ckolivas

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Con Kolivas (ckolivas) is the online handle of Con Kolivas, an Australian physician who has become notable in the free-software and cryptocurrency communities. He is best known for:

• Linux kernel scheduling patches and the -ck patchset (including the Staircase and related schedulers), which aimed to improve desktop interactivity. (en.wikipedia.org)
• Co-creating mining software such as CGMiner and contributing to mining-related tooling; he later operated CKPool, a Bitcoin mining pool. (en.wikipedia.org)
• Maintaining an active presence in the cryptocurrency mining ecosystem, including announcements and development around solo/miner pools. (rwatimes.io)

Note: The Bitcointalk profile referenced corresponds to Con Kolivas’s participation in discussions around mining software and pools.