Orestis Alpos
Technical Architect at Bitcoin Scaling Labs
Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolOrestis Alpos is a Technical Architect and researcher with 11 years of experience building and securing distributed systems and applied cryptography, currently leading the software stack at Bitcoin Scaling Labs while consulting on cutting-edge blockchain protocols. He holds a PhD focused on threshold cryptography and blockchain technologies and has a track record of turning theory into practice with implementations in Rust, C++, and Python across academia, startups, and industry (DFNS, IBM Research). Comfortable across protocol design, security proofs, consensus, and cloud deployments, he has helped shape projects involving Flashbots, CometBFT, Filecoin, BitVM and other frontier systems. Methodical and broadly curious, he pairs rigorous research credentials with hands-on engineering and an appetite for cross-cultural experiences, from stints in Switzerland and Germany to service in the Greek Army.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Blockchain technologies, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Blockchain technologies at University of Bern1 Semester Exchange Program - Master's degree Computer and Information Sciences General, 1 Semester Exchange Program - Master's degree Computer and Information Sciences General at Technical University of MunichEngineer’s Degree Computer Engineering, Engineer’s Degree Computer Engineering at National Technical University of AthensOne-week exchange program, One-week exchange program at Delft University of Technology
Greek, English, German, Spanish
Github Skills (9)
bitcoin6
rust4
version-control4
react4
prefix4
git2
database-management1
database1
application-management1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
OrestisAlpos/WebTrafficClassifier
Apr 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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