Mike Hearn, well known as an early Bitcoin developer who exchanged emails with Satoshi Nakomoto, is leaving his full-time role at R3. However, the lead platform developer has not been working on the Corda enterprise blockchain for some time.
For the last year or so, Hearn has focused on Conclave, R3’s confidential computing solution that went into production this week. Hence the timing of the announcement.
“Just like Corda’s technical leadership transitioned to a new cadre of leaders when Mike turned his attention to Conclave, the same is already in place for Conclave,” said CTO Richard Brown in an internal email. He also gave considerable credit to his colleague, saying, “It’s not an exaggeration to say that R3 is the firm it is today in large part because of Mike.”
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