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Rachel Rybarczyk is the VP of Mining Research at Galaxy Digital. At Galaxy, Rachel performs mining related research and programs applications to help streamline processes and analyses across multiple teams. She also works on developing Stratum V2, the next generation mining protocol, that will be ran by industry-wide mining farms and pools.

Prior to joining Galaxy, she worked with several crypto companies programming various financial applications on a variety of blockchains, researching mining-related applications, and performing technical research for venture capital investments. Prior to entering into the crypto industry, she worked as an aerospace engineer and software engineer at Northrop Grumman. She holds a MS in Aerospace Engineering from San Diego State University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from San Francisco State University.