ciphrex, a Bitcoin security and infrastructure company. He was a key advocate and contributor to Segregated Witness (SegWit), one of the most significant Bitcoin protocol upgrades, and has contributed extensively to Bitcoin's peer-to-peer layer and consensus code. Lombrozo is known for his deep technical expertise and his outspoken advocacy for Bitcoin's layered scaling approach, emphasizing security and decentralization above throughput.

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Role: Bitcoin Core Developer / Co-CEO of Ciphrex
Twitter: EricLombrozo
Known For: SegWit advocate and contributor; Bitcoin Core P2P and consensus developer
Nationality: American
Twitter Handle: eric_lombrozo

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