adrianscott

624 karmajoined November 2, 2009On HN

Adrian Scott

Founder, Soma Capital

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

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/

Recent submissions

Resistance-era password storage (2017)thusoy.com
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Pronomous VC launches, to build prosperous cities that uplift entire regions twitter.com
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Factual Inaccuracies of “Breaking Mimblewimble’s Privacy Model”medium.com
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Want to poop in China? Facial recognition if you want toilet paper – I sht u not adrianscott.com
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Announcing Olympus: Lightning-Enabled Fiat Ramps by Zap medium.com
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DIY Cash (Wired, 1996)yoz.com
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Several Gambling Dapps Hacked – Here Is What Happened trybe.one
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Medici Ventures Completes $3.6MM Securities Token Xfer with Ravencoin Blockchain forbes.com
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Elon Musk’s New Boring Co. Faced Questions Over SpaceX Financial Ties wsj.com
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The Technical Incerto, Vol. 1, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb dropbox.com
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MacOS bug lets you log in as admin with no password required arstechnica.com
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Lawsuit: Yahoo Mismanaged Millions Set Aside for Humanitarian Aid forbes.com
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Does Your Startup Really Need a Full-Time CTO?testinggetsreal.com
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Dare to make your startup Legendary by Mike Maples medium.com
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What happens to this Supreme Court Term’s close cases?scotusblog.com
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Absolutely Right (And Wrong) on U.S. Corporate Tax Policy forbes.com
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Getting in Cognitive Shape: The Power of Brain Fitness forbes.com
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Freedom Project: Compare freedom in countries over time freedom.coderbuddy.com
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Instagram shuts down pre-filled captions on Android with no notice; iOS next?coderbuddyblog.com
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New Seaweed Tastes Like Bacon and Is Better for You Than Kale time.com
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Reddit launches harassment crackdown bbc.com
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Can A First-Person Shooter Game Be Successful Without All The Shooting?fastcoexist.com
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How to reach 98% of your Kickstarter goal in a few days; our 3d voxel game blog.mydream.com
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FCC releases Android app to test mobile broadband speeds news.cnet.com
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Immune System Hack Diet testinggetsreal.com
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1 MVP, 1 A/B Test: Every MVP Needs an A/B Test, Like a Sniper Shot Needs a Kill testinggetsreal.com
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Use Bacon to Increase Repeat Usage of your Web Site or Mobile App testinggetsreal.com
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