About

The people building Lineage

Lineage is developed by the Lineage Foundation, a small founding team building the protocol in the open, guided by advisors in economics and the science of markets. Our work is published as research and shipped as open source.
Directors

The directors

Lineage’s directors lead the protocol, its economic model, and its path to a fully distributed network.

Andrew Kessler

Andrew Kessler

Co-founder · Director

A cryptographic generalist and serial deep-tech entrepreneur, Andrew has founded ventures across semiconductors, biometrics, and digital identity. He leads the cryptography and protocol design behind Lineage’s verifiable, two-way transaction model.

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Barry Botha

Barry Botha

Co-founder · Director

Founder and CEO of HydraCorp and IO, Barry leads operations and go-to-market for Lineage. He focuses on turning Smart Markets into real-world infrastructure for sectors such as agriculture, green energy, and commodities.

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Sabrina Wollenschläger

Sabrina Wollenschläger

Director

Deeply engaged in the DLT space for over nine years, Sabrina is Co-Managing Director of Blockchain Zug, the joint research hub at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU), and a Senior Research Associate in its Computer Science & Information Technology department. She also serves as a Council Member of the Ethereum Switzerland Association.

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Mervyn Eagles

Mervyn Eagles

Co-founder · Non-Executive Director

A co-founder of Lineage, Mervyn serves in a non-executive capacity, supporting the Foundation’s strategy and its path from genesis toward a fully decentralized network of Smart Markets.

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Advisors

Advisory

Lineage’s economic and market design is guided by advisors with deep roots in economics and the science of complex financial systems.

Allan Mendelowitz

Allan Mendelowitz

Advisor · Economics

President of the ACTUS Financial Research Foundation, Allan champions open algorithmic standards for financial contracts. A former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Board and co-founder of the initiative to establish a National Institute of Finance, he advises Lineage on financial-system design and market transparency.

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Claudio Tessone

Claudio Tessone

Advisor · Cryptoeconomics

Professor of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies at the University of Zurich and co-founder and Chairman of the UZH Blockchain Center, Claudio studies blockchains as complex socio-economic systems: consensus, cryptoeconomics, and token-economy design. He advises Lineage on the incentive design behind Smart Markets.

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Read the work, not the pitch

The clearest picture of Lineage is in the research and the roadmap. Both are public. For partnerships, press, or general enquiries, reach us at [email protected].