Team Introduction

The core team of DF Protocol comprises research experts, system architects, and compliance engineers specializing in cryptography, secure computing, and blockchain infrastructure. Its technical roadmap is advised by Prof. Whitfield Diffie, a Turing Award laureate and co-inventor of public-key cryptography. R&D efforts are jointly led by international cryptographic laboratories and industrial application platforms, ensuring the protocol’s scientific rigor, engineering feasibility, and market viability.

🔬Technical Advisor：

Prof. Whitfield Diffie Co-founder of modern cryptography, Turing Award laureate, and co-inventor of the Diffie–Hellman key exchange.

Currently serving as Chief Scientist at Cryptic Labs and Advisor to DF Protocol, he oversees the protocol’s underlying encrypted communication, security model, and identity system design, ensuring core mechanisms are backed by research-grade security and cryptographic theoretical foundations.

🧪 Technical Partner: Cryptic Labs

Founded by a team of cryptographers and former NSA cybersecurity architects, Cryptic Labs focuses on post-quantum algorithms, zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs), and secure communication protocols.

Its contributions to DF Protocol include：

• Algorithm auditing and cryptography library optimization

• Design of ECDH key agreement communication modules

• Node identity authentication mechanisms and unforgeable signature modules

• Cross-chain private computing power interfaces (under development)

🌐 Industrial Partner: CoinP.com Digital Asset Exchange

Registered in Singapore, CoinP.com holds regulatory licenses in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and other countries, with over 1.7 million registered users worldwide.As DF Protocol’s strategic implementation platform, CoinP.com provides:

• Operating environment for CPT and DG in the three-token model

• Global user access and asset custody capabilities

• Computing power subscription trading modules and revenue closed-loop systems

• Support for node binding and output distribution via its official wallet, CoinP Wallet

🛠 Development & Operations Team

Core developers of DF Protocol come from cryptographic research institutions, Web3 security firms, and leading exchange system developers, with backgrounds including:

• Over 10 years of experience in large-scale cryptographic protocol R&D

• Leadership roles in EVM L2 security middleware, RWA compliance gateways, and TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) + ZKP projects

• Long-term contributions to the standardization of open-source cryptography libraries and privacy protocols

The team adopts a "module isolation + white-box auditing of encrypted interfaces" development model, ensuring all sub-modules are independently testable and iterable. It continuously opens SDKs and development documentation to the community.

🛡Security Auditors

Cryptic Labs

An international cryptographic research laboratory co-founded by Prof. Diffie. It provides DF with implementation of the Diffie-Hellman (DH) communication protocol, cryptographic primitive library verification, signature path validation, and post-quantum alternative chain evaluation solutions.

Responsible modules: Communication encryption layer, PoSW cryptographic module, signature paths (ECDSA / Ed25519), and DH-ID identity system.

Trail of Bits

A renowned U.S.-based blockchain and cryptographic protocol auditing firm, specializing in formal verification, cryptographic protocol vulnerability analysis, and static code model identification. It conducts static analysis and pre-upgrade audits on DF’s smart contract governance layer and node identity governance module.

Zokyo Security

Offers ZK (Zero-Knowledge) architecture auditing and zkVM-level simulation environment support, providing system-level risk control assessment for DF’s ZK-verifiable computing power paths and privacy task structures.