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'''Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn''' (born '''Bryce Wilcox''' May 13, 1974 in [[Phoenix, Arizona]]), is an American [[Colorado]]-based<ref>http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/least-authoritys-zooko-wilcox-ohearn-talks-about-his-prism-proof-storage-device</ref> [[computer security]] specialist known for his work on [[Tahoe-LAFS]].
'''Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn''' (born '''Bryce Wilcox''' May 13, 1974 in [[Phoenix, Arizona]]), is an American [[Colorado]]-based<ref name="motherboard">{{cite web|url=http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/least-authoritys-zooko-wilcox-ohearn-talks-about-his-prism-proof-storage-device|title=Introducing the PRISM-Proof Storage Device|author=DJ Pangburn|year=2013|publisher=Vice}}</ref> [[computer security]] specialist known for his work on [[Tahoe-LAFS]].


He is working on the [[Tahoe Least-Authority Filesystem]] (or Tahoe-LAFS), a secure, decentralized, fault-tolerant filesystem<ref>Wilcox-O'Hearn, Zooko, ''[https://launchpad.net/allmydata.org/+announcement/2025 ANNOUNCING allmydata.org "Tahoe", the Least-Authority Filesystem, v1.3]'', retrieved 20 April 2009</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/22/codecon_2009_overview/|title=Why Whack-a-Tard won't save music|date=April 22, 2009|publisher=The Register}}</ref> released under [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] and the TGPPL licenses. He is the creator of the Transitive Grace Period Public Licence (TGPPL).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tahoe-lafs.org/~zooko/tgppl.pdf|title=An Open Source License Idea|year=2008|conference=PyCon|author=Yee, Ka-Ping}}</ref>
He is working on the [[Tahoe Least-Authority Filesystem]] (or Tahoe-LAFS), a secure, decentralized, fault-tolerant filesystem<ref>Wilcox-O'Hearn, Zooko, ''[https://launchpad.net/allmydata.org/+announcement/2025 ANNOUNCING allmydata.org "Tahoe", the Least-Authority Filesystem, v1.3]'', retrieved 20 April 2009</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/22/codecon_2009_overview/|title=Why Whack-a-Tard won't save music|date=April 22, 2009|publisher=The Register}}</ref> released under [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] and the TGPPL licenses. He is the creator of the Transitive Grace Period Public Licence (TGPPL).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tahoe-lafs.org/~zooko/tgppl.pdf|title=An Open Source License Idea|year=2008|conference=PyCon|author=Yee, Ka-Ping}}</ref>


Wilcox-O'Hearn is the designer of multiple [[Communications protocol|network protocols]] that incorporate concepts such as self-contained [[economy|economies]] and secure [[reputation system]]s. He is a member of the development team of [[ZRTP]].<ref>[http://zfoneproject.com/about.html About The Zfone Project]</ref>
Wilcox-O'Hearn is the designer of multiple [[Communications protocol|network protocols]] that incorporate concepts such as self-contained [[economy|economies]] and secure [[reputation system]]s. He is a member of the development team of [[ZRTP]]<ref>[http://zfoneproject.com/about.html About The Zfone Project]</ref> and the [[BLAKE (hash function)#BLAKE2|BLAKE2]] cryptographic hash.<ref>[https://blake2.net/#de BLAKE2 designers]</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://eprint.iacr.org/2013/322.pdf|title=BLAKE2: simpler, smaller, fast as MD5}}</ref>


[[Zooko's triangle]] is named after Wilcox-O'Hearn. It is a schema that relates three desirable properties of identifiers.
[[Zooko's triangle]] is named after Wilcox-O'Hearn, who described the schema that relates three desirable properties of identifiers in 2001.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://persons.unik.no/josang/papers/FJSB2009-NordSec.pdf|year=2009|title=Security Usability of Petname Systems|doi=10.1007/978-3-642-04766-4_4}}</ref>


