# Kevin Ho

> Kevin Ho is a co-founder of Optimism, a layer 2 scaling solution, and a computer science engineer specialized in digital media design.

- Canonical URL: https://iq.wiki/wiki/kevin-ho
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- Tags: Founder
- Created: 2023-07-10T13:58:08.583Z
- Last updated: 2023-08-01T00:14:25.462Z
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**Kevin Ho** is one of the co-founders of [Optimism](https://iq.wiki/wiki/optimism), an [Ethereum](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum) layer 2 scaling solution.  
  
  
  
# Early Life & Education  
  
Kevin Ho holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) degree in Computer Science with a specialization in Digital Media Design from the University of Pennsylvania. He pursued this course of study from 2014 to 2018. Prior to his university education, Ho attended Harvard-Westlake School from 2010 to 2014. [\[1\]](#cite-id-5shs7hzsixx)  
  
He got involved in blockchain after attending ETH Waterloo 2017, where he participated in the hackathon and built an exchange built on top of the Xerox protocol called "Xerox Exchange". [\[2\]](#cite-id-3ycfhupjhno)  
  
# Career  
  
Prior to his role at OP Labs, from October 2018 to October 2019, Kevin worked as a Hacker for Cryptoeconomics.study. During his tenure in the Greater Los Angeles Area, he led the development of Cryptoeconomics.study, a free and open-source blockchain protocol course. His work involved providing educational resources and promoting the understanding of blockchain technology and its economic principles. [\[1\]](#cite-id-5shs7hzsixx)  
  
## Optimism  
  
Since October 2019, Kevin Ho has been serving as a Co-Founder at OP Labs, the company behind [Optimism](https://iq.wiki/wiki/optimism) blockchain and its ecosystem.[\[1\]](#cite-id-5shs7hzsixx)