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Piper Merriam
Ethereum Foundation Developer
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Piper Merriam is an Ethereum developer and open source contributor known for their work on Ethereum tooling and protocol research.
Piper Merriam began their software engineering career in 2011 and later became involved in the Ethereum ecosystem as an open source contributor. They are known for building and maintaining Ethereum developer tools, including Populus and the Ethereum Alarm Clock project, and for their extensive work on Python-based Ethereum infrastructure such as web3.py. They have held roles at ConsenSys and the Ethereum Foundation, where their work has included client development and research into Ethereum protocol improvements.
Highlights
- Began professional software engineering work in 2011
- Created Populus, an early Ethereum smart contract development framework
- Contributed to the Ethereum Alarm Clock scheduling protocol
- Worked extensively on Ethereum Python tooling, including web3.py
- Contributed to Ethereum client development, including the Trinity client project
- Deployed the Devcon2 Token in 2016 as an on-chain proof of attendance for Devcon2
- Later research and protocol work at the Ethereum Foundation, including efforts related to Ethereum client architecture and state management