The Team

Built by
Cryptographers.

Protocol engineers, quantum cryptographers, and smart contract architects. Advised by a former government minister of digital economy.


19
Rust Crates Authored
5
NIST Security Level
14
Audit Findings Resolved
4
Team Members

Core Team

The People Behind
the Protocol.

MA
Muhammad Attahir
Protocol Engineering Lead
Architect of the 19-crate BLEEP Rust workspace and acyclic dependency graph
Designed the SPHINCS+ + Kyber-1024 integration with no classical fallback paths
Wired Winterfell STARK prover and verifier to the consensus pipeline at Protocol Version 5
Resolved both Critical audit findings — hardcoded TPS benchmark and Groth16 XOR placeholder
Rust Systems Design BFT Consensus ZK Proofs
HM
Hameeda Muhammad
Quantum Cryptography
Deep expertise in NIST post-quantum standardisation process and FIPS 203/205 compliance
Specified the post-quantum boundary — every operation that must remain free of classical primitives
Designed key material lifecycle using zeroize::Zeroizing with zeroing on drop via derive macro
Research lead on hash-based signature aggregation for large validator set scalability
FIPS 203 FIPS 205 Lattice Crypto Hash-Based Sigs
HA
Halima Abdulazeez
Smart Contracts
Designed the PAT (Programmable Asset Token) registry and execution semantics
Built the ZKVotingEngine with VoteCommitment double-vote prevention and nonce replay resistance
Implemented LiveGovernanceEngine with six-stage proposal lifecycle and constitutional guard
Authored ForklessUpgradeEngine with monotonic version progression and hash-committed upgrades
Smart Contracts ZK Voting Governance EVM/WASM

Advisory

Government-Level
Expertise.

IP
Cybersecurity Advisor
Prof. Isa Ali Pantami

Professor of Cybersecurity and former Nigerian Minister of Communications and Digital Economy (2019–2023). During his tenure, Prof. Pantami drove national digital transformation strategy, oversaw Nigeria's cybersecurity policy framework, and championed the adoption of international cryptographic standards across government infrastructure. His direct experience with post-quantum migration challenges at the nation-state level informs BLEEP's positioning as a genesis-native quantum-safe protocol.

Former Federal Minister Cybersecurity Policy Digital Economy

How We Work

Our Operating
Principles.

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Spec-First

Every implementation decision is grounded in the protocol specification. No code ships without a corresponding spec entry. No hype. No approximations.

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Safety over Speed

Where a choice exists between safety and liveliness, BLEEP chooses safety. A node that cannot progress safely halts rather than diverging.

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Auditability First

Every security-relevant event is written to a tamper-evident SHA3-256 Merkle-chained audit log. Restarts don't erase history.

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No Shortcuts

No third-party audit, no public testnet. No public testnet, no tier-1 VC outreach. Milestones are prerequisites, not suggestions.


Join the Team

Open Positions.

We're building the most important cryptographic infrastructure of the next decade. If you're obsessed with correctness, reach out.

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Protocol Engineer
Full-Time · Remote

Deep Rust expertise. BFT consensus, cryptographic libraries, distributed systems. Experience with pqcrypto or Winterfell a strong advantage.

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Cryptography Researcher
Full-Time · Remote

Post-quantum cryptography research background. NIST PQC standards, lattice-based or hash-based constructions. PhD preferred but not required.

📱
Mobile Engineer
Full-Time · Remote

React Native or Flutter for BLEEP Haven. Progressive disclosure UX, wallet integration, cross-platform. Experience with crypto wallets strongly preferred.

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Developer Relations
Full-Time · Remote

Technical writer and ecosystem builder. SDK documentation, developer tutorials, community growth. Must be able to run a Rust node from source.

Ready to build the quantum-safe future?

Send your background and what draws you to post-quantum cryptography.

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