Chaincode Labs

Chaincode Labs is a privately funded Bitcoin research and development organization based in Midtown Manhattan, New York. Founded in 2014 by Alex Morcos and Suhas Daftuar, both formerly of Hudson River Trading, the organization exists solely to support the development of the Bitcoin network and its surrounding ecosystem.

The organization employs engineers and researchers who contribute to Bitcoin Core, the Lightning Network, and related open-source protocols. Research activity spans cryptography, theoretical computer science, peer-to-peer network security, and network economics. Chaincode also awards the Bitcoin Research Prize annually, recognizing outstanding academic and technical results that advance Bitcoin and the Lightning Network.

Chaincode Labs runs developer education programs, including a residency program for engineers working on Bitcoin and Lightning protocol development, and the Bitcoin Open Source Software (BOSS) Challenge, a structured month-long program of programming exercises designed to help new contributors enter Bitcoin open-source development.