Carlos Faria

Carlos Faria

I'm a software engineer, with academic background and experience in distributed systems and cybersecurity.

About Me

Software and Blockchain engineer from Lisbon 🇵🇹, with a MSc in Computer Science from the IST. Always trying to learn more about Ethereum and Bitcoin. CTO at Yacooba.

Projects

hammer

Utility to measure the Transaction per Second in any Ethereum network (supporting different client implementations)

BlockSim: Blockchain Simulator

A simulation framework that assists in the design, implementation, and evaluation of existing or new blockchains. It follows a discrete event simulation model. Currently, there are models to simulate Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Bitcoin Portugal

Started this project to help Portuguese speaking people to understand Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Founded in 2011.

Latest Articles

BlockSim: Bitcoin and Ethereum Simulator

BlockSim consists in a simulation framework that assists in the design, implementation, and evaluation of existing or new blockchains.

Experience

Yacooba

CTO, Aug 2020 - Present

Blockbird Ventures

Co Founder, Jun 2018 - Jul 2020

Privata.ai

Co Founder, Aug 2019 - May 2020

Public Mint

Blockchain Engineer, Jun 2018 - Apr 2020

INESC-ID

Research Assistant, Sep 2017 - Feb 2020

Talks

BlockSim: Blockchain Simulator

Atlanta, USA. Jul 2019

Cryptocurrencies

Azores, Portugal. Mar 2018

Embrace the bitcoin, reject the fear

Madeira, Portugal. Jul 2017