Opinion
Africa’s unique challenges and vast potential drive crypto innovation, potentially catalyzing global adoption and refining blockchain technology for everyday use.
Eli Ben-Sasson
Eli Ben-Sasson is the CEO and co-founder of StarkWare. A former academic, he got into blockchain via theoretical computer science. He has been researching cryptographic and zero knowledge proofs, which are today used to power blockchain scaling protocols, ever since he received his Phd in Theoretical Computer Science from the Hebrew University in 2001. He is a co-inventor of the STARK, FRI and Zerocash protocols and a founding scientist of the Zcash Company. He has held research positions at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, Harvard, MIT, and most recently was a professor of computer science at Technion in Israel.
Africa is the key to crypto mass adoption - Opinion
Don't be afraid of quantum computers Blockchain technology has a clear path to quantum-resistant security. Quantum computing challenges cryptography, but zero-knowledge proofs offer a solution.
- Opinion
Starknet is ditching off-chain polling, and it will make tokens count Starknet is set to hold its first onchain vote on Sept. 10. Hopefully, it will set a precedent for protocols to follow going forward.
- Opinion
Don't waste $6,400 on random gaming — Spend it on GameFi Today's gamers are going to spend — on average — more than $6,400 on purchases they can't use outside of the platforms on which they were purchased.