Faculty
Who wrote what, and what they declared.
Every course is written by someone who has shipped, audited or regulated the system it describes. Their background is here in full, along with any commercial relationship — which is also read out at the start of each course they teach.
- 4 instructors
- Affiliations disclosed
- Annual peer review
- PR
Consensus, peer-to-peer networking, client implementation
Priya Ramanathan
Faculty lead, Blockchain Fundamentals
Nine years as a consensus-layer engineer; contributor to two open-source clients.
Full background and disclosures - TL
Key management, signature schemes, custody architecture
Dr. Tobias Lindqvist
Faculty, applied cryptography
PhD in cryptography; previously a protocol auditor for institutional custodians.
Full background and disclosures - NC
AML/KYC programmes, asset classification, supervisory examinations
Naomi Castellanos
Faculty, regulation & compliance
Twelve years in financial-crime compliance at regulated exchanges and a national regulator.
Full background and disclosures - KA
Former derivatives market maker; writes the Institute’s monthly research note.
Full background and disclosures
How curriculum review works
Each course is reviewed once a year by an instructor who did not write it. The reviewer's name and the date of the review are printed on the course page, and the review notes are attached to the syllabus. A course that has not been reviewed within the year is marked as such rather than quietly left alone.
On disclosure
We take no commission from any exchange, protocol or issuer, and we accept no sponsored curriculum. If an instructor holds a paid relationship with a company relevant to their subject, it is listed on their page and stated at the start of the course. An empty list means none has been declared.
Why there are no portraits
These entries are marked as unverified pending substantiation, and a stock photograph attached to an unverified name would assert a person rather than illustrate one. Each instructor is shown as a monogram until a cleared photograph of the actual person exists.