Muneeb Ali

{{short description|Pakistani-American computer scientist}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Muneeb Ali

| image = Muneeb Ali.png

| nationality = American, Pakistani

| known_for = Stacks, Protothread

| education = Princeton University (PhD)

| fields = Distributed Computing

| thesis_title = Trust-to-Trust Design of a New Internet

| thesis_url = https://www.cs.princeton.edu/research/techreps/TR-003-17

| thesis_year = 2017

| doctoral_advisor = Andrea LaPaugh

}}

Muneeb Ali is a Pakistani-American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur. He is a co-founder of Stacks, an open-source smart contract platform for Bitcoin. He is known for the regulatory framework that resulted in the first SEC-qualified offering for a crypto asset{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/sec-clears-blockstack-to-hold-first-regulated-token-offering-11562794848|title= SEC Clears Blockstack to Hold First Regulated Token Offering|website=The Wall Street Journal|date= 10 July 2019|last1= Vigna|first1= Paul}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GTmOHrUJzw|title=Squawk Box on SEC's work to regulate crypto|website=CNBC Television}} and for his doctoral dissertation which formed the basis of the Stacks network.{{Cite web|url=https://reason.com/video/blockstack-bitcoin-blockchain-internet/|title=Princeton-Trained Computer Scientists Are Building a New Internet That Brings Privacy and Property Rights to Cyberspace|website=Reason TV|date=22 June 2017 }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/tech-giants-have-hijacked-the-web-its-time-for-a-reboot-11572062420|title=Tech Giants Have Hijacked the Web. It's Time for a Reboot.|website=The Wall Street Journal|date=26 October 2019 |last1=Vigna |first1=Paul }} He is a co-author of Protothread and Proof-of-Transfer (PoX) consensus.{{Cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/finance/blockchain/blockstack-anchors-to-bitcoin-network-with-new-mining-algorithm/|title=Blockstack anchors to Bitcoin network with new mining algorithm|website=ZDNet}}