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Fan Long

Fan Long

Co-Founder of Conflux Network & Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Conflux Network

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Bio

Fan Long is the Co-Founder of Conflux Network and an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Toronto. His academic background spans Tsinghua University's prestigious Yao Class and an MIT PhD in computer science, where his doctoral work gained recognition for contributions to program analysis and software security. He later joined the University of Toronto faculty, where he researches programming languages, security, and distributed systems.

His entry into blockchain arose from academic work on scalable consensus mechanisms, leading him to co-found Conflux alongside collaborators including Ming Wu, Yuanjie Zhang, and researchers connected to Turing Award laureate Andrew Yao's academic network. Conflux developed the Tree-Graph consensus protocol, which processes blocks in a directed acyclic graph structure rather than a single chain, enabling higher transaction throughput without sacrificing decentralization. As of August 2026, Fan Long remains a co-founder of Conflux while continuing his academic research, including exploring intersections between AI and blockchain systems.

Profile at a glance

Country
Canada
Status
Active

Work & Project Background

  • Conflux Network

    Co-founder

Key Contributions

Conflux Network

Co-founded Conflux, a Layer-1 blockchain with a hybrid PoW/PoS architecture and Tree-Graph consensus designed for high throughput.

Tree-Graph Consensus Research

Contributed to the academic and protocol design behind Tree-Graph, a DAG-based consensus model that processes parallel blocks rather than discarding them.

University of Toronto Faculty

Serves as an assistant professor conducting research on programming languages, distributed systems security, and blockchain protocols.

Conflux eSpace / Core Space

Contributed to Conflux's dual-space architecture offering EVM compatibility via eSpace while maintaining Core Space for native Conflux ecosystem applications.

Academic-Industry Bridge

Bridges formal academic CS research and production blockchain infrastructure, publishing work on consensus theory while building a live network.

Timeline

Undergraduate
Studied at Tsinghua University's Yao Class, an elite computer science program led by Turing Award laureate Andrew Yao.
PhD – MIT
Completed a PhD in Computer Science at MIT; dissertation work received recognition in software security and program analysis.
2018
Co-founded Conflux Network with Ming Wu, Yuanjie Zhang and collaborators, applying DAG-based consensus research to a live blockchain.
2021
Conflux launched its Tethys mainnet, transitioning to a hybrid PoW/PoS architecture with full eSpace EVM compatibility.
2025–2026
Joined University of Toronto as Assistant Professor of Computer Science; continued research on AI-blockchain intersections and Conflux ecosystem development.
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