Georgios Konstantopoulos
Georgios Konstantopoulos is the Chief Technology Officer and a Research Partner focused on Paradigm’s portfolio companies and research into open-source protocols. Previously, Georgios was an independent consultant and researcher focused on cryptography, information security and mechanism design. He earned his M.Eng. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Time, slots, and the ordering of events in Ethereum Proof-of-Stake
Introduction On April 2nd, a malicious Ethereum network participant stole $20M from a MEV searcher by exploiting a vulnerability in the mev-boost-relay (see Flashbots’ post-mortem). In the following days, developers addressed [→]
by Georgios Konstantopoulos, Mike Neuder on Apr 27, 2023
Generating secure randomness on Ethereum using SNARKs
In this post, we propose designs and reference implementations that utilize SNARKs and VDFs to achieve fully secure randomness on Ethereum. [→]
by amangottumukkala, sinasabet, Georgios Konstantopoulos on Jan 12, 2023