# Chris Gilbert | 0xgilbert.eth

> I build hyperstructures and decentralize things.

- **Email**: chris@100x.dev
- **Website**: 100x.dev
- **LinkedIn**: linkedin.com/in/0xgilbert
- **GitHub**: github.com/chris-gilbert
- **Twitter**: @0xgilbert

## Current Role
**Chief Technical Officer** at Elixir Protocol (2022 - Present)
Co-founder and CTO. Designed and coded the first version of the protocol, a full DPoS network that does algorithmic market-making on centralized exchange pairs. Spun up AWS infrastructure to support 15,000 users.

## Previously
- **Head of Engineering** at Tokensoft (2021 - 2022)
- **Blockchain R&D Lead** at IDEXX Laboratories (2017 - 2019)
- **Technical Lead, Principle Engineer** at IDEXX Laboratories (2012 - 2021)

## Education
- **BS in Computer Science**, University of Maine (2001 - 2006)

## Character Arc
My journey began in the early 2000s in a web 1.0 world, working on LAMP-stack applications. In 2012, I joined IDEXX, later leading M&A technical due diligence and building engineering teams as the company joined the S&P 500.

Passionate about blockchain, I mined Bitcoin in 2010 and dove into Ethereum in 2017. I led a Blockchain R&D department at IDEXX, developing a chain-of-custody protocol for the USDA and FDA. I later worked at a startup on on-chain identity, KYC, AML, and Sybil protection.

In February 2022, I co-founded Elixir to disrupt centralized Market Making. I architected our full DPoS network for central limit order books, launched 2 testnets, onboarded 10,000 validators, and our team completed a Series A at a $150m valuation.

## Projects
- **SocksiPy**: A Python SOCKS client module included in Google Cloud Platform’s Python API.
- **PyLoris**: A scriptable tool for testing server vulnerability to connection exhaustion DoS attacks.