Christian Matt
Head Of Research at Raiku
Steinhausen, Zug, Switzerland
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Top SchoolChristian Matt is Head of Research at Raiku and a cryptography-focused researcher with a decade of experience building secure, practical protocols for blockchains and distributed systems. He holds a PhD in cryptography from ETH Zurich and has led research and architecture work at Concordium, Primev, and in academia, translating cutting‑edge theory—consensus, zero-knowledge proofs, economic mechanisms, and composable security—into deployable designs. Known for bridging rigorous provable-security analysis with product engineering, he has driven identity and consensus architecture for live blockchain systems. Based in Steinhausen, Switzerland, he combines deep theoretical expertise (including work on indistinguishability obfuscation) with hands-on leadership in research teams, favoring solutions that are both auditable and practical.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom Mathematics, Diplom Mathematics at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Dr. sc. ETH Zurich Cryptography, Dr. sc. ETH Zurich Cryptography at ETH ZürichMathematics and Computer Science, Mathematics and Computer Science at Lancaster University
German, English
Github Skills (38)
blockchain-platform10
pseudocode10
blockchain10
testing9
cryptography9
haskell9
rust9
trust8
network8
ethereum8
solidity8
nodejs7
smart-contracts7
version-control6
p2p6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
chrmatt/algpseudocodex
Apr 2020 - Oct 2022
LaTeX package for typesetting pseudocode.
Contributions:39 commits, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
latex-packagepseudocode
Flooding-Research/optimal-message-dissemination-simulations
May 2024 - May 2024
Contributions:8 pushes in 1 day
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