IOTA

IOTA was founded in 2015 by four co-founders: Sergey Ivancheglo, Serguei Popov, David Sønstebø, and Dominik Schiener. Since its inception, the IOTA Foundation has grown to encompass team members from more than 25 countries.

Sønstebø and Schiener currently serve as co-chairmen of the board of directors, while Popov is a board member and the foundation’s director of research. Ivancheglo resigned from the Berlin-based project in June 2019, but continues to provide advice as an unofficial advisor. In his statement, Ivancheglo noted: “I no longer believe that the IOTA Foundation is the best setting for me to realize what we set out to create back in 2014 and 2015. I have always done my best work in a less rigid environment. I am looking forward to continuing the work on both hardware and software development of IOTA independently.”