Insight into Algorand

Our Founder

Silvio Micali
- Silvio Micali Born October 13, 1954 - is an Italian computer scientist, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the founder of Algorand, a proof-of-stake blockchain cryptocurrency protocol. Micali's research at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory centers on cryptography and information security.
- In 2012, he received the Turing Award for his work in cryptography
- Co-inventor of Zero-Knowledge Proofs, VRF ( Verifiable Random Functions ), and a world-renowned leader in the field of cryptography and information security