Rusty Russell
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Rusty Russell is an Australian developer and one of the key contributors to the Lightning Network specification. He works at Blockstream on the c-lightning (now CLN) implementation and has been instrumental in writing the BOLT (Basis of Lightning Technology) specifications that standardize Lightning Network interoperability across different implementations.
Details
- Role
- Lightning Network Developer
- Company
- Blockstream
- Country
- Australia
- Known For
- c-lightning / CLN implementation, BOLT specifications, Lightning Network development
- Contributions
- CLN (c-lightning),BOLT specs,Lightning Network development
- Twitter Handle
- rusty_twit
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