Rusty Russell

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Rusty Russell (2011)

Paul "Rusty" Russell (born January 18, 1973 in London , England) is an Australian Linux kernel developer. He works at IBM's Linux Technology Center . He is also known for his work on the packet filter as well as iptables , Futex , loopback , hotplug CPU support and the "in-kernel module loader".

In 1999 he organized the first Australian Linux conference ( linux.conf.au ), which takes place annually.

Currently (as of 2020) he works at Blockstream and is involved in the development of the Lightning protocol.

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Individual evidence

  1. ElementsProject / lightning. Accessed January 27, 2020 (English).
  2. rustyrussell - Overview. Accessed January 27, 2020 (English).