About Texas Blockchain
Students at the University of Texas exploring blockchain technology as it relates to engineering, finance, computer science, & economics.
Our Story
The founders and advisors of Texas Blockchain believed in creating an organization that made The University of Texas at Austin a major contributor to the blockchain ecosystem.
Now, the club is focused on building up from the foundation, expanding the blockchain community at UT-Austin, and eventually building a community of chapters across the state of Texas at member universities.
Timeline
Founding
Alan Orwick, Preston Sledge, and Jake Katzmarek lay down the first stones. Started as a small reading club, they fostered the club and laid down the path for future growth.
Professor Sriram and Cesare Join
Dr. Sriram Vishwanath and Dr. Cesare Fracassi join the organization as the club's sponsoring professors and expand the club's possibilities. From sponsors, hackathons, and connections, they allowed for us to become what we are today.
TEXAS BLOCKCHAIN SETS THE FOUNDATION
Under Owen Robertson’s leadership and with Julian Saks, Jake Levy, Armel Talla, Anish Maddipotti, Savindu Wimalasooriya, Esha Bora and Viren Govin joining, Texas Blockchain sets its foundations to grow with a long term vision.
Texas Blockchain Lifts Off
Building upon the foundations, Texas Blockchain expands to running education the following divisions: Research and Writing, Labs, Incubator, Investment Fund, and DAO. We also expanded our media production to create podcasts and clips.
Texas Blockchain Consolidates
Texas Blockchain pivots from being fully education focused to being execution/output focused. We consolidated our branches down to our Investment Fund, Labs/Hackathon Team, DevOps, and Incubator.
