{"id":"robert-habermeier","version":1,"language":"en","title":"Robert Habermeier","hidden":false,"content":"**Robert Habermeier** is a Co-Founder of the [Polkadot Network](https://iq.wiki/wiki/polkadot) and Managing Partner at Hypersphere Ventures[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-80e5zgsmrce). Robert Habermeier is a [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) entrepreneur and researcher with experience in cryptography, game theory, and distributed systems.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-sizv56rqj9)[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-cgzax3zg8ej)  \n  \n$$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](W_BvwVTYjE8)$$  \n  \n# Career  \n  \nRobert Habermeier was first introduced to [bitcoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitcoin) and [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) in 2011. In 2013 he started working on the Rust programming language. [\\[7\\]](#cite-id-g5l6tm48q8i)  \n  \nIn 2015, Robert became aware of Parity[\\[5\\]](#cite-id-x7445sljdx) which was working on [Ethereum](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum) in Rust, there he became an Ethereum core developer while working with the team at Parity[\\[5\\]](#cite-id-x7445sljdx). In 2016, he started working with [Gavin Wood](https://iq.wiki/wiki/gavin-wood) and Peter Czaban[\\[6\\]](#cite-id-swx45x5z3sl) on the design of [Polkadot](https://iq.wiki/wiki/polkadot)'s Parachains which are the fundamental scaling primitive of Polkadot. [\\[7\\]](#cite-id-g5l6tm48q8i)  \n  \n## Polkadot  \n  \n[Polkadot](https://iq.wiki/wiki/polkadot) is a network protocol that enables the transfer of arbitrary data, including tokens, across [blockchains](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain). This allows for the possibility of cross-chain registries and cross-chain computation.  It is capable of transferring data between public, open, permissionless, and private, permissioned blockchains. This makes it possible to develop applications that can use permissioned data from a private blockchain on a public [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain). [\\[1\\]](https://iq.wiki/wiki/robert-habermeier#cite-id-sizv56rqj9)[\\[2\\]](https://iq.wiki/wiki/robert-habermeier#cite-id-cgzax3zg8ej)  \n  \nRobert Habermeier is an editor of Polkadot Network[\\[8\\]](#cite-id-ti6ha6r7l9) and Kusama\\_Network[\\[9\\]](#cite-id-fztt94r83f) where he creates content related to [blockchains](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) and [Polkadot](https://iq.wiki/wiki/polkadot).[\\[10\\]](#cite-id-vqvbuixgj9) When asked about what differentiates [Polkadot](https://iq.wiki/wiki/polkadot) from other blockchains, Robert answered:  \n  \n> \"First, we want to make it easy for people to write specialized purpose-built blockchains, to get security for those blockchains so that they don't have to worry about gathering a minor community which is another issue that we've seen is difficult because these things can be 51% attack and lastly to connect these blockchains so you can have use cases that are emergent among many specific utilities\"[\\[14\\]](#cite-id-vr2sg3q84xq)  \n  \n$$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](Aqqjv0s8Z9c)$$  \nIn June 2018, Robert Habermeier was named a 2018 Thiel Fellow. As a Thiel Fellow, Robert received $100,000 over two years to further the development of the [Polkadot](https://iq.wiki/wiki/polkadot) project, as well as mentorship from the foundation’s large network of entrepreneurs, inventors, and scientists. [\\[11\\]](#cite-id-f8vmpfmgug)[\\[12\\]](#cite-id-mnf2qbvah4)  \n  \nRobert is a thought leader in the [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) space, having authored numerous blog posts and articles and presented at conferences on topics related to [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) technology. He is also a mentor for the Web3 Foundation, helping to cultivate the next generation of blockchain developers. [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-8ohiq4fadym)[\\[13\\]](#cite-id-7s1t5rtxhgs)","summary":"Robert