san francisco, california
I'm Jay, a Junior Partner at Pantera Capital focusing on research and investments, and a Research Advisor to IC3. I was previously the President of Stanford Blockchain Club and did research on DAOs at Stanford Law School and IC3. I graduated from Stanford with a double major in Computer Science (Systems track) and Philosophy (Philosophy & Literature program), and a minor in French.
A selection of my writings on tech, literature, and philosophy, collected across multiple platforms.
A selection of research and personal projects exploring the future of decentralized digital societies.
Formal verification and prototype for TEE-based programmable wallets using AWS Nitro Enclaves
(Ethereum Foundation Academic Grant '25)
Trust-preserving storage pipeline for David Guttenfelder's North Korea archive with Stanford Starling Lab for Data Integrity
DetailsBare-metal Raspberry Pi (BCM2835) TEE wallet with ATECC608A secure element for key encumbrance
DetailsEvaluating voting designs for Optimism RetroPGF (Optimism RFP Research Grant '24)
DetailsReviews of books that have profoundly affected my thinking in the past few years. Ordered by most recently completed.