He is founder and CEO of Least Authority Enterprises in [[Boulder, Colorado]].<ref>http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/least-authoritys-zooko-wilcox-ohearn-talks-about-his-prism-proof-storage-device</ref><ref>https://leastauthority.com/about_us/</ref><ref>https://identi.ca/zooko</ref>
He is founder and CEO of Least Authority Enterprises in [[Boulder, Colorado]].<ref name="motherboard"/><ref>https://leastauthority.com/about_us/</ref><ref>https://identi.ca/zooko</ref>


He was a developer of the MojoNation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2000/07/37892|title=Get Your Music Mojo Working|date=July 29, 2000|publisher=Wired}}</ref> P2P system and lead developer of the follow-on [[Mnet (peer-to-peer network)|Mnet network]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/02/25/cutting_edge_p2p_crypto_comes/|title=Cutting edge P2P, crypto comes to your PC|date=February 25, 2002|publisher=The Register}}</ref> and a developer at SimpleGeo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://techcrunch.com/2009/12/14/simple-geo-beta-keys/|title=Post-Funding, SimpleGeo Pounces On A Six Aparter, A Hacker, And Beta Keys|date=December 14, 2009|publisher=TechCrunch}}</ref>
He was a developer of the MojoNation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2000/07/37892|title=Get Your Music Mojo Working|date=July 29, 2000|publisher=Wired}}</ref> P2P system and lead developer of the follow-on [[Mnet (peer-to-peer network)|Mnet network]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/02/25/cutting_edge_p2p_crypto_comes/|title=Cutting edge P2P, crypto comes to your PC|date=February 25, 2002|publisher=The Register}}</ref> and a developer at SimpleGeo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://techcrunch.com/2009/12/14/simple-geo-beta-keys/|title=Post-Funding, SimpleGeo Pounces On A Six Aparter, A Hacker, And Beta Keys|date=December 14, 2009|publisher=TechCrunch}}</ref>

Revision as of 22:04, 28 December 2013

Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
Born
Bryce Wilcox
Occupation(s)peer-to-peer hacker, cypherpunk
EmployerLeast Authority Enterprises
Parent
  • Olene Harris (mother)
Websitezooko.com

Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn (born Bryce Wilcox May 13, 1974 in Phoenix, Arizona), is an American Colorado-based[1] computer security specialist known for his work on Tahoe-LAFS.

He is working on the Tahoe Least-Authority Filesystem (or Tahoe-LAFS), a secure, decentralized, fault-tolerant filesystem[2][3] released under GPL and the TGPPL licenses. He is the creator of the Transitive Grace Period Public Licence (TGPPL).[4]

Wilcox-O'Hearn is the designer of multiple network protocols that incorporate concepts such as self-contained economies and secure reputation systems. He is a member of the development team of ZRTP[5] and the BLAKE2 cryptographic hash.[6][7]

Zooko's triangle is named after Wilcox-O'Hearn, who described the schema that relates three desirable properties of identifiers in 2001.[8]

He is founder and CEO of Least Authority Enterprises in Boulder, Colorado.[1][9][10]

He was a developer of the MojoNation[11] P2P system and lead developer of the follow-on Mnet network,[12] and a developer at SimpleGeo.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b DJ Pangburn (2013). "Introducing the PRISM-Proof Storage Device". Vice.
  2. ^ Wilcox-O'Hearn, Zooko, ANNOUNCING allmydata.org "Tahoe", the Least-Authority Filesystem, v1.3, retrieved 20 April 2009
  3. ^ "Why Whack-a-Tard won't save music". The Register. 22 April 2009.
  4. ^ Yee, Ka-Ping (2008). "An Open Source License Idea" (PDF). {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |conference= ignored (help)
  5. ^ About The Zfone Project
  6. ^ BLAKE2 designers
  7. ^ "BLAKE2: simpler, smaller, fast as MD5" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ "Security Usability of Petname Systems" (PDF). 2009. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-04766-4_4. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ^ https://leastauthority.com/about_us/
  10. ^ https://identi.ca/zooko
  11. ^ "Get Your Music Mojo Working". Wired. 29 July 2000.
  12. ^ "Cutting edge P2P, crypto comes to your PC". The Register. 25 February 2002.
  13. ^ "Post-Funding, SimpleGeo Pounces On A Six Aparter, A Hacker, And Beta Keys". TechCrunch. 14 December 2009.

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