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Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
Born	Bryce Wilcox; May 13, 1974; Phoenix, Arizona
Occupation(s)	peer-to-peer hacker, cypherpunk
Employer	Least Authority Enterprises
Parent	Olene Harris (mother);
Website	zooko.com

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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 File Store (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.^[5] He is a member of the development team of ZRTP^[6] and the BLAKE2 cryptographic hash function.^[7]^[8]

Zooko's triangle is named after Wilcox-O'Hearn, who described the schema that relates three desirable properties of identifiers in 2001.^[9]

He is founder and CEO of Least Authority Enterprises in Boulder, Colorado.^[1]^[10]^[11]

He was a developer of the MojoNation^[12] P2P system and lead developer of the follow-on Mnet network,^[13] and a developer at SimpleGeo.^[14]

References

^ ^a ^b DJ Pangburn (2013). "Introducing the PRISM-Proof Storage Device". Vice.
^ Wilcox-O'Hearn, Zooko, ANNOUNCING allmydata.org "Tahoe", the Least-Authority Filesystem, v1.3, retrieved 20 April 2009
^ "Why Whack-a-Tard won't save music". The Register. 22 April 2009.
^ Yee, Ka-Ping (2008). "An Open Source License Idea" (PDF). {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |conference= ignored (help)
^ Peter Ferne (21 November 2008). "Collaborative Filtering and Social Capital".
^ About The Zfone Project
^ BLAKE2 designers
^ "BLAKE2: simpler, smaller, fast as MD5" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Security Usability of Petname Systems" (PDF). 2009. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-04766-4_4. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ https://leastauthority.com/about_us/
^ https://identi.ca/zooko
^ "Get Your Music Mojo Working". Wired. 29 July 2000.
^ "Cutting edge P2P, crypto comes to your PC". The Register. 25 February 2002.
^ "Post-Funding, SimpleGeo Pounces On A Six Aparter, A Hacker, And Beta Keys". TechCrunch. 14 December 2009.

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[motherboard-1] 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] Peter Ferne (21 November 2008). "Collaborative Filtering and Social Capital".

[6] About The Zfone Project

[7] BLAKE2 designers

[8] "BLAKE2: simpler, smaller, fast as MD5" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[9] "Security Usability of Petname Systems" (PDF). 2009. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-04766-4_4. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[10] ttps://leastauthority.com/about_us/

[11] ttps://identi.ca/zooko

[12] "Get Your Music Mojo Working". Wired. 29 July 2000.

[13] "Cutting edge P2P, crypto comes to your PC". The Register. 25 February 2002.

[14] "Post-Funding, SimpleGeo Pounces On A Six Aparter, A Hacker, And Beta Keys". TechCrunch. 14 December 2009.

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-'''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> [[dietary]] specialist known for his work on [[ketogenic diet]].
+'''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-LAFS|Tahoe Least-Authority File Store]] (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>