Founders & Builders
Emin Gün Sirer quotes
Founder of Avalanche
Cornell professor who built Avalanche consensus and is one of the field's sharpest technical critics.
2 epic quotes by Emin Gün Sirer
“Consensus is the hardest problem in distributed systems and everyone thinks it is easy.”
— Emin Gün Sirer
“Decentralization is measured, not claimed.”
— Emin Gün Sirer
Why Emin Gün Sirer is quoted so often
Emin Gün Sirer is one of the most cited voices in the digital asset industry. As founder of avalanche, every public statement is read by traders, founders and regulators looking for signal, which is why these lines keep resurfacing years after they were first said.
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