Elias Haase is Founder of b9lab. b9lab is a protocol-agnostic research and development lab conducting: consulting and development of decentralised solutions; training and education for decision makers and technical stakeholders; foundational research in the decentralised applications and infrastructure space. He has spent the past 10 years planning, building and running digital products. His background is in artificial intelligence. Since the early days of Bitcoin, Elias has been following the progress of blockchain technology and has gathered ample experience in the field of smart contracts and trustless computation. He is co-founder of bitsilk, CEO of the software development company.