Experiment with our KILT Demo Client and request play money from the Mashnet Faucet. See how easy it is to build your own blockchain apps using our KILT SDK. Check out our running KILT blockchain nodes and look at live transactions happening on the KILT Blockchain right now!

KILT Token Economy
The revised (August 2021) KILT Token Economy presents all aspects of KILT Coin Metrics, including token distribution, utility and Treasury funding.

Governance
KILT is a decentralized identity blockchain network, with decisions made by the community of KILT Coin holders using a sophisticated system of governance.
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Upcoming and past events / Where to meet us
16.05.2022 | Chainlink Berlin Meetup |
20.-22.05.2022 | DLD Munich |
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News Coverage
20.04.2022 | TechStartups: There’s a Need for Decentralized IDs and Digital Verification in Today’s Web3 Ecosystem, Here’s Why |
18.04.2022 | Hackernoon: KILT Protocol Introduces Web3name Allowing Users to Have a Unique Digital Name in Web3 |
KILT Team
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Design Director
Christian is a designer, a product and service guy, a mentor for some, and first of all a dedicated road race cyclist. He has 25 years of professional experience in UX/UI Design, focusing on context awareness and cloud services, as well as developing a distinctive design language and culture.
Christian Langer -
Product Owner and Technical Lead
Timo is a Full Stack Developer, working in Blockchain Technology since 2016. He has a proven track record in Open Source development and was part of the Thunder core team (thunder.org) at Hubert Burda Media, working with Ingo Rübe. Timo graduated in Computer Science at the Berlin University of Technology. He is also a biker.
Timo Welde -
Philosophical & Ethical Advisor
Raphael is a student at the Berlin School of Mind and Brain and holds a degree in philosophy. He is specialised in Social Cognition, Evolutionary Anthropology and Social Theory. Fascinated by KILT’s goals in the disembodied online world he has contributed to shaping the vision of KILT and creating the KILT white paper.
Raphael Flechtner -
Software Engineer
Antonio is a Software Engineer from Italy with a joint M.Sc. in Cloud Computing from the Technical University of Berlin (Germany) and Aalto University (Finland). He has previously worked as a R&D software engineer for Ericsson Finland working with blockchain solutions including Ethereum and Hyperledger. He used to be a goalkeeper, and now he enjoys it in his spare time.
Antonio Antonino -
Team Assistant
Irena has a Master’s degree in Journalism (Public Relations) from the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Zagreb.
She has more than 5 years of experience in event and project organisation and in the planning, implementation and coordination of administrative tasks. She is our master of the books.Irena Pocrnja -
Founder and CEO
Ingo Rübe is founder of KILT Protocol and CEO of B.T.E. BOTLabs Trusted Entity GmbH (BTE), a subsidiary of BOTLabs GmbH, the initial developer of KILT. Earlier he served as CTO of Hubert Burda Media, where he initiated and headed the Drupal-based CMS Thunder; previously he was IT Project Director at Axel Springer. Ingo and BOTLabs is a founding member of the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA) and the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF), and he also served on the Board of Directors of the Drupal Association.
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Communications and Public Relations Manager
Elisa was an International Business student at European University Viadrina. She is specialised in innovative marketing, informative and operative management and communication. At KILT she leads the communications and public relations operations.
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Vice President of Business Development
Christine Mohan has 25 years of experience in software and digital media, working for startups and corporates including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Previously she was CMO of Web3 Foundation / Polkadot and co-founder of Civil Media, a blockchain syndication platform.
Christine Mohan -
Developer Relations
Dudley leads developer relations for KILT Protocol. His main focus is supporting project teams as they integrate KILT and applications built on KILT, supporting developers from ideation through implementation. He studied General Engineering at the Open University of Milton Keynes in the UK. Dudley likes to spend his free time painting; he is also a Game master for Tabletop RPGs.
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Legal Director
Gustav is an Austrian lawyer with 20 years of experience of which he spent over 10 years in startups and IT companies such as SAP. He holds a Certificate on Blockchain Law, Regulation and Policy from the University of Nicosia (UNIC) as well as a Master’s Degree in Communication and another one in European Integration. Currently, he is studying Blockchain and DLT at the Mittweida University of Applied Sciences and brings in all his expertise into the KILT Protocol.
Gustav Hemmelmayr -
Writer
Before becoming fascinated by the potential of blockchain in 2013, Majella worked as a nurse, an actress and a health researcher. She has a Masters in Transpersonal Psychology and Consciousness Studies and a background in writing, editing and communications strategy for blockchain protocols such as Polkadot and Kusama.
Majella Horan -
Operations Director
Matthias has twenty years of professional and leadership experience in developing and shipping digital services for the internet and media industry. Since the early days of the internet he has been managing the development of front end and back end internet services for high traffic and scalable products.
Matthias Möller -
Software Engineer
Tino is a software developer who works on the node and protocol levels. He studied Computer-Science at the Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg. After working fullstack from embedded devices to cloud native apps he joined the KILT team in Berlin. When not working, you will probably find him in his garden.
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Student of Electric Electronics Engineering
Aybars Ayan is currently studying Electric Electronics Engineering at Konya Technical University and works in software development for 6 years. He began his journey with mobile application development and 3 years later he jumped on to Python and Deep Learning.
Aybars Ayan