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Bram Cohen
American programmer and author of the BitTorrent protocol / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bram Cohen is an American computer programmer, best known as the author of the peer-to-peer (P2P) BitTorrent protocol in 2001, as well as the first file sharing program to use the protocol, also known as BitTorrent. He is also the co-founder of CodeCon and organizer of the San Francisco Bay Area P2P-hackers meeting, was the co-author of Codeville and creator of the Chia cryptocurrency which implements the proof of space-time consensus algorithm.
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Born | (1975-10-12) October 12, 1975 (age 48) New York City, U.S. |
Alma mater | University at Buffalo |
Occupation(s) | Chief executive officer, Chia Network |
Known for | BitTorrent protocol |
Spouse | Jenna Cohen |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Ross Cohen (brother) |
Awards | USENIX STUG Award Time 100 MIT TR35 |
Website | bramcohen |
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