Sergey Gorbunov
Team at Algorand · Cofounder at Axelar · Co-founder at Axelar
Sergey is CEO of Interop Labs, co-founder of Axelar, and an assistant professor at the University of Waterloo. He is interested in constructing cryptographic primitives, protocols, and systems that enable novel applications in untrusted and distributed settings. He obtained his Ph.D. from MIT, where he was a Microsoft Ph.D. fellow, and he earned his MSc and BSc from UToronto. His Ph.D. dissertation focused on creating cryptographic tools for the cloud using lattice-based cryptography, for which he was awarded the Sprowls Doctoral Thesis Award for the best thesis in CS at MIT. He was part of the founding team of Algorand, where he was involved in various business and technical aspects of the company, and he headed the cryptography group. Additionally, he spent some time at IBM T.J. Watson Research Centre.
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Blockchain's most underrated and important use case: nutrition aid for mothers in Haiti and banking the unbanked in Afghanistan. Stablecoins for aid. @CamiRusso talks to @Mercinatd (@circle) & @mattkeller1 (@AlgoFoundation) at Algorand's Humanitarian Payments Council about how stablecoins are being
The Algorand Global x402 Challenge is officially live! Developers worldwide, it's time to ship a paid x402 endpoint on @Algorand and compete for $100K USD + 500K ALGO. Turn APIs into pay-per-request services with instant, low-cost onchain payments for AI agents. Join now 👇
Algorand put a hard deadline on the quantum threat While most chains publish research, @Algorand published a schedule: native post-quantum accounts arrive this quarter, with the network fully quantum-resistant by the end of 2027. Falcon signatures already protect its chain history today. With Goog
Nikolaos Kamarinakis (@nikolaskama), Co-Founder & CTO of @CommonPrefix, joined @NexblockNews to discuss Axelar's vision of becoming the backbone financial institutions use to interoperate. Full interview 👇 https://t.co/e4te79hM4u
Today in Washington, D.C., some of the biggest names in aid, finance, and tech are in one room. The Humanitarian Payments Council, founded by Algorand, is bringing together the likes of @Mastercard, @circle, @getpaycode, @UNDP, @mercycorps and more to build the future of how aid money moves.
RT @Algorand: Algorand CTO @bmartins_ was featured in @Reuters' latest article on post-quantum cryptography. Reuters highlights @Algorand…
There have never been more ways to access staking rewards on Algorand. No slashing, no lockups, and a growing range of staking options across the ecosystem. Over 2B ALGO staked across 11,000+ accounts, and still counting. https://t.co/4gs7bJ9VAq
RT @fredestante: 📢 Your Weekly @Algorand Ecosystem Roundup 📢 Follow this 🧵 for a coverage of @AlgoFoundation's ecosystem news in the week…
RT @tokenterminal: JUST IN: @Algorand saw more than 1.8 million new contract deployments over the past quarter. A trendline to follow 👇 ht…
Algorand sees 1.8M new contract deployments in past quarter as builder activity surges