



Experienced Traders X Blockchain Devs = The EXCC Team

The big day has come! Ex-banker, IT dev, and crypto trader – today we would like to introduce you to our EXCC team. Additionally, we’re revealing details of the strategic IT partnership with the blockchain software house – Pragmatic Coders. Are you already curious? Please continue reading!

We know our community has been waiting for this moment for a long time! Now you can find a “Team” section on our website excc.co.

Previously, you wouldn’t find any information about the EXCC core team members on any social media platform such as Facebook, or LinkedIn. While this information is still not available on Google, you can find it on our website.

“Making our identity public wasn’t an easy decision though,” said our CEO- Sylwester Szczepanek in a statement, he added, “anonymity is one of high values to us not only in the context of our products and the anonymity of the users but also in our private lives. We decided to reveal our teams’ identity because we believe in transparency – a factor which will have a positive impact on the entire project to increase its credibility and trust.”

Meet the EXCC team

As you will discover on our website, the EXCC founders’ team have a complementary set of skills and have extensive experience regarding the cryptocurrency market.

Wiktor – An ex-banker, before he founded EXCC, had been trading cryptos on a daily basis. He is bringing to the team experience from the corporate finance industry, and knowledge about cryptocurrencies. Wiktor is always up to date with what is happening in the crypto world.

Sylwester – IT engineer and hothead of cryptocurrencies, is goal-oriented and focused on delivering the value of the project. A crypto fan, before the EXCC launch, Sylwester has always been researching the new interesting coins, to study how they are disrupting the market.

Filip – A talented IT dev., Filip collaborated with Wiktor in his previous projects. Filip is an author of the first version of the EXCC blockchain and the ‘engine’ of our exchanger – Xchange.me.

You can observe how highly competent the founding team members are, as a small group. We already mentioned in the “How we speed up…” post, that we were surprised by the success of the ICO and we realized the huge potential of our idea. So there was a significant pressure to expand the team. This is why we started looking for the right partners who can support us in the delivery of a decentralized exchange which we are building.

The IT Team

One of our main partners that we successfully established collaboration with is Pragmatic Coders – Blockchain & FinTech Software House. Experienced developers from Pragmatic Coders came on board to support our project in the delivery of a decentralized exchange, and help us secure the coin. Pragmatic Coders’ team has also been helpful in making changes to our product strategy. It was a big challenge as we searched for a partner with the unique set of skills required. We needed a service not only skilled in IT but business development and a team with the right mindset.

“We used to work in a very fast and dynamic way, made decisions quickly, based on data and research, to easily start new activities, and we are open to changes. That’s the reason why our previous activities have been highly successful so far,” Sylwester Szczepanek said, he added: “We found out quickly that often software development teams aren’t so dynamic in the delivery of the agreed scope. We contacted and tested the cooperation with a couple of them. Finally, we found the perfect match.”

The Blockchain Software House

After two months of the intensive search, we decide to start collaborating with Pragmatic Coders – the blockchain software house. With a team of more than 50 IT devs., they have been specializing in FinTech and Blockchain software development since 2015. Previously the Pragmatic Coders had worked on large scale e-commerce platforms and FinTech solutions for enterprise clients.

“In 2016 our focus turned to blockchain technology. It was the year we started working on the first commercial blockchain based products for our clients.” – commented Wiktor Żołnowski, the co-founder of Pragmatic Coders. “Currently we provide a full circle of services in the blockchain domain starting from custom blockchain development, Decentralized Apps, and Ethereum Smart Contract development, and blockchain supported areas such as Trading Platforms, Exchanges, Wallets and more.”

Pragmatic Coders have leveraged the Agile methods of work to develop software and deliver quickly and dynamically. The technological skills of the team cover a broad area- their board includes back-end devs. who use cutting-edge programming languages such as Go, Java, C/C++, Python, TypeScript, and more. The board team also includes software architects, front-end developers, and algorithmic experts. What’s more! They also have extensive experience in business & product development support.

“Deciding the right partner wasn’t easy. The team we were looking for needed to have a very complex set of IT skills, be able to work with cutting-edge blockchain-related technologies and work dynamically to deliver high-quality software. Pragmatic Coders was selected over the other team because of the style of direct communication they use (it makes our work faster and more efficient) and unique blend of talents they have in their team.” – Commented by our CEO – Wiktor Głowacki.

There are seven team-members from Pragmatic Coders working on the EXCC project: 5 devs, Scrum Master, and Product Owner. Each of them is bringing a specific value to the project:

Jakub S. is highly recognized in the blockchain world, thanks to his broad experience in FinTech and blockchain related projects. His experience in trading systems development is really appreciated in building the decentralized exchange.

Sergiy, as a software architect is responsible for designing the high-level structure of the exchange and defining the path taken by the guiding the team regarding the big picture of our solution.

Wojciech is responsible for the blockchain related set of work, especially tasks related to Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake algorithms.

Jacek as a front-end developer is leading the Exilibrium related works, taking care of UX, code and the beautiful design of our desktop wallet.

Jakub K. is an experienced C++ and Go developer, is handling the entire blockchain infrastructure.

Piotr is managing the communication between all the teams (UXs, devs and EXCC ones) engaged in the exchange development.

Wiktor is responsible for guiding the business vision of our decentralized exchange and communicating the goals properly to the IT team.

EXCC X Pragmatic Coders = 💪💪💪

Our collaborative agreement started in February 2018 with the development of the new version of the EXCC blockchain. And you can observe, the first results of our work together include:

“We decided to establish a new blockchain for some reasons: First of all, security – a blockchain with Proof of Work consensus only is prone to 51% attacks. Adding a second layer of consensus protocol protects us from that threat. Secondly – the old EXCC blockchain codebase was a fork of ZCash codebase which, in fact, is a fork of Bitcoin.” – Commented by Wiktor Żołnowski. He added: “The code written by Satoshi Nakamoto 10 years ago, with all due respect, is great regarding how it works, but it is really hard to maintain. Not to mention how difficult developing a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange based on it would be. Last but not least – the new blockchain is truly decentralized (both from the technical and economic perspectives), and it is going to provide a completely fair platform for its users.”

Apart from being secured by the double consensus, the EXCC blockchain built by Pragmatic Coders is going to be ASIC resistant. This means all users can participate in mining and be fairly rewarded for their efforts. So, the EXCC has the potential to be one of the first truly decentralized blockchain (both technically and economically).

Currently, the Pragmatic Coders team is focused on developing the official Mining Pool and GPU miners’ platform, as well as running the test.net, which is crucial to promote future development. Next, the team will start working on the actual development of the decentralized exchange based on the new EXCC blockchain. Thanks to modern technology, which they use and the benefits of starting a new blockchain, together we have formed a good base for the development of a significantly reliable solution that will change the way people trade cryptocurrencies today.

The First Truly Decentralised Exchange

We hope that our strategic partnership with Pragmatic Coders will accelerate the advancement of the EXCC project. We are grateful for the quick and impressive IT development being achieved which is in line with the recent trends in the field of software-based blockchain development. Together we can build the first truly decentralized exchange.