Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn

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12 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[6]
Date of birth
May 13, 1974
Place of birth
Phoenix
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Birth date
1974-05-13
Citizenship
United States
Birth place
Phoenix
Quora topic
Zooko-Wilcox-OHearn
Social media followers
82k (58k–82k, n=4)[7][8][9][10]
Twitter
zooko
🏷️ Also known as
en Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn en Bryce Wilcox en Zooko Wilkox ar زوكو ويلكوكس أوهيرن de Zooko Wilkox ja ズーコ・ウィルコックス・オハーン ja ズーコ・ウィルコックス
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Freebase ID
/m/047d_70
Prabook ID
1736219
Quora topic ID
Zooko-Wilcox-OHearn
Stack Exchange user ID
264250
X (Twitter) username
zooko (2008–present)

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Summary

Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn's place of birth was Phoenix[1]. He was born on May 13, 1974[2]. He worked as an engineer[3] and computer scientist[4].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn include Zooko's triangle[11], a theory[12], founded in 2001[13].

Why It Matters

He is credited with the discovery of Zooko's triangle[14], a theory[15], founded in 2001[16] and BLAKE3[17], a cryptographic hash function[18]. Entities named for him include Zooko's triangle[11], a theory[12], founded in 2001[13].

FAQs

Where was Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn born?

Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn was born in Phoenix[1].

What did Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn do for work?

Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn worked as engineer[3] and computer scientist[4].

What did Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn discover?

Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn is credited as discoverer of Zooko's triangle[14] and BLAKE3[17].

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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