Read

Edit

History

Notify

Share

Georgios Vlachos

Georgios Vlachos is the Co-Founder of , a  network that connects blockchains, providing  interoperability. [1][2]

Education

Georgios Vlachos received his Masters degree in Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2017, under the supervision of Professor . He holds a B.SC. from
MIT, double majoring in Mathematics and Computer Science. In 2011, he was awarded a Gold Medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad (the first Greek student to achieve this distinction). [3]

Career

Algorand

Georgios Vlachos was a founding team member at , a  protocol that allows anyone to build applications and transfer value on a decentralized, permissionless network. At , he was the Head of Mathematics and he was responsible for the design and development of the Algorand consensus protocol. [1][4]

Axelar

Georgios Vlachos co-founded alongside [5] in June 2020. Axelar Network is a decentralized transport layer that offers secure cross-chain messages across . It provides a uniform cross-chain messaging solution for developers and users. Developers can utilize Axelar gateway contracts to connect to EVM contracts on any chain without making modifications to their chains or UIs. [1][2]

“Our value proposition to the developer is that they can build on the chain that best suits their use case and background, while letting their users access anything on the decentralized web, with one click,” - Georgios Vlachos. [6]

See something wrong? Report to us.

Georgios Vlachos

Commit Info

Edited By

Edited On

March 3, 2023

Reason for edit:

interlink

Feedback

Average Rating

No ratings yet, be the first to rate!

How was your experience?

Give this wiki a quick rating to let us know!

Twitter Timeline

Loading...

Loading

Media

REFERENCES