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Silvio Micali quotes
Founder of Algorand, Turing Award laureate
MIT cryptographer and Turing Award winner who designed Algorand's pure proof-of-stake consensus.
2 epic quotes by Silvio Micali
“Decentralization, scalability and security: you should not have to choose.”
— Silvio Micali
“Cryptography is the art of making trust unnecessary.”
— Silvio Micali
Why Silvio Micali is quoted so often
Silvio Micali is one of the most cited voices in the digital asset industry. As founder of algorand, turing award laureate, 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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