Kostas Mikhaelos is the co-founder of Misten Labs. He has been working on proof of reserves since 2008, when he was hired at Corda. The company made one of the first big investments in the cryptography space. Kostas: "I think I had an inclination into doing some cool attacks in systems"
This week, Anna explores the topic of proof of solvency with Kostas Chalkias, co-founder and chief of Cryptography at MystenLabs. They cover Kostas’ background in Cryptography and explore his work on Proof of Reserves, otherwise known as Proof of Solvency. They review past Proof of Solvency models using ZKPs and look at the protocols that major centralized exchanges are currently using. Then they dive into the security vulnerabilities, privacy issues, and general bugs that Kostas and his collaborators have identified in these protocols and their recommendations on how to better build Proof of Solvency systems.
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