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'''Jed McCaleb''' is an American programmer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of aerospace startup [[Vast (company)|Vast]]<ref name="BW">{{Cite web |date=2023-01-10 |title=Vast Space Becomes the Newest Member of “Space Beach” |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230110005431/en/Vast-Space-Becomes-the-Newest-Member-of-%E2%80%9CSpace-Beach%E2%80%9D |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=BusinessWire |language=en}}</ref> and a co-founder and the [[Chief technology officer|CTO]] of [[Stellar (payment network)|Stellar]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/21/an-early-bitcoin-pioneer-predicts-how-the-blockchain-will-change-banking.html|title=An early bitcoin pioneer predicts how the blockchain will change banking|last=Cheng|first=Evelyn|date=March 21, 2018|work=[[CNBC]]|access-date=July 1, 2019}}</ref> Prior to co-founding Stellar, McCaleb founded and served as the CTO of the company [[Ripple (payment protocol)|Ripple]] until 2013. McCaleb is also known for creating the [[Mt. Gox]] [[bitcoin]] exchange, and the [[peer-to-peer]] [[eDonkey network|eDonkey]] and [[Overnet]] networks as well as the [[eDonkey2000]] application.
As of March 2023, McCaleb is worth US$2.4 billion according to ''[[Forbes (magazine)|Forbes]]''{{'}} Billionaires List.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/jed-mccaleb/|title=Forbes|access-date=March 7, 2023}}</ref>
==Early life and education ==
McCaleb was born in [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]], and attended the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2013/09/jed-mccaleb/|title=Bitcoin Maverick Returns for New Crack at Digital Currency|last=McMillan|first=Robert|date=September 30, 2013|magazine=Wired|access-date=May 5, 2018}}</ref> He eventually dropped out and moved to [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://wap.dailytech.com/The+Death+of+Bitcoins+Mt+Gox/article34390.htm|title=The Death of Bitcoin's Mt. Gox}}</ref>
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''[[The New York Times]]'' named McCaleb one of the top 10 people leading the blockchain revolution in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/business/dealbook/blockchain-stars.html|title=The People Leading the Blockchain Revolution|last=Popper|first=Nathaniel|date=June 27, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 1, 2019}}</ref>
In 2021, McCaleb founded [[aerospace company]] [[Vast (company)|Vast]]. Vast's announced mission is to develop [[artificial gravity]] [[Space station|space stations]]. {{As of|2023}}, McCaleb is Vast's CEO and sole funder. <ref name=“Foust”>{{cite web |last1=Foust |first1=Jeff |title=Vast acquires Launcher to support space station development |url=https://spacenews.com/vast-acquires-launcher-to-support-space-station-development/ |website=SpaceNews |access-date=6 April 2023 |date=21 February 2023}}</ref><ref name=“TC”>{{cite web |last1=Alamalhodaei |first1=Aria |title=Vast acquires Launcher in quest to build artificial gravity space stations |url=https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/21/vast-acquires-launcher-in-quest-to-build-artificial-gravity-space-stations/ |website=TechCrunch |access-date=6 April 2023 |date=21 February 2023}}</ref><ref name="BW"
==Philanthropy==
McCaleb donated US$500,000 worth of XRP (at the time of donation) to the [[Machine Intelligence Research Institute]] (MIRI), and remains one of its largest donors,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/sci-tech/2014/09/apocalypse-soon-scientists-preparing-end-times|title=Apocalypse soon: the scientists preparing for the end times|last=McBain|first=Sophie|date=25 September 2014|website=New Statesman|language=en|access-date=2019-07-01}}</ref> as well as joining its advisory board.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Bitcoin und Blockchain: Vom Scheitern einer Ideologie und dem Erfolg einer revolutionären Technik|last=Rosenberger|first=Patrick|publisher=Springer Vieweg|year=2018|isbn=978-3-662-56087-7|location=Berlin|pages=42|doi=10.1007/978-3-662-56088-4}}</ref> In February 2018, McCaleb was announced as a new donor to the artificial intelligence research group [[OpenAI]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3027222/elon-musk-is-leaving-board-of-openai-due-to-tesla-conflict|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222180115/https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3027222/elon-musk-is-leaving-board-of-openai-due-to-tesla-conflict|url-status=unfit|archive-date=February 22, 2018|title=Elon Musk is leaving board of OpenAI due to Tesla conflict|last=Bell|first=Lee|date=February 28, 2018|work=The Inquirer|access-date=May 5, 2018}}</ref>
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