Silvio Micali
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from La Sapienza University of Rome and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley, and in 2023 he was awarded an honorary degree in Cybersecurity from La Sapienza University.
He is one of the fathers of probabilistic cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs, verifiable random functions (VRFs) and many other protocols that form the basis of modern cryptography. He holds a total of 47 patents in the fields of random number generation, identification schemes, digital signatures, cryptography, digital certificates and electronic transactions.
In 2017 he laid the foundations for Algorand, universally recognized as among the best-performing blockchains ever created. In 2020 he started work on Algorand Labs, based in Italy, with the goal of developing solutions for institutions and companies in the financial sector throughout Europe.
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