Monero Founders and Contributors

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Recognizing individuals who have helped shape the Monero project

Disclaimer: This page highlights contributors who have chosen to be publicly known by name and nickname. Monero is an open-source, community-driven project. Countless anonymous developers, researchers, translators, and testers have also played vital roles in its development and maintenance.

Jérémie Dubois-Lacoste

binaryFate

Jérémie Dubois-Lacoste

Core team member overseeing Monero binary signing and release verification infrastructure.

Riccardo Spagni

fluffypony

Riccardo Spagni

Co-Founder and former maintainer who guided Monero’s early growth and promoted its privacy-first mission.

Howard Chu

hyc

Howard Chu

Core developer and LMDB author, improving Monero’s database performance and memory usage.

Justin Ehrenhofer

samsunggalaxyplayer

Justin Ehrenhofer

Contributor focusing on wallet UX, RandomX education, and community organization.

Naveen Jain

Naveen Jain

CEO and Co-Founder

Co-founder of the Tari sidechain project supporting Monero ecosystem development.

Douglas Tuman

Douglas Tuman

Host, Monero Talk

Public advocate and host of Monero Talk, promoting privacy and community engagement through media and education.

Mitchell Krawiec-Thayer

isthmus

Mitchell Krawiec-Thayer

Researcher at Monero Research Lab, working on cryptographic analysis and privacy modeling.

Jethro Grassie

jtgrassie

Jethro Grassie

Developer maintaining Monero mining and pool infrastructure tools.

Luke Parker

kayabaNerve

Luke Parker

Researcher working on advanced cryptographic proofs and consensus protocol enhancements.

Diego Salazar

rehrar

Diego Salazar

Developer who built Monero’s website, infrastructure, and community communication tools.

Justin Berman

Justin Berman

Developer

Protocol engineer contributing to wallet and consensus layer improvements.

Aaron Feickert

sarahgNoether

Aaron Feickert

Researcher at Monero Research Lab contributing to cryptographic and academic analyses.

Brandon Goodell

suraeNoether

Brandon Goodell

Cryptography researcher working on privacy-preserving techniques and proofs.

Lee Clagett

vtnerd

Lee Clagett

Core developer maintaining Monero’s wallet and daemon software; reviewer for protocol updates.