Bram Cohen | |
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 Cohen in 2015 | |
| Born | October 12, 1975 New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University at Buffalo |
| Occupation(s) | Chief executive officer, Chia Network |
| Known for | BitTorrent protocol |
| Spouse | Jenna Cohen |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Ross Cohen (brother) |
| Awards | USENIX STUG Award Time 100 MIT TR35 |
| Website | bramcohen |
Bram Cohen is an American computer programmer, best known as the author of the peer-to-peer (P2P) BitTorrent protocol in 2001, as well as the first file sharing program to use the protocol, also known as BitTorrent. He is also the co-founder of CodeCon and organizer of the San Francisco Bay Area P2P-hackers meeting, was the co-author of Codeville and creator of the Chia cryptocurrency which implements the proof of space-time consensus algorithm.