Stephen Pair
CEO at BitPay, Inc.
United States
Summary
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RockstarStephen Pair is a seasoned software executive and entrepreneur with over 20 years building high-performance systems for finance and telecommunications, currently CEO and co-founder of BitPay. A hands-on engineer by training—starting on a TRS-80 and steeped in languages, compilers and virtual machines—he has guided BitPay from protocol-level contributions (including work on prominent open-source projects like bitcore and bitcoind-rpc) to enterprise crypto payments. He holds patents in streaming analytics, serves on multiple industry and academic boards, and is an Endeavor Entrepreneur and YPO member. An instrument-rated commercial pilot, he brings the same precision and risk-awareness from the cockpit to leading product and operations.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (24)
json-rpc10
json10
javascript10
node-js10
bitcoin10
bitcoins10
javascripts10
blockchain10
error-handling10
base5810
api-design9
testing9
api-doc9
api9
asynchronous8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
bitpay/bitcoind-rpc
Jul 2013 - Jan 2018
A client library to connect to Bitcoin Core RPC in JavaScript.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 7 PRs, 10 pushes in 4 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Stephen primarily worked on the back-end of the `bitcoind-rpc` library. They implemented core functionalities such as creating an RPC client to interact with Bitcoin Core, and adding features like batched call support and object argument handling. Significant effort was also put into improving error handling and providing better error messages. The user also addressed bug fixes, including camel case issues in API calls, and implemented tests for the new features.
rpcbitcoindclient-libraryjavascriptcryptocurrency
bitpay/bitcore
Jul 2013 - Oct 2015
A full stack for bitcoin and blockchain-based applications
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:74 commits, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Stephen primarily focused on developing the `BitcoinAddress` and `RpcClient` classes, essential for interacting with Bitcoin and blockchain functionalities. Their contributions included implementing address encoding/decoding, setting address versions and hashes, and adding batched call support to the RPC client. The commits also involved code refactoring, removal of tab spacing, and minor bug fixes, indicating a focus on improving code quality and functionality.
full-stackcryptocurrencyblockchainbitcoin
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