# Anders Brownworth

## Overview
Anders Brownworth is a technical researcher and software engineer focused on stablecoins, digital currencies, blockchain technology, and scaled cryptocurrency architectures. He is known for his work on stablecoins and is currently a Senior Research Advisor at MIT's Digital Currency Initiative (DCI) and co-founder of Radius, where he is building massively scalable EVM infrastructure.

## Key Accomplishments

### Stablecoin Research & Development
- One of the original engineers on the USDC (USD Coin) project, one of the world's largest stablecoins, during his time at Circle
- Leading researcher on stablecoin infrastructure and risks, including the landmark paper "The Hidden Plumbing of Stablecoins: Financial and Technological Risks in the GENIUS Act Era" (MIT DCI, 2026)
- Published extensively on stablecoin topics including atomic settlement, privacy considerations, and the role of stablecoins in the financial system
- Recognized authority on stablecoin technical architecture and regulatory considerations

### Digital Currency & Blockchain Infrastructure
- Architect on Project Hamilton, a joint research effort between the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and MIT DCI exploring Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) architectures capable of processing millions of transactions per second
- Co-founder of Radius, building massively scalable Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) infrastructure to handle millions of transactions per second for AI agents
- Built Circle's cold storage platform and backend for Circle Trade (formerly one of the world's largest OTC crypto trading desks)

### Educational Content
- Created blockchain explainer videos on YouTube that have amassed millions of views, including:
  - "Blockchain 101 - A Visual Demo"
  - "Blockchain 101 - Part 2 - Public/Private Keys and Signing"
  - "Zero-Knowledge Proofs"
- Co-taught the first blockchain class at MIT (MAS.S65)
- Developed interactive web-based demos for blockchain concepts, public/private key cryptography, and zero-knowledge proofs

### Telecommunications Background
- Ran Research and Development for Bandwidth, Inc. (NASDAQ:BAND)
- Helped create and launch Republic Wireless, a WiFi-first MVNO, later sold to Dish Networks
- Holds multiple patents in telecommunications including radio fingerprinting, multi-streaming communications, and voice over IP optimization

## Research & Publications

### MIT Digital Currency Initiative Papers
- "The Hidden Plumbing of Stablecoins: Financial and Technological Risks in the GENIUS Act Era" (2026)
- "PArSEC - Executive Summary" and "Technical Whitepaper" (2023)
- "Application of Programmability to Commercial Banking and Payments" (with J.P. Morgan Chase)

### Federal Reserve Research
- "Regulating Decentralized Systems: Evidence from Sanctions on Tornado Cash" (NY Fed Staff Reports)
- "What Makes Cryptocurrencies Different?" (Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Liberty Street Economics, 2023)
- "Project Hamilton - Executive Summary" and "Technical Whitepaper" (Boston Fed & MIT DCI, 2022)
- Hamilton NSDI 2023 Whitepaper (peer-reviewed, presented at NSDI conference)

### Medium Writings on Stablecoins & Money
- "The Stablecoin End Run"
- "Stablecoins & Atomic Settlement"
- "Origins of Money"
- "Digital Money: Then and Now"
- "Money Reflects Society"
- "Balancing Privacy with the Need to Limit Bad Activity"

### Technical Writings
- Network infrastructure, Wireguard, Apple TV networking, long-term data storage

## Interactive Demos
Available at andersbrownworth.com:
- Blockchain visual demo (hash, block, blockchain, distributed, tokens, coinbase)
- Public/private key cryptography and signing demo
- Zero-knowledge proof interactive demonstration

## Side Projects
- allowance-app.com - Family allowance management and chat platform
- bitcoin-supply.com - Bitcoin supply tracker
- with.drawal.info - ETH withdrawal USD value tracker

## Career Timeline
- Dow Jones (New York City) - Real-time market data rendering systems
- Imagine Media (San Francisco Bay Area) - Internet operations
- Bandwidth (North Carolina) - R&D leadership, Republic Wireless co-creator
- Circle - Software engineer, cold storage, Circle Trade, USDC co-creator
- Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Project Hamilton researcher
- MIT Digital Currency Initiative - Senior Research Advisor (current)
- Radius - Co-founder (current)

## Contact & Social
- X/Twitter: @anders94
- GitHub: github.com/anders94
- Medium: anders94.medium.com
- YouTube: youtube.com/anders94
- Email: Available via X direct message

## Personal
Licensed helicopter pilot and long distance runner.

## Technical Expertise
- Stablecoin infrastructure and research
- Blockchain and distributed systems architecture
- Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)
- Digital payment systems
- Cryptographic systems and zero-knowledge proofs
- High-performance transaction processing (millions of TPS)
- Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) scaling
- Telecommunications and VoIP systems
- Network infrastructure and security