Habermeier is a blockchain entrepreneur and researcher, co-founder of the Polkadot Network and Managing Partner at Hypersphere Ventures, with experience in cryptography, game theory, and distributed systems.","categories":[{"id":"people","title":"People in crypto"}],"promoted":0,"tags":[{"id":"Founders"}],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"sizv56rqj9\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/rphmeier/?original_referer=\",\"description\":\"Linkedin\",\"timestamp\":1675934021647},{\"id\":\"cgzax3zg8ej\",\"url\":\"https://polkadot.network/features/technology/\",\"description\":\"polkadot website\",\"timestamp\":1675934275721},{\"id\":\"80e5zgsmrce\",\"url\":\"https://hypersphere.ventures/\",\"description\":\"hypersphere ventures\",\"timestamp\":1675935357078},{\"id\":\"8ohiq4fadym\",\"url\":\"https://medium.com/@rphmeier\",\"description\":\"Robert's Medium\",\"timestamp\":1675936088736},{\"id\":\"x7445sljdx\",\"url\":\"https://www.parity.io/\",\"description\":\"parity\",\"timestamp\":1675937766048},{\"id\":\"swx45x5z3sl\",\"url\":\"https://keorn.org/\",\"description\":\"peter czaban website\",\"timestamp\":1675938297517},{\"id\":\"g5l6tm48q8i\",\"url\":\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqqjv0s8Z9c\",\"description\":\"youtube interview on polkadot with robert & nick\",\"timestamp\":1675938503339},{\"id\":\"ti6ha6r7l9\",\"url\":\"https://medium.com/polkadot-network\",\"description\":\"Polkadot Medium\",\"timestamp\":1675938718497},{\"id\":\"fztt94r83f\",\"url\":\"https://medium.com/kusama-network\",\"description\":\"Kusama Medium\",\"timestamp\":1675938777435},{\"id\":\"vqvbuixgj9\",\"url\":\"https://polkadot.network/blog/polkadot-v1-0-sharding-and-economic-security\",\"description\":\"deep dive on powering polkadot's parachains\",\"timestamp\":1675938943063},{\"id\":\"f8vmpfmgug\",\"url\":\"https://medium.com/polkadot-network/polkadot-co-founder-robert-habermeier-named-2018-thiel-fellow-75950e2d8001\",\"description\":\"robert named theil fellow\",\"timestamp\":1675939270129},{\"id\":\"mnf2qbvah4\",\"url\":\"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180622005131/en/Thiel-Foundation-Announces-2018-Thiel-Fellows\",\"description\":\"Thiel foundation announcement\",\"timestamp\":1675939318343},{\"id\":\"7s1t5rtxhgs\",\"url\":\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1zLHO7Lkuk\",\"description\":\"Robert presenting parity substrate\",\"timestamp\":1675939424904},{\"id\":\"vr2sg3q84xq\",\"url\":\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqqjv0s8Z9c&t=3s\",\"description\":\"Polkadot with Robert Habermeier and Nick Tomaino\",\"timestamp\":1677584133740}]"},{"id":"website","value":"https://medium.com/@rphmeier"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/rphmeier/?original_referer="},{"id":"github_profile","value":"https://github.com/rphmeier"},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"QmZDUUcMSaeqcivVWPRmogVofgMkvKeLXCt1JcmjzVG5dZ"}],"user":{"id":"0x6753061a4cffbc0A617e57E956A298D88702a94B"},"author":{"id":"0x212Cb3F4aE6611054637f9f78F18fB628AD258bb","profile":{"username":"zainab","avatar":"QmPabyQDLVgKZJN8NQF9EixdgWo3JvLn7gnAWdVkETgMyu"}},"media":[{"name":"kVzez1iyYEM","id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVzez1iyYEM","size":"0","type":null,"source":"YOUTUBE"},{"name":"W_BvwVTYjE8","id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_BvwVTYjE8","size":"0","type":null,"source":"YOUTUBE"},{"name":"Aqqjv0s8Z9c","id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqqjv0s8Z9c","size":"0","type":null,"source":"YOUTUBE"},{"name":"q1zLHO7Lkuk","id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1zLHO7Lkuk","size":"0","type":null,"source":"YOUTUBE"}],"views":26,"ipfs":"QmZDUUcMSaeqcivVWPRmogVofgMkvKeLXCt1JcmjzVG5dZ","transactionHash":"0xb07134be0796490c079adfe078b479c7ffef5017243518033c6cb896dc8c14ef","created":"2023-02-09T10:46:38.716Z","updated":"2023-02-28T11:46:32.269Z","images":[{"id":"QmdNcVwWd47iyY1puayEK2imMi73cLDkR1vdTfcrGhfHFR","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}],"linkedWikis":{"blockchains":["polkadot"]}}