Ignite
Jae Kwon has extensive experience in the field of blockchain technology. Jae founded Tendermint in 2014 and served as the CEO, where they developed and implemented the first Byzantine fault-tolerant blockchain consensus algorithm. Jae Kwon also co-developed Scramble.io, an open-source project for end-to-end encrypted email, and made significant contributions to it. Jae also co-founded iDoneThis, where they developed a logbook to track daily activities through email and created an email parsing engine. In addition, Jae Kwon worked as a developer at Flywheel Networks and as the Lead Mobile Developer at Yelp, where they successfully launched the Yelp iPhone app. Jae began their career as a Webservices Engineer at Alexa Internet, where they developed and maintained the Alexa Web Search Platform. Currently, Jae Kwon is the President of Interchain Foundation, working towards interoperability in the cryptocurrency industry.
Jae Kwon attended Cornell University from 2001 to 2005, where they earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science.
Ignite
Ignite CLI is an open-source rapid prototyping tool that lets developers quickly build a new blockchain with just two CLI commands. Currently, even for seasoned blockchain developers, building a new blockchain and launching a local testnet can take up the better part of a day. With the alpha release of Ignite CLI, developers can launch a simpleCosmos SDK-based blockchain in less than five minutes. The Ignite CLI intelligent scaffolding feature reduces development time and lowers the barrier to blockchain for developers.Ignite was established in 2014 by Ethan Buchman in Berkeley, California.