About the authors

Weimin Sun has 20 years' of experience working in the financial industry. He has worked for top-tier investment and commercial banks such as J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, Citibank, and Morgan Stanley, where he also managed large teams for developing IT applications. Weimin has also held corporate titles such as executive director and senior VP in some of these firms. Weimin has in-depth knowledge of the blockchain technology, data science, data architecture, data modeling, and big data platforms. He holds Ph.D, M.B.A and M.Sc degrees. He has co-authored Blockchain Quick Start Guide and published several statistical journal papers.

Xun (Brian) Wu has more than 17 years of extensive, hands-on design and development experience with blockchain, big data, cloud, UI, and systems infrastructure. He has coauthored a number of books, including Seven NoSQL Databases in a Week, Blockchain by Example, Hyperledger Cookbook, Learning Ethereum, and Blockchain Quick Start Guide. He has been a technical reviewer on more than 50 technical books for Packt Publishing. He serves as a board adviser for several blockchain start-ups and owns several patents on blockchain. Brian also holds an NJIT computer science M.Sc degree. He lives in New Jersey with his two beautiful daughters, Bridget and Charlotte.

Angela Kwok, is a lawyer, specializing in high-tech and blockchain start-ups and venture capital financing. She also focuses on general corporate and commercial matters, fund formation, cross-border and domestic investments, mergers and acquisitions, and related tax matters in the TMT industry. She has represented clients in blockchain-related cases.