A computer scientist and cryptographer known for research in cryptography and blockchain protocols, including provably secure proof-of-stake consensus.
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- Aggelos Kiayias is an academic working in cryptography and information security, with research spanning secure protocols, electronic voting and the security analysis of distributed ledgers. He holds a university chair and has advised industry blockchain work.
- He is associated with the design of provably secure proof-of-stake consensus, including the Ouroboros family of protocols used by the Cardano blockchain, contributing formal security arguments to consensus mechanism design.