Public resume

Charlie Thompson

Ethereum-focused product engineer and researcher building at the intersection of programmable cryptography and AI-assisted collaboration.

Focus

What I do

I turn ambiguous onchain requirements into product direction, technical specs, and working integrations across Ethereum/EVM, programmable cryptography, AI workflows, and group coordination.

Skills: Ethereum/EVM, Solidity, Foundry, ethers.js, TypeScript/JavaScript, React, Node.js, Cloudflare Workers, Arweave, Lit Protocol, passkeys/SIWE, OpenAI/Anthropic APIs, roadmap and spec writing.

Selected

Public projects

2021-present

Context Engine

Built and published an Ethereum-enabled toolkit for AI-enhanced collaboration and group coordination. Owned product direction, roadmap, architecture, docs, and release iteration.

Developed React/TypeScript client, Node tooling, Cloudflare Worker APIs, Solidity contracts, and Foundry tests. Supports configurable EVM chains, Arweave-backed records, Lit Protocol encryption, passkeys/SIWE, and SBT-gated access.

GitHub

2025

Quantum Computing / Bitcoin report

Public report on quantum computing risk to Bitcoin, Ethereum, ECDSA, and post-quantum migration.

Report

2023

Social Infrastructure for AI on Ethereum

Presented at Zuzalu AI x Crypto, with a linked Context Engine AI safety ideas map.

Page

2019

Liberal Radicalism: A Flexible Design for Philanthropic Matching Funds

Provided research assistance on "Liberal Radicalism: A Flexible Design for Philanthropic Matching Funds" and helped connect Democracy Earth and RadicalxChange around a Colorado State House quadratic voting pilot.

Paper

History

Work history

2021-present

Independent Product Engineer and Researcher - Context Engine

Product, engineering, docs, releases, user/deployer flows, AI-assisted collaboration features, and public/private deployment design.

2020

Solidity Developer - The Quantum Resistant Ledger

Contributed to a post-quantum XMSS Ethereum vault prototype and translated cryptographic constraints into Solidity/EVM trade-offs.

2019

Research Assistant - Glen Weyl

Research assistance around quadratic funding, RadicalxChange, and civic experimentation.

2018

Independent Researcher

Designed an early proof-of-humanity smart contract concept using natural-language challenges resistant to AI.

Education

Cornell University

B.A., Computer Science, 2021. Focus: cryptography, natural language processing, AI.