#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...