#387: Georgios Vlachos, Co-Founder of Axelar, on Seamlessly Connecting Blockchains, Connecting On/Off Chain Systems, and Crypto in Countries Without Robust Banking Systems

Georgios Vlachos, Co-Founder of Axelar protocol and director at Axelar Foundation. Georgios received his BSc and MS Eng. in computer science at MIT. After graduation, he became part of the Algorand founding team, where he worked on the design and development of the consensus protocol and other core components. While in high school, Georgios became the first Greek to win a gold Medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- The financial crisis in Greece and current day economy in Argentina
- The power of crypto in countries without Robust banking systems
- Early days of Algorand
- Why Cross-chain Bridges Fall Short - True interoperability demands collaboration across projects, not just patched-together solutions.
- AI agents will be the biggest users of blockchains
- Could there be a world where every human has their own blockchain?
- RWAs and DePIN need interoperability
- Connecting on-/off-chain systems
- Deploying your token on many chains with a couple of clicks
- Crypto needs more applications and less infrastructure
- How AI will impact crypto

Axelar Foundation
Website: www.axelar.network
X: @axelar
Telegram: t.me/axelarcommunity

Georgios Vlachos
X: @yorgosv_
LinkedIn: Georgios Vlachos

 
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