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Adrian Scott

Founder, Soma Capital

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Founding investor, Napster

Social networking pioneer and founder, Ryze, the big influence on Friendster, which in turn influenced Facebook

Past CTO on 2 crypto projects

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Past CEO & Founder, Coderbuddy

Twitter: adrianscottcom

email: firstname @ firstnamelastname . com

Strong interest in usability, behavior design as well. Love making things scale.

Ph.D. Math, nonlinear optimization applied to finding protein binding sites on DNA, at age 20 from Rensselaer (RPI)

Co-inventor of U.S. Patent related to use of hashing algorithms in P2P networks

Time zone range: U.S.

http://www.adrianscott.com/

  1. Resistance-era password storage (2017) (thusoy.com)
    1 points 0
  2. Pronomous VC launches, to build prosperous cities that uplift entire regions (twitter.com)
    5 points 1
  3. Factual Inaccuracies of “Breaking Mimblewimble’s Privacy Model” (medium.com)
    1 points 0
  4. Want to poop in China? Facial recognition if you want toilet paper – I sht u not (adrianscott.com)
    3 points 0
  5. Announcing Olympus: Lightning-Enabled Fiat Ramps by Zap (medium.com)
    1 points 0
  6. DIY Cash (Wired, 1996) (yoz.com)
    1 points 0
  7. Several Gambling Dapps Hacked – Here Is What Happened (trybe.one)
    4 points 0
  8. Medici Ventures Completes $3.6MM Securities Token Xfer with Ravencoin Blockchain (forbes.com)
    2 points 0
  9. Elon Musk’s New Boring Co. Faced Questions Over SpaceX Financial Ties (wsj.com)
    28 points 38
  10. The Technical Incerto, Vol. 1, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (dropbox.com)
    1 points 0
  11. MacOS bug lets you log in as admin with no password required (arstechnica.com)
    3 points 1
  12. Dave McClure has resigned as GP of 500 Startups (techcrunch.com)
    1 points 1
  13. Lawsuit: Yahoo Mismanaged Millions Set Aside for Humanitarian Aid (forbes.com)
    2 points 0
  14. Razer Project Valerie is a gaming laptop with a triple-screen surprise (cnet.com)
    1 points 1
  15. Does Your Startup Really Need a Full-Time CTO? (testinggetsreal.com)
    1 points 0
  16. Dare to make your startup Legendary by Mike Maples (medium.com)
    2 points 0
  17. What happens to this Supreme Court Term’s close cases? (scotusblog.com)
    5 points 0
  18. TSA Moves to Make Ineffective Body Scanners Mandatory (zerohedge.com)
    1 points 0
  19. Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Absolutely Right (And Wrong) on U.S. Corporate Tax Policy (forbes.com)
    1 points 0
  20. Getting in Cognitive Shape: The Power of Brain Fitness (forbes.com)
    1 points 0
  21. Freedom Project: Compare freedom in countries over time (freedom.coderbuddy.com)
    2 points 0
  22. Instagram shuts down pre-filled captions on Android with no notice; iOS next? (coderbuddyblog.com)
    2 points 0
  23. New Seaweed Tastes Like Bacon and Is Better for You Than Kale (time.com)
    5 points 0
  24. Reddit launches harassment crackdown (bbc.com)
    48 points 137
  25. Can A First-Person Shooter Game Be Successful Without All The Shooting? (fastcoexist.com)
    1 points 0