David Mazières
Co-founder & Chief Scientist at Stellar
David Mazi¨¨res is the Co-founder and Chief Scientist of Stellar, and a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University
Current Roles
News Mentions
Pi Tacks On Stellar Vibes As Protocol v25 Lands
I've covered @StellarOrg for about 5 years from my time as a reporter to founder and always admired @DenelleDixon as a leader and what she has built. Excited to launch biweekly Stellar investor updates on @TokenRelations and attend their Meridian event in Oct! Sign up below:
Huge congrats to @CordantHQ team on their $8M seed round announcement today and emerging from stealth. Extremely excited to back this stellar team. Details on why we're excited below 👇 https://x.com/0xArnav/status/2079559601393934716
What makes SHx unique? 👇 Answer: One token, four networks: Stellar, Ethereum, Solana, and XRPL. Built on Stellar Consensus Protocol and energy-efficient by design. Token holders don't just hold SHx, they help govern it: voting on network features and shaping implementation decisions.
Stellar Inks Double RWA Record: XLM Price To Follow Suit?
The Pencil Nebula, created by a massive stellar explosion roughly 11,000 years ago. ✨ 📹 ESO
Stellar's $XLM starts the week -14% down... According to @ElanInsights' comprehensive data dashboard, @StellarOrg has its work cut out for it this week, its token down -14.5% on the week at time of writing. With that said, its market cap of over $6.3 billion still makes it larger than similarly si
Stellar has been UNSTOPPABLE in 2026. Despite $XLM being down more than -60% over the past year, 2026 has so far been incredible @StellarOrg's fundamentals. Its TVL reached an ATH of more than $244M in mid-June (up from around $50M in early June 2025). At the same time, the network's stablecoin s
Good to see $XAUm gaining traction in the Stellar ecosystem and supporting liquidity on @AquariusDeFi. Every integration strengthens the Reserve Layer for on-chain finance.
Today we're announcing institutional-grade qualified custody and off-exchange settlement for USDM1, the world's first natively issued onchain secured sovereign bond. Institutional clients can hold this dollar-denominated sovereign bond in regulated custody on BitGo and use it for collateral and set