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 ===== History ===== ===== History =====
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-==== Career ==== 
  
 From 2003-2006, Bishop worked on web and software design projects for several companies including [[Lockhart Woodworks]], [[Dimensional Studios]] and [[Cruise & Travel Connection]].((//Bryan Bishop - Experience.// LinkedIn. Retrieved January 21, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-bishop-3a63978/details/experience/)) From 2003-2006, Bishop worked on web and software design projects for several companies including [[Lockhart Woodworks]], [[Dimensional Studios]] and [[Cruise & Travel Connection]].((//Bryan Bishop - Experience.// LinkedIn. Retrieved January 21, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-bishop-3a63978/details/experience/))
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 In 2007, Bishop started the [[hplusroadmap]] group -- a think tank of radical technology innovators focused on high technology projects from gene therapy to brain uploading. Bishop created the Culture Shock electroporator, an open-source laboratory device that uses electricity to shock cells so that their membranes become temporarily porous to allow new DNA to be able to enter into the cells thereby reprogramming biology. In 2007, Bishop started the [[hplusroadmap]] group -- a think tank of radical technology innovators focused on high technology projects from gene therapy to brain uploading. Bishop created the Culture Shock electroporator, an open-source laboratory device that uses electricity to shock cells so that their membranes become temporarily porous to allow new DNA to be able to enter into the cells thereby reprogramming biology.
  
-=== The Uncertain Future ===+==== The Uncertain Future ====
  
 In the summer of 2008, Bishop volunteered as a programmer at the [[Machine Intelligence Research Institute]] (MIRI) for a project called [[The Uncertain Future]]. The project was funded by the [[Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence]], and focused on the "development of [[transhumanism|transhumanist]] technologies – including [[artificial intelligence]], [[genetics]], and [[biotechnology]] – as the key element in predicting the future", while taking into account factors "such as the speed of scientific progress, the difficulty of building technology, and the possibility of catastrophe."((//Home.// The Uncertain Future. Retrieved December 5, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221205151123/http://theuncertainfuture.com/)) ((McGabe, T. (2011, February 4). //The Uncertain Future Forecasting Project Goes Open-Source.// H+ Magazine. https://web.archive.org/web/20120413174829/http://hplusmagazine.com/2011/02/04/the-uncertain-future-forecasting-project-goes-open-source/))  In the summer of 2008, Bishop volunteered as a programmer at the [[Machine Intelligence Research Institute]] (MIRI) for a project called [[The Uncertain Future]]. The project was funded by the [[Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence]], and focused on the "development of [[transhumanism|transhumanist]] technologies – including [[artificial intelligence]], [[genetics]], and [[biotechnology]] – as the key element in predicting the future", while taking into account factors "such as the speed of scientific progress, the difficulty of building technology, and the possibility of catastrophe."((//Home.// The Uncertain Future. Retrieved December 5, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221205151123/http://theuncertainfuture.com/)) ((McGabe, T. (2011, February 4). //The Uncertain Future Forecasting Project Goes Open-Source.// H+ Magazine. https://web.archive.org/web/20120413174829/http://hplusmagazine.com/2011/02/04/the-uncertain-future-forecasting-project-goes-open-source/)) 
  
-=== University of Texas at Austin ===+==== University of Texas at Austin ====
  
 Bishop worked as a research assistant in several laboratories at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] from June 2008 to December 2009.((Bishop, B. //Bryan Bishop - Resume// (p. 3). Retrieved May 12, 2013, from https://web.archive.org/web/20130512095640/http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/resume.pdf))  Bishop worked as a research assistant in several laboratories at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] from June 2008 to December 2009.((Bishop, B. //Bryan Bishop - Resume// (p. 3). Retrieved May 12, 2013, from https://web.archive.org/web/20130512095640/http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/resume.pdf)) 
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 Then, in the [[Automated Design Laboratory]], he worked on [[Virtual Organization for Innovative Conceptual Engineering Design]] (VOICED), advised by [[Matt Campbell]]. Then, in the [[Automated Design Laboratory]], he worked on [[Virtual Organization for Innovative Conceptual Engineering Design]] (VOICED), advised by [[Matt Campbell]].
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-=== Hurricane Party === 
  
 Bishop then went on to work as a software contractor for [[Betterhumans]] and [[Telisite]] in 2009 and 2010. At Betterhumans, he "developed a secure, proprietary bioinformatics system involving whole genome analysis." He co-founded [[Hurricane Party]] in December 2009, for which he raised startup capital from [[Capital Factory]]. Bishop then went on to work as a software contractor for [[Betterhumans]] and [[Telisite]] in 2009 and 2010. At Betterhumans, he "developed a secure, proprietary bioinformatics system involving whole genome analysis." He co-founded [[Hurricane Party]] in December 2009, for which he raised startup capital from [[Capital Factory]].
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 He worked as a [[Facebook]] application programmer for [[Carbon Bay]], a program to allow trading of [[carbon credits]] as a virtual currency. He worked as a [[Facebook]] application programmer for [[Carbon Bay]], a program to allow trading of [[carbon credits]] as a virtual currency.
  
-=== Humanity+ ===+==== Humanity+ ====
  
 He served as a technical director at [[humanityplus|Humanity+]], a non-profit organization focused on human enhancement, to draft and execute technical projects from September 2010 to April 2011. According to Bishop's [[LinkedIn]] profile, one of his larger projects was the migration of the [[Gada Prize]] project and funding from the [[Foresight Institute]] to Humanity+. He "wrote project funding proposals and explored unique ways to create advanced technologies." He served as a technical director at [[humanityplus|Humanity+]], a non-profit organization focused on human enhancement, to draft and execute technical projects from September 2010 to April 2011. According to Bishop's [[LinkedIn]] profile, one of his larger projects was the migration of the [[Gada Prize]] project and funding from the [[Foresight Institute]] to Humanity+. He "wrote project funding proposals and explored unique ways to create advanced technologies."
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 He held further positions at [[StyleOwner]], [[Gameprez]], and [[RiverMeadow]]. He held further positions at [[StyleOwner]], [[Gameprez]], and [[RiverMeadow]].
  
