Mustafa Al-Bassam
Special guest
Mustafa Al-Bassam is the co-founder and CEO of Celestia. Prior to that, Mustafa also co-founded Chainspace, a company working on a smart contract platform, eventually acquired by Facebook in 2019.He started programming when he was nine years old and did his first hack while using an online calculator for his math homework.
Mustafa earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science from University College London (UCL). His doctoral research focused on "Securely Scaling Blockchain Base Layers," funded by the Alan Turing Institute, and the thesis passed without corrections. Prior to this, he obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from King's College London, graduating with first-class honors in 2016. Mustafa has also co-authored three books with Vitalik Buterin.
In 2016, Forbes recognized Al-Bassam as one of the 30 Under 30 entrepreneurs in the technology sector.
Mustafa Al-Bassam has been a guest on 1 episode.
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#EP107:"Celestia Unpacked: Mustafa Al-Bassam On Modular Blockchains, and What's Next for Scaling.”
May 21st, 2025 | 40 mins 35 secs
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🔵 ”Celestia Unpacked: Mustafa Al-Bassam On Modular Blockchains, and What's Next for Scaling.”
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