Meet Our Team
Founded by experts with a combined 20 years of cryptocurrency experience and thousands of hours dedicated to research and development in the Bittensor ecosystem.
Douglas' lifelong fascination with technology began at the age of 7, programming and creating video games with Unity3D and Unreal Engine. He entered the blockchain industry in 2013 by mining Bitcoin with NiceHash and custom-built computers. He later joined Alex at Treis Blockchain, refining skills in blockchain operations and ASIC maintenance.
Douglas has also worked with Rhef as a Technical Project Manager and Developer. He has built trading bots with community members, using APIs, accessing validator bandwidth to the PTN of SN8. A long-time miner of Bittensor-since the inception of subnets, Douglas has played pivotal roles in the ecosystem, including Lead Product Developer for Neural Internet at Subnet 27. He ran the validator operation for the Fund pre-Finney, showcasing his expertise in network operations. Douglas built some of the first technical documentation for validating, subtensor node operation, and mining in Bittensor along with contributions to codebases within the ecosystem.
His consistent success in digital asset and futures trading has established him as a benchmark outperformer in the industry. With expertise spanning technical writing, project management, deep research, and developing AI and distributed ledger frameworks.
With over eight years of experience in cryptocurrency and blockchain, Alex began his journey at age 15 at Treis Blockchain, a Bitcoin mining facility in Greenville, SC, where he gained deep technical knowledge in blockchain operations and digital asset trading.
An accomplished entrepreneur, Alex founded a successful cryptocurrency fund for accredited investors, demonstrating strong market acumen by effectively navigating the 2021 bull market and managing risk during the 2022 bear market. In July 2022, he strategically reallocated assets into TAO, capitalizing on Bittensor's growth. Deeply involved in the Bittensor ecosystem, Alex owned a validator until the Finney update, served as a product and financial analyst for Neural Internet at Subnet 27, and actively participated in Subnet 8 through miners' trading signals.
With extensive research in Bittensor—including two years as a finance and blockchain writer at Benzinga—Alex's expertise directly supports TrustedStake's mission to simplify staking complexities and maximize investor returns in the dynamic TAO ecosystem.