-==== Bitcoin ====+==== Bitcoin and genetic engineering ====
  
 Bishop was an "early technical hire" at [[LedgerX]] (which later became [[FTX US Derivatives]]).((Frankenfield, J., Chavarria, A., & Logan, M. (2022, November 17). //What Was FTX US Derivatives (Formerly LedgerX)?// Investopedia. https://web.archive.org/web/20230115040334/https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/ledgerx.asp)) In his position, he acted as "a bridge to the [[Bitcoin Core]] project and Bitcoin Core developer community to keep updated on important protocol developments, to relentlessly track and document everything, and to participate in the technical proposal review process." He worked at the company from September 2014 to September 2018.((//Bryan Bishop - Experience.// LinkedIn. Retrieved January 21, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-bishop-3a63978/details/experience/)) Bishop was an "early technical hire" at [[LedgerX]] (which later became [[FTX US Derivatives]]).((Frankenfield, J., Chavarria, A., & Logan, M. (2022, November 17). //What Was FTX US Derivatives (Formerly LedgerX)?// Investopedia. https://web.archive.org/web/20230115040334/https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/ledgerx.asp)) In his position, he acted as "a bridge to the [[Bitcoin Core]] project and Bitcoin Core developer community to keep updated on important protocol developments, to relentlessly track and document everything, and to participate in the technical proposal review process." He worked at the company from September 2014 to September 2018.((//Bryan Bishop - Experience.// LinkedIn. Retrieved January 21, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-bishop-3a63978/details/experience/))
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 +In May 2018, Bishop attended the [[Genome Project-write]] (GP-write) conference at the [[Center of Excellence for Engineering Biology]] with his business partner [[Max Berry]].((Shanks, P. (2019, February 8). //The Bitcoin Baby Project.// Center for Genetics and Society. https://web.archive.org/web/20230122195002/https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/biopolitical-times/bitcoin-baby-project)) Bishop is easily identified in several photos on the event webpage.((//GP-write Scientific Working Meeting | May 1, 2018.// The Center of Excellence for Engineering Biology. Retrieved January 22, 2023, from https://archive.ph/LOm33)) The pair reportedly networked with event hosts [[George Church]] and [[Andrew Hessel]].
  
 In September 2018, Bishop co-authored a letter to the [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] (SEC) along with former [[Morgan Stanley]] managing director [[Caitlin Long]], e-commerce coder [[Christopher Allen]], founder of [[Ernst & Young]]’s blockchain team [[Angus Champion de Crespigny]] and fund manager attorney [[Gavin Fearey]], warning the agency "against certain types of enterprise adoption."((Castillo, M. del. (2018, September 21). //Bitcoin Core Developer Joins Forces With Former Morgan Stanley Exec To Warn SEC.// Forbes. https://web.archive.org/web/20230122162033/https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2018/09/21/bitcoin-core-developer-joins-forces-with-former-morgan-stanley-exec-to-warn-sec/?sh=5387ba905baf)) In September 2018, Bishop co-authored a letter to the [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] (SEC) along with former [[Morgan Stanley]] managing director [[Caitlin Long]], e-commerce coder [[Christopher Allen]], founder of [[Ernst & Young]]’s blockchain team [[Angus Champion de Crespigny]] and fund manager attorney [[Gavin Fearey]], warning the agency "against certain types of enterprise adoption."((Castillo, M. del. (2018, September 21). //Bitcoin Core Developer Joins Forces With Former Morgan Stanley Exec To Warn SEC.// Forbes. https://web.archive.org/web/20230122162033/https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2018/09/21/bitcoin-core-developer-joins-forces-with-former-morgan-stanley-exec-to-warn-sec/?sh=5387ba905baf))
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 In October 2018, [[BEAM]] announced that Bishop had been brought on as its strategic and technical advisor.((Issembert, B. (2019, January 11). //Bryan Bishop x BEAM Advisory Announcement.// BEAM Privacy. https://web.archive.org/web/20230122085334/https://medium.com/beam-mw/bryan-bishop-x-beam-advisory-announcement-ea5b1ddc03e0)) In October 2018, [[BEAM]] announced that Bishop had been brought on as its strategic and technical advisor.((Issembert, B. (2019, January 11). //Bryan Bishop x BEAM Advisory Announcement.// BEAM Privacy. https://web.archive.org/web/20230122085334/https://medium.com/beam-mw/bryan-bishop-x-beam-advisory-announcement-ea5b1ddc03e0))
  
-=== Custodia Bank ===+Bishop and biotech engineer [[Max Berry]] started a [[designer baby]] company, for which they sought advice from [[Anders Sandberg]] at the [[University of Oxford]] in an effort to win the endorsement of [[George Church]].((Regalado, A. (2019, February 1). //The DIY designer baby project funded with Bitcoin.// MIT Technology Review. https://archive.ph/lgB0w)) He also spoke with [[Andrew Hessel]], CEO of [[pharmaceutical_companies:Humane Genomics]], whom he had known for several years. Bishop sold materials to [[David Ishee]] for his own [[genetic engineering]] experiments on Dalmatians. 
  
 He co-founded [[Avanti Bank & Trust]], later renamed [[Custodia Bank]], in March 2020. He served as Chief Technology Officer at the company. He co-founded [[Avanti Bank & Trust]], later renamed [[Custodia Bank]], in March 2020. He served as Chief Technology Officer at the company.
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