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IC3 - The Initiative For Cryptocurrencies And Contracts

IC3 (The Initiative for Cryptocurrencies and Contracts) is a consortium of academic researchers across 13 universities focused on foundational research in blockchain systems. They conduct research spanning applied cryptography, consensus protocols, distributed systems, programming language theory, and game-theoretic mechanism design, and host hackathons and global events. Their work primarily serves the academic community, the blockchain industry, and researchers/practitioners interested in blockchain and AI.
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Maintainer signals as of Aug 10, 2026


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This view starts from the canonical internal-employee model. A maintainer is an internal employee who merged at least one pull request in a non-fork repository; external contributors, bots, and PR authors are not treated as causal. Active leads have merged within the last three months.

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Current maintainers

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Active leads

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Signals as of Aug 10, 2026github.com/initc3

Maintainers (14)

@njeansFormer employee
PRs merged
5
Internal authors supported
1
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Apr 3, 2023
Last merge
Sep 12, 2023
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@gabearroFormer employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Jun 14, 2023
Last merge
Jun 14, 2023
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@kev-liaoFormer employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
May 27, 2019
Last merge
May 27, 2019
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@hybridNeoFormer employee
PRs merged
2
Internal authors supported
1
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Oct 11, 2018
Last merge
Nov 6, 2018
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@srya-bFormer employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Aug 28, 2018
Last merge
Sep 21, 2018
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Maintainer Movements (4)

@amiller moved lead merge authority to Flashbots.

Confirmed Dec 6, 2023 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Feb 27, 2020 · First destination merge Dec 6, 2023

@sanket1729 moved lead merge authority to The Liquid Network.

Confirmed Jan 27, 2021 · Observed

Last source merge Feb 25, 2020 · First destination merge Jan 27, 2021

@bl4ck5un moved lead merge authority to Oasis Network.

Confirmed Sep 11, 2018 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Jun 11, 2018 · First destination merge Jul 17, 2018

@amiller moved lead merge authority to Zcash Foundation.

Confirmed May 12, 2017 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Jul 23, 2016 · First destination merge May 12, 2017