Several people contacted me today because they received a phishing email pretending to come from me and asking them if they could spare me a few minutes to help the IACR board. Please ignore that email. It's a scam!

We hosted a lot of great research seminars this summer a16z crypto, with topics ranging from mechanism design to zk/TEEs/MPC to governance to MEV. As always, we're making them publicly available --- check them out!

George Mason University computer science faculty and students are demonstrating once again why the program is so highly ranked, with an impressive showing at an upcoming top-tier academic conference. cec.gmu.edu/news/2024-10/p… #ResearchExcellence #HigherEducation #ComputerScience

Over the past three summers a16z crypto we've had 19 tremendous research interns. Want to be part of the summer '25 cohort? The application is open now, for full consideration apply by Nov 8. (Link in replies.)

Several positions open with guaranteed funding for highly-motivated PhD students to start in Fall 2025. Please apply by Jan 15, 2025 if you are interested in working with me on blockchain and more generally fintech research! business.gmu.edu/phd business.gmu.edu/gradapp

Common Prefix is hiring full-time Software Engineers, remotely or local in Athens. commonprefix.notion.site/sw-folk Email us or DM Common Prefix for more.

MystenLabs.sui is looking for engineering interns this summer to help build new features for Sui and Walrus 🦭/acc. Shill me your favorite github repo or published system you built! No need for prior blockchain knowledge, but need to be enrolled in a PhD program.

1 YEAR OF ZKLOGIN has been accepted to RWC 2025 (Real World Crypto), one of the most prominent venues for discussing the practical aspects of cryptography in real world, not just theory! As a cryptographer, I’d dare to say that Sui's contribution to the science and

Find a Sui related job; at least 73 open positions across the world + remotely: jobs.sui.io/jobs 17 open roles in Sui 12 in Wormhole 10 in MystenLabs.sui 10 in Axelar Network 8 in Gameplay Galaxy (Trial Xtreme) 6 in Latitude.sh 3 in NAVI Protocol 3 in

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#award The IACR Fellows for 2025 have just been announced. Congratulations to: Joan Daemen Thomas Johansson Anna Lysyanskaya Pascal Paillier J.R. RAO Alon Rosen Elaine Shi Bo-Yin Yang More info at: iacr.org/fellows/

Really proud that I have been part of the this effort!

Looking forward to participate to this event today!

This is an insightful result and I am very proud of my student’s Aayush Yadav contribution to it during his Mysten internship!

If you are in Athens, join the Sui academic event on the 25th June. Lefteris Kokoris-Kogias will present the Sui research roadmap, and funding opportunities. And meet the Mysten Labs research team! lu.ma/xpam091u

Join us this Friday at the brand new Sui Hub in Athens for the Common Prefix × Sui decentralized meetup. We have three great technical talks by Foteini Baldimtsi Alberto Sonnino and Dimitris Karakostas lined up. See you there! lu.ma/bupgu3iv?tk=hK…

The grand opening of SuiHub in Athens wasn’t just the launch of a space, it was the beginning of something much bigger! Builders, creators, and community members from all corners came together to celebrate not just a milestone, but a movement. From the first hello to the last

🚨 BREAKING: Sui Research just dropped a major breakthrough in quantum transition of "some" blockchains. Unfortunately it works for Sui, Solana, Near, Cosmos and other EdDSA-based chains, but not for Bitcoin and Ethereum 😢 Here is the paper: eprint.iacr.org/2025/1368.pdf *Afaik this

Seal is now live on Sui Mainnet! Web3 finally has a native way to handle data privacy and access control. Define who can access your data and when. Encrypt it. Enforce it onchain. Seal + Walrus 🦭/acc unlock the secure data layer Web3 has been missing. Let’s dive in 👇

We've had 25 research interns over the past four summers @a16crypto, many of whom are now among the most visible researchers in the space. If you'd like to be a part of the summer '26 cohort, apply here: a16z.com/about/jobs/?gh…