Waylon Jepsen is a core team member at Pluto Labs, specializing in applied cryptography and fast client-side proving infrastructure. He has contributed extensively to blockchain security and governance, serving on Optimism’s Developer Advisory Board in Season 5. His work includes authoring Ronkathon, an educational foundation for applied cryptography, and Arbiter, an open-source EVM financial simulation tool.

Jepsen is committed to advancing cryptographic infrastructure and governance within the Optimism ecosystem. By leveraging his expertise in applied cryptography and developer tooling, he aims to enhance security, efficiency, and accessibility in decentralized systems.