Episode description
Episode description
Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!
Today's guest is Stefano De Angelis. He is a Solution Architect and a PhD in Cybersecurity working at Algorand.
The episode is structured as follows:
Overview of Stefano's background and experience in the field of computer science, including their academic pursuits at the University of Sapienza and the University of Southampton and the topics of their theses. We will also delve into his first project in the blockchain space and how they discovered and became interested in Algorand.
In the second part of the episode, we will be taking a deep dive into the history of consensus mechanisms, starting with the earliest distributed systems in the second half of the 20th century and ending with modern protocols like Algorand's PPoS. We will discuss the state machine replication problem and the various networking models that have influenced protocol design, as well as the byzantine generals' problem. We will also touch on some of the first well-known consensus protocols, such as Paxos, and how the rise of blockchain technology introduced new consensus protocols like Proof of Work and Proof of Stake.
Stefano's advice for aspiring software engineers who are interested in developing on Algorand and his predictions for the future of the blockchain space in general.
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Resources:
https://developer.algorand.org/u/stefano.deangelis
https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Reliable-Secure-Distributed-Programming/dp/3642152597
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