Since 2018, Blocky has been on the forefront of distributed ledger technology. Awarded multiple National Science Foundation SBIR grants and supported by leading venture capital firms, we are creating an entirely new blockchain to power the future use cases and adoption needs of web3.

We are in build mode right now, but always happy to chat. Just reach out below to get in touch with us and stay tuned for much more to come!

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The Team

Taylor Heinecke
Co-Founder & CEO

MS in Computer Science

Serial MT entrepreneur and generally a pretty likable guy.

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Mike Wittie, PhD
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist

PhD in Computer Science

Real-world and blockchain jiu jitsu practitioner.

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David Millman, PhD
Co-Founder & CTO

PhD in Computer Science

Coltrane’s drummer, Elvin, gave me a hug. He was sweaty, it was awesome.

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Ian Hecker
Software Engineer

BS in Computer Science

Chief boxing coach taking us all the way to regionals this year!

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Taylor Hardin
Software Engineer

PhD in Computer Science

The correct number of bikes to own is n+1, where n is the number of bikes currently owned.

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Matteo Björnsson
Software Engineer

MS in Computer Science

Climber of mountains, distributor of systems, hunter of bugs.

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Timeline

2018
2018/01/31

Blocky McChainerson LLC founded

2018/05/01

NSF Phase I proposal submitted

2019
2019/01/31

NSF Phase I awarded learn more

2019/06/01

Ian Hecker joins the BLOCKY team

2019/10/08

Blocky McChainerson moves into new offices at the Bozeman Hotel

2020
2020/01/01

BlockyMcChainerson incorporated as BLOCKY, Inc.

2020/09/03

NSF Phase II proposal submitted

2020/10/01

1st round of funding closed with Next Frontier Capital, Wisdom LLP, and Blackfoot Communications

2020/11/30

Montana State University Catalyst grant awarded

2021
2021/12/01

NSF SBIR Phase II awarded learn more

2021/12/23

Provisional patent for Zipperchain submitted

2022
2022/04/01

Received the Montana SBIR/STTR Matching Funds Grant

2022/07/01

Taylor Hardin joins the BLOCKY team

2022/08/13

Cofounders Mike Wittie and David Millman join BLOCKY full time

2022/09/06

Matteo Björnsson joins the BLOCKY team