Angelo Capossele joins IOTA Foundation as a new Senior Research Scientist. He is interested in applied cryptography, Internet of Things, security and privacy and received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy, in 2014 and contributed to these research topics with several publications in scientific leading venues and participation to European research projects.Angelo designed and developed security solutions focused on the protection of national critical infrastructures from cyber…

Introduction Masked Authenticated Messaging (MAM), a genius protocol described by Paul Handy, is one of IOTA’s most potent IXI Modules. Thanks to the design and feeless nature of the Tangle, it opens up many new use cases. The objective of information security is to guarantee confidentiality, availability and data integrity. These features are prerequisite for things like traffic networking (eg. V2X), verifiable supply chains, over-the-air updates and much more. Masked Authenticated Messaging is therefore super…

Dany Shaanan is joining IOTA as a Research Scientist on the Research team. In this role, Dany will focus on the Coordicide project (the eventual removal of the Coordinator, a bootstrapping mechanism that creates additional security for the Tangle).He is a mathematician and a self-taught software developer. At 16, he programmed his first Mandelbrot Set interactive visualizer and went on to learn various languages and web technologies. His interest in math led him to undertake a BSc in Mathematics in the Technion, focusing…

The lab lies hidden behind thick concrete walls, the path leads through gray security doors, past secure server rooms in Germany's largest corporate data center. Toan Nguyen, his access card in his hand, opens the door, goes in, the noisy bubbles of the radiator fill the room. At the server blocks are the names of IT-sizes, IBM, Fujitsu and Oracle, in the corner stands a high table with red stools. For several months now, specialists from corporations and start-ups have regularly been there, united in their work on the…

Paracosm Group To bring to life this huge idea, the group united several dedicated teams: gaming and IT enthusiastsfrom around the world. Each team is engaged in one of the areas needed to build the infrastructureof Paracosm platform: from game design and marketing to mathematical modeling and development of distributed ledger technologies. Today, the Paracosm group includes companies from Hong Kong, Canada, Cyprus, Lithuania, Ukraine and Estonia. History Paracosm group of companies has emerged from an experienced group…