Charles Thompson

Charlie Thompson is a developer and researcher working on cryptographic tools (for humans an AI agents) related to AI Safety, Agent Negotiation, and privacy-preserving uses of personal data

He is currently building Context Engine (contextengine.sh), an open-source toolkit for large-group deliberation and negotiation. He contributed to the inaugural RadicalxChange conference in 2019 and was a research assistant to Glen Weyl on quadratic funding mechanisms. He worked on the first post-quantum blockchain project (the Quantum Resistant Ledger) in 2020, and was recognized in 2025 as the top bug-hunter in QRL’s Hall of Fame. He spoke at Zuzalu in 2023 on “Social Infrastructure for AI on Ethereum” and joined Edge City’s 2025 d/acc Residency. He is currently working at the intersection of AI and Programmable Cryptography (ZK, FHE, TEE, MCP), with applications related to “Pacing The Frontier”, revenue-generating and private access to personal health data, and novel advertising formats that pay viewers for their attention.