## We have some breaking news fellow Steemians and Pivians!

# Prominent cryptographer Jonathan Bootle has joined the PIVX development team!

Jonathan Bootle is known for being one of the key cryptographers who developed and wrote the whitepaper on <a href="https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/1066">Bulletproofs</a>. He will be focused on integrating the breakthrough Bulletproofs into PIVX’s custom Zerocoin protocol.

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We are constantly innovating with our technology and having Jonathan as part of our development team, we believe it absolutely demonstrates both our commitment to continued innovation and the desire of leading experts to become part of the PIVX community!

Read more in our blog post by clicking <a href="https://pivx.org/did-someone-say-bulletproofs/">here</a>.

## Welcome Jonathan!

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